Decolonizing Social Work

Tanja Kleibl is Professor for Social Work, Migration and Diversity at Technical University of Applied Sciences Würzburg-Schweinfurt, Germany. She is also the author of Decolonizing Civil Society in Mozambique (Zed Books, 2021).Robel Afeworki Abay is sociologist and guest professor of participatory approaches in social and health sciences at Alice Salomon University of Applied Sciences Berlin, Germany.Anna-Lisa Klages is a Research Associate and PhD fellow at BayWISS Academic Forum ‘Social Change’ in affiliation with LMU Munich, Technical University of Applied Sciences Würzburg-Schweinfurt, Germany.Sara Rodríguez Lugo is a student assistant, Technical University of Applied Sciences Würzburg-Schweinfurt, Germany.

• Introduction: The Relevance of Decolonising Social Work: Critical Reflections on Colonial Pasts, Post-Colonial Presents and Decolonial FuturesSection 1: Theoretical and Conceptual DiscussionsChapter 1: Epistemic Violence and Epistemic and Civil Disobedience in Social Work - Mechtild Exo, University of Emden/Leer, GermanyChapter 2: 'Indigenous Knowledge' is Pejorative After All!: A Blind Spot in Social Work? - Jacques Zan-nou, Friedrich-Alexander University, GermanyChapter 3: What Can We Learn by Considering the Historical and Ongoing Relationships Between Colonial Violence and Racialized Capitalism? - Franziska Baumbach, Catholic University of Applied Social Sciences, GermanyChapter 4: Anthropocene and Posthumanism: A Challenge for Internationalized Social Work - Ronald Lutz, Erfurt University of Applied Sciences, GermanyChapter 5: Multiplicity of Story Telling - Cynthia Tobierre, Kimberley Caruth, Lara Bloom & Lake GledhillChapter 6: Childhood and Adolescence Beyond Euro-centric Perspectives - Isabelle Ihring, Protestant University of Applied Science Ludwigsburg, GermanyChapter 7: Epistemological Decolonisation: Transcending Epistemic Violence and Foregrounding Local Knowledges in Social Work - Linda Harms-Smith, University of Pretoria, South Africa, & Robel Afeworki Abay, Humboldt University of Berlin, GermanyChapter 8: Understanding Epistemic Violence: Possibilities for Decolonisation in German Academia - Anastasia Paschalidou & Chaitali Das, Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences, GermanySection 2: Social Work as a Transformative Discipline and PracticeChapter 9: Academic Activism for Social Work: A Model for Emotional Reparation - Zoe Thomas, University of Bradford, UKChapter 10: Social Work and Its (Post)Colonial Heritage: A Historical Research Lab - Dayana Lau, Alice Salomon Hochschule Berlin, GermanyChapter 11: Indigenous Commons and Ecological Justice in Social Work - Jason Leung, Benguet State University, Philippines, and Melinda Madew, Protestant University of Applied Sciences Ludwigsburg, GermanyChapter 12: Decolonisation and Ecological Justice in Social Work - Chaitali Das & Yari Or, Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences, GermanyChapter 13: Evidencing the Erasure: The Subaltern as a Writing Problem for Social Work. A Reading from the Peasant Women from Antioquia and Cundinamarca, Colombia - Ariel Camilo González Moreno & Laura Daniela Toncón Chaparro, Colegio Mayor de Cundinamarca University, ColombiaChapter 14: Transformative Practice and Social Work: Lessons from the Global Justice Movements - Christian Schröder, Saarland University of Applied Sciences, GermanyChapter 15: Decolonising Social Work in the Post-Conflict-Ridden Democratic Republic of Congo through a Culturalist and Praxeological Approach - Murhula G. Kapalata, Mutama N. Kabesha, Kaganda P.Mulumeoderhwa, Agino C. Foussiakda & Balegamire J. Bazilashe, Université Evangelique UEA-Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the CongoChapter 16: Decolonising Social Work from the Environmental Dimension - Claudia Usaquén Lanche-ros, Colegio Mayor de Cundinamarca University, Colombia, Ana Patricia Quintana Ramírez, National University of Colombia and Nelida Ramírez Naranjo, Catholic University of Maule, Chile

Decolonizing the curriculum can become just a slogan but in this collection it is given life through a wide array of contributions from and for a radical transformative social work practice from a global perspective. Obligatory reading for professional social workers and social work activists alike.