Full Description
A critical, decolonial exploration of transdisciplinary social work, this book brings together global scholars and practitioners to connect grassroots justice movements, Indigenous knowledges and academic activism. In doing so, it reimagines education and practice for transformative social change.
Contents
Foreword - Linda Harms Smith
Preface
1. The Rise of a New Authoritarianism: A Challenge to Social Work - Mark Lusk
2. Critical Social Work Revisits Anarchism and Utopian Imagination - Nina Victoria Leistner
3. Social Work in Palestine: Between Professional Practice and Anti-Colonial Liberation - Raed Naim Amira
4. The Movement of Reconceptualization: Decolonial Paths in Nicaraguan Social Work - Jessica Eckhardt and Jaika Maem Gradiz Arce
5. Social Work between Algorithms and Cultural Rootedness - Decolonial Intersections in Catalonian Identity and Technology - Judit Castellví-Majó
6. Narratives on the Cosmology of Land Belonging - Jason Leung and Melinda Madew
7. Who Owns Sustainability? Decolonial and Ecosocial Work in the Haritha Kerala Mission - M.K. Joseph and Abshana Jamal
8. Reimagining Indian Knowledge Systems for Holistic Health and Environmental Sustainability: A Decolonized and Transdisciplinary Framework - Nycil Romis Thomas, Kiran Thampi and Lija Mary Mathew
9. Searching for the Politics of Care - Henk O. Vandaele
10. A Future Without Future? Post- and Decolonial Reflections on Social Work - Fabian Kessl
