Transdisciplinary Approaches in Social Work

Melinda Madew is Professor of International Social Work at the Protestant University of Applied Sciences Ludwigsburg. Jens Müller is Professor of Early Childhood Education and Social Management at the Protestant University of Applied Sciences in Ludwigsburg. Annette Franke is Professor of Social Work and Health at the Rein Main University. Jason Leung chairs the Department of Environmental Science at the Benguet State University. Mark Lusk is Professor Emeritus of Social Work at the University of Texas at El Paso.

• ForewordIntroductionPart 1: Theoretical Explorations in Transdisciplinary Decolonizing Approaches1. Critical Consciousness in Decolonized Social Work - Marcin Boryczko and Juster Lyngdoh2. The Rise of a New Authoritarianism: A Challenge to Social Work – Mark Lusk 3. From the Reconceptualization to Decolonial Movement in Social Work in Nicaragua - Jaika Gradiz and Jessica Eberhardt 4. Towards a Democratic Cosmology: Referencing the Indigenous Onto-Epistemology of the Khasis - Juster Lyngdoh5. More than Social Work: The Human Ecology of Responsible Reciprocity - Jason Leung and Melinda MadewPart 2: Case Studies and Social Movements6. Threatened Indigenous Peoples and their Communities - Jason Leung7. The Legacy of Colonial Wars and the Social Work Mandate of Peace Building in the Arab Diaspora - Fatima El Tayeb (tbc)8. Who Owns Sustainability? Decoloniality, Ecosocial Work, and the Haritha Kerala Mission - Dr. M.K. Joseph and Abshana JamalPart 3: Ecological Destruction and Threats to Global Health9. Vulnerabilities in the Green Transition: Reclaiming Health and Social Equity in Sustainability Discourses - Annette Franke and Jens Müller10. Reclaiming Indian Knowledge Systems for Holistic Health and Environmental Sustainability: A Decolonized and Transdisciplinary Framework - Nycil Romis Thomas, Kiran Thampi, Lija Mathews11. Notions of Modernity and the Human Capacity to Care - Henk VandaelePart 4: Skills, Competences, Values in Critical Social Work12. Social Work Between Algorithms and Cultural Roots - Decolonial Intersections of Identity and Technology in Catalonia - Judit Castellví-Majó 13. Precolonial Practices in Caring and Acts of Knowing - Narratives in Reclaiming Social Work from its Imperialist Past - Jason Leung and Melinda Madew14. The use of African Proverbs in Advancing Afrocentric Social Work: A Cultural Competence Practice - Zibonele Zimba15. Teaching and Learning Tools in Decolonized Social Work - Melinda Madew, Linda Smith (TBA), Janestic Twikirizi 16. Conclusion - Envisioning a Transdisciplinary Decolonized Social Work - Mark Lusk, Melinda Madew, Jason Leung, Jens Müller, Annette Frank