@incollection{KlagesRodriguezLugoAfeworkiAbayetal., author = {Klages, Anna-Lisa and Rodr{\´i}guez Lugo, Sara and Afeworki Abay, Robel and Kleibl, Tanja}, title = {The Relevance of Decolonizing Social Work: Critical Reflections on Colonial Pasts, Post-Colonial Presents and Decolonial Futures}, series = {Decolonizing Social Work: From Theory to Transformative Practice}, booktitle = {Decolonizing Social Work: From Theory to Transformative Practice}, publisher = {Bloomsbury Publishing}, abstract = {The multiple and simultaneous realities of Social Work practice have always been more complex than its theories suggested. The knowledges, desires and perspectives of its addressees are much more nuanced than standardized empirical qualitative and quantitative research methodologies (that inform theorization) could possibly grasp. In consequence, many assumingly universal and evidence-based methods and instruments in Social Work do not lead towards anticipated outcomes that aim to support the social, political, ecological and economic needs of the addressees. Social Work theories in turn often lack the consideration of, under others, race, class and gender subordination and domination effects, which form integral parts of power dynamics between the oppressed and the oppressors at play in the 21st century. This leads to downplaying the need to theorize and support solidarity from below, as well as to strengthen relational accountability between those that want to advance social justice. In addition, structural elements "from above" such as political and welfare systems and development economies do not receive significant attention either. In consequence, many theories do not lead to concepts, approaches and praxis that sufficiently grasp the historical and contemporary situatedness in which Social Work operates.}, language = {en} } @incollection{AfeworkiAbayKleiblRodriguezLugoetal., author = {Afeworki Abay, Robel and Kleibl, Tanja and Rodr{\´i}guez Lugo, Sara and Klages, Anna-Lisa}, title = {Implications of Decolonizing Social Work: Critical Reflections on Colonial Pasts, Post-Colonial Presents and Decolonial Futures}, series = {Decolonizing Social Work: From Theory to Transformative Practice}, booktitle = {Decolonizing Social Work: From Theory to Transformative Practice}, publisher = {Bloomsbury Publishing}, abstract = {While there is an evident need for establishing thorough processes of decolonizing Social Work in education, research and practice, there is only a limited number of literature available on the complex decolonization project. It includes the co-edited volume Decolonizing Social Work by Mel Gray, John Coates, Michael Yellow Bird and Tiani Hetherington (2013), Trabajo Social y Descolonialidad, by Mar{\´i}a Eugenia Hermida and Paula Meschini (2017) or the Routledge Handbook of Postcolonial Social Work, by Tanja Kleibl, Ronald Lutz, Ndangwa Noyoo, Benjamin Bunk, Annika Dittmann and Boitumelo Seepamore (2020). These foundational works contribute immensely to the much-needed discussion on the diversification of Social Work theories and methods, yet their foci cannot possibly attempt to address a full scope to the decolonization of all Social Work dimensions in greater detail. Furthermore, most publications (e.g., Tasc{\´o}n and Ife, 2020; Fortier and Hon-Sing Wong, 2018) focus on theoretical reflections, leaving the important gap regarding the necessary knowledge transfer into practice, research and education still broadly opened.}, language = {en} } @incollection{KlagesKleiblRodriguezLugoetal., author = {Klages, Anna-Lisa and Kleibl, Tanja and Rodr{\´i}guez Lugo, Sara and Afeworki Abay, Robel}, title = {Introduction to Decolonial Methodologies in Social Work: Transcending Eurocentrism and Foregrounding Pluriversalism}, series = {Decolonial Methodologies in Social Work: Foregrounding Pluriversalism in Teaching and Research}, booktitle = {Decolonial Methodologies in Social Work: Foregrounding Pluriversalism in Teaching and Research}, publisher = {Bloomsbury Publishing}, abstract = {Since the publication of Linda Tuhiwai Smith's book (1999), Decolonizing Methodologies: Research and Indigenous Peoples, researchers in various disciplines in social and health sciences have increasingly become aware of the importance of adopting decolonial research methodologies. However, the transnational project of decolonization might be challenging and complex to implement in research projects and teaching formats in Social Work. The chapter contributions in this co-edited volume give insight from a broader geopolitical perspective into how established Eurocentric concepts, perceptions, practices, and paradigms in Social Work have been continuously re-assessed and re-nuanced within the last two decades (Tamburro, 2013; Noyoo, 2020; Kleibl et al., 2020; Castro Varela and Mohamed, 2021; Gray et al., 2023; Harms-Smith and Rasool, 2020). Within the broader project of Western academia, one effect of decolonization is challenging the allegedly objective "scientific knowledge, in view of its rigor and instrumental potential, [as] radically different from other ways of knowing, be they lay, popular, practical, commonsensical, intuitive, or religious" (de Sousa Santos, 2018b: 5). Moreover, decolonial concepts such as "epistemic de-linking" (Mignolo, 2007: 450) and "epistemic disobedience" (Mignolo, 2009: 8) are indispensable in unpacking the colonial roots of epistemic violence and foregrounding 'Epistemologies of the South' (de Sousa Santos, 2014) in Social Work research in order to establish "a time of epistemological imagination aimed at refounding the political imagination (…) to strengthen the social struggles against domination" (de Sousa Santos, 2018a: 126-127). The continuous problematization of Eurocentric knowledge production (e.g., methodological nationalism, culturalization, westernization) is therefore important for establishing critical dialogues in Social Work. Most importantly, decolonizing university education (Rodr{\´i}guez, 2018; Mbembe, 2016; Mignolo, 2013; de Sousa Santos, 2017) in general is the first step in order to disrupt the colonial continuity of knowledge production that "operates as an invisible power matrix that is shaping and sustaining asymmetrical power relations between the Global North and the Global South" (Ndlovu-Gatsheni, 2014: 181). In moving beyond theoretical discussions and reflections, this co-edited volume addresses the essential questions regarding the implementation of decolonial approaches in research methodologies and teaching formats in Social Work. This co-edited volume is therefore an important contribution for critically minded Social Work educators and students who seek to understand the complex structures of the colonial past, the contemporary postcolonial moment as well as to decolonize their teaching, researching, and visions of decolonialized Social Work.}, language = {en} } @incollection{AfeworkiAbayRodriguezLugoKleibletal., author = {Afeworki Abay, Robel and Rodr{\´i}guez Lugo, Sara and Kleibl, Tanja and Klages, Anna-Lisa}, title = {Methodological and Pedagogical Implications of Decolonizing Social Work}, series = {Decolonial Methodologies in Social Work: Foregrounding Pluriversalism in Teaching and Research}, booktitle = {Decolonial Methodologies in Social Work: Foregrounding Pluriversalism in Teaching and Research}, publisher = {Bloomsbury Publishing}, abstract = {The fact that the coloniality of power and knowledge (Quijano; 2000; Mignolo, 2007, 2011; Grosfoguel, 2013) has only been addressed poorly in Social Work contributes to what Paulo Freire (1970: 12) referred to as "a culture of silence". A culture of silence exists where those who are oppressed are not heard in society, and where a lack of knowledge about their contexts creates a high risk for the perpetuation of racism, discrimination, and the violent process of 'blaming the victim'. Research methodologies and teaching formats in Social Work have always been embedded in the colonial archives of Eurocentric knowledge (Quijano; 2000; Mbembe, 2016; Grosfoguel, 2013). As Freire (1970: 5) argues that "The social worker, as much as the educator, is not a neutral agent, either in practice or in action". In the last decade, Social Work education and research methodologies have been continuously criticized for being complicit in downplaying and silencing the brutality of the colonial project (Harms-Smith and Rasool, 2020; Kleibl et al., 2020; Tamburro, 2013). This includes but not only limited to the ignorance of the social, political, ecological and economic implications of colonial legacies as well as post and neocolonial continuities in the 21st century. In addition, the development of Western political and welfare systems 'from above' do not result in significant social change and transformative justice. In consequence, many theories do not lead to concepts, approaches and praxis that sufficiently grasp the historical and contemporary situatedness of coloniality of knowledge and power in which Social Work keeps operating (Afeworki Abay, 2023; Daňkov{\´a} et al., 2024; Kleibl et al., 2024). In response to the continuities of colonial epistemologies and methodologies in Social Work, the chapter contributions in this co-edited volume show the relevance of Pluriversality as one of the various decolonial strategies to unsettle the coloniality of Eurocentric knowledge production (Quijano; 2000; Mignolo, 2007, 2017; Grosfoguel, 2013). One of strategies of decolonizing research methodologies and teaching formats is to universalize and normalize ways of knowing and knowledge production that Eurocentric systems of knowledge portray as 'not valuable' or 'not objective enough' (Tuck and Yang, 2012; Tlostanova and Mignolo. 2012; Afeworki Abay, 2023). Likewise, an important analytic strategy for decolonizing research methodologies is to draw upon marginalized and Indigenous knowledge systems (Smith, 1999; Tamburro, 2013; Zavala, 2016) that have been to taken-for-granted in the social, political, economic, and environmental discourses in Social Work.}, language = {en} } @book{KleiblAfeworkiAbayKlagesetal., author = {Kleibl, Tanja and Afeworki Abay, Robel and Klages, Anna-Lisa and Rodr{\´i}guez Lugo, Sara}, title = {Decolonizing Social Work}, publisher = {Bloomsbury Publishing}, abstract = {Over the last three decades, "decolonization" has become an increasingly emergent framework in tracing and addressing the complex mechanisms of coloniality of knowledge and power (Mignolo, 2011; Quijano, 2000). Surprisingly enough, decolonial perspectives have hardly been considered in Social Work education, research and practice (e.g. Harms-Smith \& Rasool, 2020; Kleibl et al., 2020; Gray et al., 2016; Tamburro, 2013; Lutz, Sachau, \& Stauß, 2017). Even though, there is a growing body of literature that addresses the need for decolonization of Social Work with indigenous people (e.g. Tanemura et al., 2016; Ives \& Thaweiakenrat Loft, 2016) or individuals and communities in and from the Global South (e.g. Noyoo, 2020; Kreitzer, 2016; Freire, 1970), many Social Workers in the Global North (both in academia and practice) argue that the need for decolonization does not apply to their work. This is particularly true in countries of the Global North that claim to have had little engagement with colonialism (e.g. Ranta-Tyrkk{\"o}, 2011). Historically, much of Social Work theory and practice was developed in the Global North and exported across the globe as a byproduct of colonization and - in the postcolonial era - in form of development aid (Schirilla, 2018). Within the hegemonic discourses, knowledges produced at the peripheries and in the context of social struggles has been delegitimized and rendered invisible. Therefore, Social Work remains dominated by Euro-American perspectives, which oftentimes reproduce epistemic violence (Spivak, 1988). This acknowledgment, then, calls for a critical analysis of Social Work education, research and practice as well. Recent emerging discussions on implementing decolonial approaches in Social Work (Harms-Smith \& Rasool, 2020; Tamburro, 2013; Lutz, Kleibl \& Neureither, 2021) have drawn the attention to the possibilities of "epistemic disobedience" (Mignolo, 2009: 8). They brought forward Afrocentric approaches to pedagogy (van Wyk 2014; Watson-Vandiver \& Wiggan, 2021), pedagogies that centralize the oppressed (Freire, 1970; Kohan, 2021), non-extractivist research approaches and methods that focus on embodied knowledge and corporeal emancipation (de Sousa-Santos, 2018), as well as creating South-South links (Rivera, 2012).}, language = {en} } @book{AfeworkiAbayKlagesRodriguezLugoetal., author = {Afeworki Abay, Robel and Klages, Anna-Lisa and Rodr{\´i}guez Lugo, Sara and Kleibl, Tanja}, title = {Decolonial Methodologies in Social Work: Foregrounding Pluriversalism in Teaching and Research}, publisher = {Bloomsbury Publishing}, abstract = {While decolonial perspectives have continuously been discussed in contemporary academic discourse in Social Work in the last two decades, yet, the complex legacies of colonialism are often left unreflected within methodological and pedagogical conceptualizations in Social Work (Harms-Smith and Rasool, 2020; Tamburro, 2013; Kleibl et al., 2020; Harms-Smith and Afeworki Abay, 2024). With this understanding in mind, it is imperative to critically engage with the growing interest of mainstream discourse on decolonizing research and education in Social Work and as well as to understand the broader project of decolonization as a way of "epistemic de-linking" (Mignolo, 2007: 450) from colonial thoughts and practices. Decolonial perspectives in Social Work's knowledge production require a deep look into the core concept of Pluriversality in foregrounding theories, epistemologies and methodologies of the South. According to Boaventura de Sousa Santos (2018), decolonizing theories, epistemologies and methodologies is an asymmetrical and long-term process that requires deep analysis and reflection both in formerly colonized and colonizing regions. As there are only insufficient methodological reflections on these complex topics of "decolonization" in Social Work (see among others: Kleibl et al., 2024), the aim of this book is to go one-step further and put a spotlight on the increasing number of critical teaching formats as well as research projects in Social Work that aim to challenge the current status-quo of coloniality of power, knowledge and being (Quijano, 2007). This co-edited volume provides discussions and experiences with decolonial approaches in research and education of Social Work. It centres methodologies developed in the Global South (de Sousa Santos, 2014; Connell, 2014) in an attempt to decolonize Eurocentrism, as the knowledge produced by subaltern communities and scholars of the global South have been rendered invisible.}, language = {en} } @incollection{KleiblLutz, author = {Kleibl, Tanja and Lutz, Ronald}, title = {Pandemic - Measures and Consequences: Increased Global Inequality and Violations of Human Rights}, series = {Family Dynamics, Gender and Social Inequality During COVID-19}, booktitle = {Family Dynamics, Gender and Social Inequality During COVID-19}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {Cham}, doi = {10.1007/978-3-031-51237-7_2}, pages = {17 -- 26}, abstract = {This chapter explores the enduring impact of the global pandemic and its far-reaching consequences. The pandemic disrupted the world, exposing inequalities inherent in globalization and the privileged lifestyles of the Global North. Global inequality, rooted in colonialism and capitalism, persisted, with the pandemic exacerbating disparities. The crisis not only affected health but also strained families and exacerbated gender inequalities. In the Global South, vulnerable populations faced economic hardship and inadequate healthcare. The pandemic intensified the global education crisis, disproportionately impacting girls. Moreover, human rights violations became apparent as states and institutions failed to meet their obligations. Structural inequalities and unequal access to healthcare underscored the need for a more comprehensive human rights approach in social work. Social work must address structural inequalities, prioritize community-based solutions, and advocate for international solidarity and new legal mechanisms to protect human rights in crises. It must also confront its colonial past and decolonize curricula. As we navigate ongoing crises, social work must take on a transformative role, working alongside marginalized communities to advocate for a more just and equitable society.}, language = {en} } @incollection{AbayAferwokiDaňkovaXypolitasetal., author = {Abay Aferwoki, R. and Daňkov{\´a}, P. and Xypolitas, N. and Kleibl, Tanja}, title = {Introduction}, series = {Transnational Mobility and Externalization of EU Borders: Social Work, Migration Management and Resistance.}, booktitle = {Transnational Mobility and Externalization of EU Borders: Social Work, Migration Management and Resistance.}, editor = {Daňkov{\´a}, P. and Xypolitas, N. and Kleibl, Tanja and Abay Afeworki, R.}, publisher = {Lexington Press}, publisher = {Technische Hochschule W{\"u}rzburg-Schweinfurt}, language = {en} } @incollection{KleiblLutz, author = {Kleibl, Tanja and Lutz, Ronald}, title = {Globale Ungleichheiten - Herausforderungen f{\"u}r eine internationale Soziale Arbeit}, series = {Wandel der Arbeitsgesellschaft: Soziale Arbeit in Zeiten von Globalisierung, Digitalisierung und Prekarisierung}, booktitle = {Wandel der Arbeitsgesellschaft: Soziale Arbeit in Zeiten von Globalisierung, Digitalisierung und Prekarisierung}, editor = {Steckelberg, C. and Thiessen, B.}, publisher = {Verlag Barbara Budrich}, doi = {10.2307/j.ctv10h9fcs.7}, pages = {51 -- 66}, abstract = {Das Corona Virus bzw. die Krankheit Covid-19 ist zu einer Pandemie geworden, die sich {\"u}ber die ganze Welt ausbreitet und diese an den Rand eines v{\"o}lligen {\"o}konomischen und politischen Kollaps f{\"u}hren kann. In nahezu allen L{\"a}ndern ist es inzwischen angekommen. Es trifft zwar alle, doch darin offenbaren sich Unterschiede. Die Krankheit wird zum einen die sozialen Probleme in den reichen Gesellschaften des Nordens ver{\"a}ndern und auch vergr{\"o}ßern, doch insbesondere in den L{\"a}ndern des Globalen S{\"u}dens kann der Ausbruch in seine {\"o}konomischen und sozialen Folgen verheerend sein. Kann der Globale Norden noch eind{\"a}mmende und die Folgen abfedernde Maßnahmen etablieren, so schlagen die Auswirkungen im Globalen S{\"u}den voll durch. In diese Gesellschaften sind verheerende Folgen zu erwarten, die Armut, Elend, Hunger und Migrationsbewegungen intensivieren werden. Dadurch wird aber auch die Globale Ungleichheit zwischen den Nationen gr{\"o}ßer. In dieser Krise w{\"a}re Solidarit{\"a}t {\"u}ber nationale Grenzen hinweg gefragt; doch genau diese ist kaum erkennbar. Gleichzeitig ist auch Internationale Soziale Arbeit aufgefordert, ihre Ausrichtung neu zu definieren.}, language = {de} } @book{KleibldoCarmodosSantosGoncalvesDaňkovaetal., author = {Kleibl, Tanja and do Carmo dos Santos Gon{\c{c}}alves, Maria and Daňkov{\´a}, Petra and Munck, Ronaldo}, title = {Migration and social transformation: engaged perspectives}, publisher = {Machdohnil Ltd}, address = {Dublin}, isbn = {978-1-908689-43-6}, publisher = {Hochschule f{\"u}r Angewandte Wissenschaften W{\"u}rzburg-Schweinfurt}, pages = {XXVI, 310 Seiten}, language = {en} } @article{KleiblXypolytas, author = {Kleibl, Tanja and Xypolytas, Nikos}, title = {Oppression or liberation? The function of social work in migration management}, volume = {21}, number = {2}, publisher = {Regener}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:863-opus-56389}, pages = {11}, abstract = {Drawing on the work of Antonio Gramsci and liberation scholars from Latin America, this article examines the role of social work, as both an academic discipline and a practice, in the context of the recent refugee crisis. This role mirrors the historical development of social work and is further highlighted by recent empirical studies of refugee experiences on Greek islands. The authors call for an active political coalition between social work practitioners and refugees, with the aim of empowering the latter in their quest for liberation from the regime of European refugee management.}, language = {en} } @book{doCarmodosSantosGoncalvesGutwaldKleibletal., author = {do Carmo dos Santos Gon{\c{c}}alves, Maria and Gutwald, Rebecca and Kleibl, Tanja and Lutz, Ronald and Noyoo, Ndangwa and Twikirize, Janestic}, title = {The Coronavirus Crisis and Challenges to Social Development: Global Perspectives}, edition = {1.}, publisher = {Springer Cham}, address = {Wiesbaden}, isbn = {978-3-030-84678-7}, doi = {10.1007/978-3-030-84678-7}, pages = {461}, abstract = {This book is a novel contribution to academic discourses on the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis and how it has impacted societies globally. It proffers an overview on the social development and political measures, from both the Global North and Global South, to prevent COVID-19's spread. It illuminates major social, political and economic challenges that already existed in different contexts and which are also currently being amplified by COVID-19. Curiously, this global pandemic has opened spaces for different actors, across the globe, to begin to fundamentally question and challenge the hegemony of the Global North, which sometimes is evident in social work. Linked to the foregoing and while reflecting beyond the pandemic and into the future, the book proposes that social work must become more political at all levels, and strive to transform societies, global social development efforts, and economic and health systems. This contributed volume of 38 chapters discusses and analyses ethical, social, sociological, social work and social development issues that complement and enrich available literature in the socio-political, economics, public health, medical ethics and political science. It provides various case studies which should enable readers to gain insights into how countries have responded to the pandemic and learn how COVID-19 negatively impacted countries in different parts of the world. This book also provides a platform for the articulation of neglected and marginalized voices, such as those of indigenous populations, the poor, or oppressed. The chapters are grouped according to three main themes as they relate to research on the COVID-19 pandemic and social work in Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America and North America: - Analysis: Social Issues and the COVID-19 Pandemic - Strategies and Responses in Social Work: Globally and Locally - Outlook: Looking Ahead Beyond the Pandemic Intended to engage a global, diverse and interdisciplinary audience, The Coronavirus Crisis and Challenges to Social Development is a timely and relevant resource for academics, students and researchers in inter alia Social Work, Philosophy, Sociology, Economics, and Development Studies.}, language = {en} } @article{NoyooKleiblMadewetal., author = {Noyoo, Ndangwa and Kleibl, Tanja and Madew, Melinda and Matela, Minenhle and Lutz, Ronald and Boryczko, Marcin}, title = {Will the Welcome ever Run Dry? Interrogating the Hierarchy of Human Categories - The Case of Ukrainian Refugees in Europe}, series = {Quarterly on Refugee Problems}, volume = {61}, journal = {Quarterly on Refugee Problems}, number = {1}, doi = {10.57947/qrp.v61i1.19}, pages = {93 -- 100}, abstract = {This review summarises and chronicles inputs from several speakers who attended a conference titled: Will the Welcome ever Run Dry?: Interrogating the Hierarchy of Human Categories - The Case of Ukrainian Refugees in Europe. The conference interrogated the refugee crisis which had been precipitated by Russia's unprovoked war against Ukraine. It was organised by Tanja Kleibl, Melinda Madew, Minenhle Matela, Ronald Lutz and Ndangwa Noyoo and held at the University of Applied Sciences W{\"u}rzburg-Schweinfurt on 17 March 2022. The conference participants were social work academics, practitioners, students and activists, and it was delivered in a blended mode. Crucially, it was meant to be a call to action to the social work profession around the world, especially in Europe. Also, the organisers wanted to cast a sharp light on the refugee crisis from a social work perspective and highlight the discrimination which was associated with this phenomenon. Indeed, media reports and other accounts had identified this disturbing trend, whereby African and non-European students from developing countries, who were equally fleeing the war zone with Ukrainians, were ill-treated and discriminated against by Ukrainian and Polish security forces. These officials allegedly allowed only Ukrainians and European-looking people to cross the border (Chebil, 2022; Pronczuk et al., 2022).}, language = {en} } @article{KleiblNeureither, author = {Kleibl, Tanja and Neureither, F.}, title = {Soziale Arbeit des S{\"u}dens}, series = {Socialnet Lexikon}, journal = {Socialnet Lexikon}, publisher = {socialnet}, address = {Bonn}, abstract = {Im Globalen S{\"u}den stellen sich immer wieder neue und andere Themen und soziale Problemlagen als im Globalen Norden. Aufgrund postkolonialer Entwicklungen ergeben sich Fragestellungen, die zum einen zur Anerkennung von Differenz und zum anderen zum Grenzdenken einladen. Innerhalb dieser Dynamik stellen sich insbesondere in Europa immer wieder neue ethische Fragestellungen zum Umgang mit Kolonialismus und Neokolonialismus und der Externalisierung von Folgen des westlichen, industrialisierten Entwicklungsmodels. In den Diskursen einer Sozialarbeit des S{\"u}dens spielen folgende Kontexte eine essenzielle Rolle: - die Sichtbarmachung der kolonialen Folgen sowie der Konflikte und Widerspr{\"u}che, der Ausbeutung und der Ausgrenzung in den nachkolonialen Gesellschaften, die auf ihre Urspr{\"u}nge zur{\"u}ckgef{\"u}hrt werden - der genuin politische Anspruch zur Ver{\"a}nderbarkeit der Welt durch Akteur*innen, seien dies Bewegungen, Organisationen, Regierungen oder Menschen in ihren sozialen Beziehungen - die Bestrebungen der Sozialen Arbeit im S{\"u}den {\"u}ber Prozesse der Indigenisierung und Authentisierung Eigenst{\"a}ndigkeit zu erlangen, um sich aus der kolonialen Umklammerung des Nordens zu l{\"o}sen. Darin gewinnt die Debatte um indigenes, lokales und „pluriversales" Wissen, als einem von den Prinzipen rationaler Vernunft unterschiedenem Wissenssystem, das gleichwohl auf Erfahrung und Diversit{\"a}t basiert, eine zentrale Bedeutung. Die Sozialarbeit des S{\"u}dens beinhaltet und fokussiert immer auch einen politischen Anspruch und verf{\"u}gt {\"u}ber eigene Methoden.}, language = {de} } @incollection{KleiblJaji, author = {Kleibl, Tanja and Jaji, Rose}, title = {Women's empowerment: unravelling the cultural incompatibility myth in Zimbabwe}, series = {The Routledge Handbook of Postcolonial Social Work}, booktitle = {The Routledge Handbook of Postcolonial Social Work}, editor = {Kleibl, Tanja and Lutz, Ronald and Noyoo, Ndangwa and Bunk, Benjamin and Dittmann, Annika and Seepamore, Boitumelo}, publisher = {Routledge}, address = {London}, isbn = {978-0-429-46872-8}, doi = {10.4324/9780429468728}, abstract = {The wider concept of development continues to be tied to ideas of generation of wealth and establishment of a global social order premised on Western thought. Within this framework, women's empowerment, informed by modernisation theory, depicts mostly traditional cultures in the Global South as incompatible with development. As such, many women's empowerment initiatives assume that women living in the Global South are inherently powerless. Notwithstanding criticism, this narrative and the transformative agenda of modernisation theory persist. Current empowerment initiatives still take a Eurocentric approach in which power needs to be brought from outside the context of the people targeted for empowerment. Drawing from the paradoxes of women's empowerment initiatives in Zimbabwe, this chapter argues that extracting women from their cultural context and community often produces outcomes that are contrary to those intended by empowerment initiatives. The chapter also discusses the resistance that emanates from targeting women and excluding men from empowerment programmes in a context where women's and men's lives are intertwined, and men are as disempowered as their female counterparts. It concludes that Northern non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and social development approaches need to rethink their mission and women's empowerment frameworks, making space for cultural and political negotiations based on local social organisation.}, language = {en} } @article{KleiblLutz, author = {Kleibl, Tanja and Lutz, Ronald}, title = {Internationale Soziale Arbeit neu denken: Zur Versch{\"a}rfung Globaler Ungleichheit durch COVID-19}, series = {Sozial Extra}, volume = {44}, journal = {Sozial Extra}, number = {4}, doi = {10.1007/s12054-020-00289-0}, pages = {247 -- 251}, abstract = {Covid-19 hat sich {\"u}ber die ganze Welt ausbreitet und kann sie an den Rand eines {\"o}konomischen und politischen Kollapses f{\"u}hren. Das Virus trifft zwar alle, doch mit Unterschieden. Die Krankheit wird zum einen die sozialen Probleme in den reichen Gesellschaften des Nordens ver{\"a}ndern und auch vergr{\"o}ßern, doch insbesondere in den L{\"a}ndern des Globalen S{\"u}dens kann der Ausbruch in seinen {\"o}konomischen und sozialen Folgen verheerend sein. Kann der Globale Norden noch eind{\"a}mmende und die Folgen abfedernde Maßnahmen etablieren, so schlagen die Auswirkungen im Globalen S{\"u}den voll durch. In diesen Gesellschaften sind verheerende Folgen zu erwarten, die Armut, Elend, Hunger und Migrationsbewegungen intensivieren werden. Dadurch wird aber auch die Globale Ungleichheit zwischen den Nationen gr{\"o}ßer. In dieser Krise w{\"a}re Solidarit{\"a}t {\"u}ber nationale Grenzen hinweg gefragt; doch genau diese ist kaum erkennbar. Die Internationale Soziale Arbeit ist aufgefordert, ihre Ausrichtung neu zu definieren.}, language = {de} } @inproceedings{KleiblSchellhammer, author = {Kleibl, Tanja and Schellhammer, Barbara}, title = {Sozialer Wandel als Gegenstand des Dialogs zwischen Interkultureller Philosophie und Kritischer Entwicklungstheorie}, series = {Polylog: Zeitschrift f{\"u}r interkulturelles Philosophieren}, volume = {44}, booktitle = {Polylog: Zeitschrift f{\"u}r interkulturelles Philosophieren}, abstract = {Debates about globalization and development underline global interconnectedness, although from mainly linear modernist economic perspectives. They divide the world into »developed« and »underdeveloped« regions, subordinating social change to economic progress. Social change is absorbed as something natural, ignoring the historic conditions under which »development« takes place. Concurrently, the dissolution of cultural self-conceptions plays an increasingly important role in intercultural philosophy. It claims that social change has always something to do with the threatening experiences of alienation as well as power interests and inequalities driving it. Critical development theories show the alienation of »development« from the radical social changes needed to transform the postcolonial conditions of globalization. Both intercultural philosophy and critical development theory confront this situation with their own disciplinary positionality, initiating the notion of border thinking.}, language = {de} } @incollection{KleiblKhoo, author = {Kleibl, Tanja and Khoo, S.-M.}, title = {Globaler Klimanotstand und Menschenrechte „von unten". Ein Blick aus der P{\"a}dagogik der Entwicklungsethik und der Internationalen Sozialen Arbeit}, series = {Klimakrise, sozial{\"o}kologischer Kollaps und Klimagerechtigkeit}, booktitle = {Klimakrise, sozial{\"o}kologischer Kollaps und Klimagerechtigkeit}, editor = {Pfaff, T. and Schramkowski, B. and Lutz, Ronald}, publisher = {Beltz Juventa}, address = {Weinheim}, pages = {351 -- 369}, language = {de} } @incollection{KleiblLutz, author = {Kleibl, Tanja and Lutz, Ronald}, title = {Globale Ungleichheit als Herausforderung}, series = {Armutsforschung - Handbuch f{\"u}r Wissenschaft und Praxis}, booktitle = {Armutsforschung - Handbuch f{\"u}r Wissenschaft und Praxis}, editor = {Marquardsen, K.}, publisher = {Nomos}, pages = {505 -- 521}, language = {de} } @inproceedings{KleiblAfeworkiAbay, author = {Kleibl, Tanja and Afeworki Abay, Robel}, title = {Migration and social transformation: from theory to engaged practice}, series = {Migration and social transformation: southern perspectives}, booktitle = {Migration and social transformation: southern perspectives}, abstract = {Globalisation has made geo-politics not an isolated issue but it must be seen as part of wider transformative processes. New emerging forms of global governance, in particular migration governance, although still discussed as a central national policy instrument in the wider normative political dialogues, have been further developed as forms of control over people which, through externalization processes, go far beyond national borders or continental patterns. Its divisive dynamics have strengthened new forms of unilateralism, stronger nationalism, populism and xenophobia, especially in Europe and North America, affecting countries in the Global South through so called "containment politics". At the same time, economic mega-projects, extractive industries and land grabbing, as well as increasingly internal - often resource related - postcolonial conflicts, have led to more and more forced displaced people on the African continent. Examples thereof would be the new conflict in Northern Mozambique, which led to about 800.000 internally displaced people (IDPs) since 2017 or the so-called Anglophone Crises in Cameroon, which resulted so far in about half a million IDPs. Extractivism and exploitation of environmental resources without considering its environmental impact has also contributed to the worsening of the self-sustainability conditions of entire communities, forcing them to migrate. Xenophobia, resulting from continued racism as well as from the negative consequences of neoliberal policies for large parts of the populations, has taken on dangerous proportions in what has come to be known as xenophobic violent attacks in South Africa. These violent attacks, perpetrated by South Africans, against fellow Africans from other parts of Africa, have resulted in deaths, injuries and destruction of property. Unfortunately, at the receiving end of such attacks are mostly poor, vulnerable and marginalised groups such as refugees, asylum seekers and immigrants from the continent. Violent xenophobic attacks have contributed to the further displacement of sub-Saharan Africans in South Africa. What is worrying is that these attacks are becoming more and more frequent. Despite these narrowing and inward-looking tendencies, globalisation and related social, economic and cultural transformations are accelerating at a fast pace, making the world even more embedded and interconnected, a process in which digitalization plays a key part. In all these global upheavals, human development and social work should remain at the centre, given their mandate of advocating with and on behalf of the most marginalised ("option for the poor"). Thus, social justice, human rights and social inclusion across the world remain social work's main mission and a very important task for the profession in terms of education, research and practice. Given this backdrop, it is imperative that social workers not only take critical note of the major shifts taking place momentarily and the various challenges and social ills that have global implications. Rather, they need to insert themselves into this global discourse by offering their unique social justice orientated paradigm and frameworks. This international winter/summer school, taking place in South Africa, aims to support and enhance North-South as well as South-South exchanges of academics, students and organizations working in the field of social work and (forced) migration. Of critical importance, young people, especially social work students, from both the Global South and North, need to be equipped with appropriate and relevant analytical skills to be able to navigate these turbulent times and be better prepared for the numerous complex challenges faced by social work and community practitioners, migrants and refugees in the field. In addition, they need to be exposed to progressive worldviews as well as new innovative research and practices. Academics from the fields of social work and migration need to invest in arriving at context relevant curricula and decolonizing teaching and research methodologies that tackle the issues mentioned above while practitioners need to make themselves familiar with current research trends and innovative practice approaches by learning from other parts of the "interconnected" world.}, language = {en} }