@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} } @inproceedings{AfeworkiAbayKleiblStubbsetal., author = {Afeworki Abay, Robel and Kleibl, Tanja and Stubbs, Paul and Noyoo, Ndangwa}, title = {Challenging colonial continuities and racism within contemporary EU migration regimes: postcolonial perspectives in social work}, series = {Social work - a hinge of practical utopia}, booktitle = {Social work - a hinge of practical utopia}, abstract = {The history of Social Work and the modern Western university paradoxically represents both the high point and low point of human progress. Conceived in an epoch of immense human discovery, it is important to understand this period as characterised by white Western Imperialist and Colonial projects and the rise of capitalist accumulation. In combination, these processes, not confined to the geo-political points of origin, continue to have devastating impacts across the world, characterised by the exploitation, displacement, and destruction of human beings as well as natural ecosystems. Hegemonic colonial structures and practices created and reproduced global racialised hierarchies with the dominance of the Global North and the 'Othering' of knowledge forms and ways of life emerging from the Global South. Struggles for decolonisation and anti-racism come from an ongoing refusal by the victims of capitalism and imperialism to accept defeat and to continue to struggle for life, liberty and dignity. In the current moment, especially following the brutal public execution of George Floyd in the US and the Black Lives Matter movement, especially amongst youth, we have witnessed a global response, incorporating gestures of solidarity, through the 'taking of the knee' through to direct action to remove statues and monuments celebrating various characters associated with Empire, slavery and colonial exploitation. Again, the current discriminatory practices against non-European and non-White refugees from Ukraine highlights the coloniality of human rights. As Social Work scientific community and practitioners, we stand united with all people of good will working for peace and justice across national borders. In times where many forces try to divide and polarize this world, as Social Workers we seek to overcome "Oppression Olympics" (Walby et al., 2012: 234) and to foster solidarity as a collective strategy of resistance. In this regard, this panel contribution focusses specifically on the relevance of postcolonial perspectives to challenge contemporary EU migration regimes and developing anticolonial approaches in Social Work. In trying to sketch out how Social Work research, education and practice are often entangled in (re)producing hegemonic discourse, the panel will critically discuss the inherent ambivalences and ambiguities of decolonisation processes in the face of a vast range of epistemic violence, which is also referred to as Epistemicide (de Sousa-Santos, 2014; Ndlovu-Gatsheni, 2018). Some concluding remarks will be made by highlighting the relevance of epistemic disobedience in challenging coloniality of knowledge in Social Work.}, language = {en} } @article{NoyooKleiblMatelaetal., author = {Noyoo, Ndangwa and Kleibl, Tanja and Matela, Minenhle and Madew, Melinda and Lutz, Ronald and Boryczko, Marcin}, title = {Conference Reviews: Will the Welcome ever Run Dry? Interrogating the Hierarchy of Human Categories - The Case of Ukrainian Refugees in Europe}, series = {Quarterly on Refugee Problems - AWR Bulletin}, volume = {61}, journal = {Quarterly on Refugee Problems - AWR Bulletin}, number = {1}, issn = {2750-7882}, 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} } @inproceedings{AfeworkiAbayKleiblRitteretal., author = {Afeworki Abay, Robel and Kleibl, Tanja and Ritter, Monique and Ihring, Isabelle and Mouissi, Jasmin}, title = {Dekolonialisierung des Wissens in Forschung, Lehre und Praxis Sozialer Arbeit}, series = {Geteiltes Wissen - Wissensentwicklung in Disziplin und Profession Sozialer Arbeit}, booktitle = {Geteiltes Wissen - Wissensentwicklung in Disziplin und Profession Sozialer Arbeit}, abstract = {Das geplante Panel besch{\"a}ftigt sich mit der Frage, wie durch die hegemoniale Wissensproduktion der Sozialen Arbeit koloniale Deutungs- und Handlungsmuster und kulturalisierende Zuschreibenden sowie damit einhergehende subtilere Mechanismen des Othering (re-)produziert werden (Said, 1978). Eine dekoloniale Forschungspraxis kann sich hier als besonders geeignet erweisen, um solchen diskursiven und wissenschaftlichen Praktiken entgegenzuwirken und danach zu fragen: ,,Who and when, why and where is knowledge generated?" (Mignolo, 2009, S. 2). Mit diesem Panel m{\"o}chten wir zudem kritische Anregungen f{\"u}r den weiteren Forschungsbedarf zur Dekolonialisierung der Forschung Sozialer Arbeit im Sinne des ,,epistemic disobedience'' (Mignolo, 2009, S. 8) anstoßen.}, language = {de} } @article{KolbeKleiblSurzykiewicz, author = {Kolbe, Simon Wilhelm and Kleibl, Tanja and Surzykiewicz, Janusz}, title = {Soziale Arbeit in der Post-Migrationsgesellschaft: Die R{\"u}ckbesinnung auf Religion und Spiritualit{\"a}t in der Begleitung von {\"a}lteren Migranten*innen mit Fluchterfahrungen}, series = {Sozialer Fortschritt}, volume = {71}, journal = {Sozialer Fortschritt}, number = {5}, doi = {10.3790/sfo.71.5.343}, pages = {343 -- 357}, abstract = {Unterschiedliche Forschungserkenntnisse belegen, dass Religion und Spiritualit{\"a}t zu den wichtigsten psychosozialen Ressourcen von {\"a}lteren Menschen z{\"a}hlen. Gleichzeitig werden sie jedoch nicht immer sachkundig in sozialen Dienstleistungen ber{\"u}cksichtigt. W{\"a}hrend Herkunftskulturen, Migrationserfahrungen und Adaptationsanforderungen im Fall von {\"a}lteren Migranten*innen mit Fluchterfahrungen zus{\"a}tzlich zu den {\"u}blichen altersbedingten und soziokulturellen Aspekten beobachtet werden, k{\"o}nnen {\"u}berdies spirituell-religi{\"o}se Bew{\"a}ltigungsstrategien eine bedeutende Rolle spielen. Die Ber{\"u}cksichtigung dieser psychosozialen Ressourcen stellt eine wichtige Qualifikations- bzw. Kompetenzanforderung in der Sozialen Arbeit dar, um die Resilienz und Lebenszufriedenheit dieser {\"a}lteren Menschen zu st{\"a}rken und folglich auch deren soziale Einbindung in der gesamten Gesellschaft zu gew{\"a}hrleisten.}, language = {de} } @incollection{NoyooKleibl, author = {Noyoo, Ndangwa and Kleibl, Tanja}, title = {Kinship care, responsibility and self-determination: exploring african individual and community rights in decolonized social work}, series = {Decolonized approaches to human rights and social work}, booktitle = {Decolonized approaches to human rights and social work}, doi = {10.1007/978-3-031-33030-8_5}, pages = {77 -- 9}, abstract = {This chapter explores how the notion of human rights and the practice of social care could further be embedded in an African way of life. Even though there appears to be a broad acceptance of social work as a human rights profession in many African societies, social work seems to be in dissonance with the deeply rooted cultural practice of kinship care and collective responsibility on the continent. It is noteworthy that cultural practices in kinship care and community responsibility in Africa are congruent to social work principles; however, there still remains a yawning gap between this reality in regard to social work education and practice. This chapter calls for the decolonization of human rights and social work discourses in Africa. We argue that wide-ranging culturally embedded values and collective practices should find expression in human rights and social work endeavors in Africa. This will lend itself to a deeper understanding of non-Western-oriented notions of human rights and social work, which are underpinned by community responsibility, and the principle of self-determination as a collective right.}, language = {en} } @incollection{DaňkovaAfeworkiAbayXypolytasetal., author = {Daňkov{\´a}, Petra and Afeworki Abay, Robel and Xypolytas, Nikos and Kleibl, Tanja}, title = {Introduction to externalization of EU borders}, 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}, publisher = {Lexington Books}, abstract = {The dramatic pictures of violence on the Polish - Belorussian border, preventable shipwrecks off the coast of Italy and Greece or the killing of people attempting to cross the border into the Spanish exclave of Melilla are just the latest manifestation of the dehumanization, securitization and externalization of the EU migration management policies. A trend that can be traced to early 2000s has achieved a new level in recent years after a brief opening of EU borders around 2015. The Covid-19 pandemic has amplified these dynamics in important ways and deepened inequalities of transnational mobility (Lee 2020; Sumba 2021; Afeworki Abay, Kassaye and Kleibl 2022; Matela and Maaza 2022). The flight of people from Ukraine into the EU after the Russian invasion has highlighted the differential treatment of refugees based on intersecting hierarchies of racialization, gender and citizenship.}, language = {en} } @article{MunckKleibl, author = {Munck, Ronaldo and Kleibl, Tanja}, title = {NGOs and the political economy of international development and development education: an irish perspective}, series = {Policy \& Practice: A Development education review}, journal = {Policy \& Practice: A Development education review}, pages = {31 -- 53}, abstract = {In Ireland the role of development non-governmental organisations (NGOs) is rarely interrogated. There is, rather, a shared discourse across the government, NGO and academic sectors which does not really encourage critical enquiry. One of the reasons is, arguably, the reduction of support for development education that would have kept that critical lens more active. In light of the recent Oxfam and Goal scandals, we must ask if development NGOs are now 'part of the problem' rather than 'part of the solution' to use a 1960s phrase. After a brief context-setting section "Why Now?" which discusses recent events around the NGOs, we start our enquiry with a set of Deconstructions of relevant terms such as 'development', 'civil society', 'human rights' and the term 'NGO' itself, too often referred to in reverential or uncritical ways in the NGO literature and more widely. We then move on to consider whether it is a case of Irish exceptionalism which explains why the political economy of development and NGOs debate in Ireland seems so insulated from international debates. Finally, we open up a Discussion which tries to pose some of the main matters arising from our enquiry. We understand our discussion might seem challenging to some, but we hope to spark an open debate on whether NGOs are part of the solution or, rather, part of the problem. This debate is too important to be left to the NGOs alone and requires the critical engagement of development education we would argue.}, language = {en} } @article{NeureitherKleiblLutz, author = {Neureither, Franziska and Kleibl, Tanja and Lutz, Ronald}, title = {Internationalisation of Social Work}, series = {Pedagogika Społeczna Nova}, volume = {3}, journal = {Pedagogika Społeczna Nova}, number = {6}, doi = {10.14746/psn.2023.3.6.11}, pages = {175 -- 195}, abstract = {The article explores the internationalisation of social work from a historical point of view to Indigenous approaches and discusses the concepts of indigenisation, authentication and reconceptualisation. It demonstrates the importance of shifting away from the dominant western perspective on knowledge as well as away from the idea of a universal Social Work and focuses on philosophies and approaches of the Global South. Dialogue as praxis, enablement, and empowerment as well as translation and an ethnological view as methods of internationalisation of Social Work are emphasised. Subsequently, perspectives of Radical as well as Green Social Work and postcolonial feminist approaches within the profession are presented, which can contribute to a desired interwoven, mutually supporting Social Work. The outlook shows the importance of international and cross-cultural exchange between social workers. It emphasizes on sharing of and learning about local methods and practices from other parts of the world, to develop common ideas. In this context self-reflection of the profession and social work- ers is crucially value.}, language = {en} } @incollection{KleiblXypolytas, author = {Kleibl, Tanja and Xypolytas, Nikos}, title = {?'Opresi{\´o}n o liberaci{\´o}n? - La Funci{\´o}n del trabajo social en la gesti{\´o}n de la migraci{\´o}n}, series = {Migraci{\´o}n y transformaci{\´o}n social: Perspectivas comprometidas}, booktitle = {Migraci{\´o}n y transformaci{\´o}n social: Perspectivas comprometidas}, doi = {10.61301/isbn.978-65-85775-03-8.2023.v24.p322-248}, pages = {322 -- 348}, abstract = {Este volumen cuestiona las formas tradicionales de crear conocimiento en la investigaci{\´o}n sobre migraci{\´o}n y se propone a descentralizar el sesgo euroc{\´e}ntrico del pa{\´i}s receptor y explorar los procesos de migraci{\´o}n Sur-Sur proporcionando perspectivas del pa{\´i}s de origen sobre la migraci{\´o}n. El libro est{\´a} dividido en secciones sobre Perspectivas, Experiencias e Intervenciones para buscar activamente posibilidades para como moldear procesos sociales vitales conectados con la migraci{\´o}n. Con este fin, en la secci{\´o}n final hay la tradici{\´o}n del trabajo social como disciplina acad{\´e}mica y pr{\´a}ctica profesional enfocada en la transformaci{\´o}n social, m{\´a}s que como una pr{\´a}ctica a nivel micro de "control" o "educaci{\´o}n" de personas y familias que se consideran fuera de la sociedad "normal". Este volumen persigue el objetivo de reivindicar la misi{\´o}n pol{\´i}tica del trabajo social como fuerza activa de transformaci{\´o}n social y mostrar c{\´o}mo el trabajo social puede ser una fuerza para dise{\~n}ar pol{\´i}ticas activamente, en lugar de ser solo una herramienta de control de la migraci{\´o}n.}, language = {es} } @article{KhooKleibl, author = {Khoo, Su-ming and Kleibl, Tanja}, title = {Addressing the Global Emergencies of Climate and Human Rights from Below: A View from the Pedagogy of Development Ethics and International Social Work}, series = {Irish Studies in International Affairs}, volume = {31}, journal = {Irish Studies in International Affairs}, number = {1}, doi = {10.1353/isia.2020.0001}, pages = {27 -- 42}, abstract = {Acknowledging that the climate emergency is a transdisciplinary challenge that changes everything, this paper offers reflections on teaching and research, attending to the public and students' demands, witnessed at a global climate protest- 'to not remain as bystanders, but join in action!' It asks, what could we begin to do to teach, research and write for climate action, and for solidarity? We offer a joint reflection on the experience of a collaborative Erasmus+ Disciplinary Excellence in Teaching, Learning and Assessment (Erasmus DELTA) training exchange and consider the challenges and benefits for engaged scholarship, subject specific curriculum enhancement and creative pedagogy.}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{AfeworkiAbayKleiblXypolytas, author = {Afeworki Abay, Robel and Kleibl, Tanja and Xypolytas, Nikos}, title = {Anti-Colonial Perspectives in Social Work, Social Policy and Beyond}, series = {Decoloniality, Social Policy and Social Work}, booktitle = {Decoloniality, Social Policy and Social Work}, abstract = {The history of social work and the modern Western university paradoxically represents both the high point and low point of human progress. Conceived in an epoch of immense human discovery, it is important to understand this period as characterised by white Western Imperialist and Colonial projects and the rise of capitalist accumulation. In combination, these processes, not confined to the geo-political points of origin, continue to have devastating impacts across the world, characterised by the exploitation, displacement, and destruction of human beings as well as natural ecosystems. Hegemonic colonial structures and practices created and reproduced global racialised hierarchies with the dominance of the Global North and the 'Othering' of knowledge forms and ways of life emerging from the Global South. Struggles for decolonisation and anti-racism come from an ongoing refusal by the victims of capitalism and imperialism to accept defeat and to continue to struggle for life, liberty and dignity. In the current moment, especially following the brutal public execution of George Floyd in the US and the Black Lives Matter movement, especially amongst youth, we have witnessed a global response, incorporating gestures of solidarity, through the 'taking of the knee' through to direct action to remove statues and monuments celebrating various characters associated with Empire, slavery and colonial exploitation. Decolonial perspectives are often neglected in the Global North. At the same time, activist intellectuals such as Freire, Fanon, and also Gandhi remain important sources for social work practice otherwise. Decolnialism refers both to a specific global conjuncture and to a broad range of theoretical analyses and political dispositions, borne out of the struggle of countries in the Global South to escape from colonial rule and from neo-colonial global power relations. In parallel, post-colonial thought critiques the Northern and Western-centrism of what passes for global knowledge, distrusting particularistic knowledge forms that pretend to a universal understanding and reach and, instead, seek to bring back pluriversal thinking. Crucially, an anti-colonialist paradigm focuses on dismantling global structures of domination - in thought, language, action, suggesting that political and conceptual work is needed, constantly, to challenge the powerful legacies of the colonial past. This bias is as present in social work as it is in other disciplines and practices, eroding the memory and relevance of alternative traditions and practices. Alongside geo-political colonisation there were parallel processes of the colonisation of madness, childhood, sexuality, poverty, gender, disability and old age. In all of these examples, the dominant powers use the same, or similar, patterns of subordinating, even erasing, 'The Other', through disciplines of care and control that involve oppression and exploitation. Crucially, the planet, and its finite resources, are being colonised for profit through unfettered extractivist productivism. Social work's emergence as a profession was deeply implicated in social Darwinism and eugenics, trends that have re-emerged in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Understanding global inequality as a phenomenon deriving from colonialism, imperialism and capitalism, this course seeks to address the prosepcts for a decolnial social work, a social work otherise, a social work of the South and the ways these can and should be reflected in social work education, training and rpactice. How can international documents (conventions, treaties etc.) be used to combat the colonialist paradigm? What kinds of alternative understandings of the relationship between people and nature exist and how can these be used as part of the anti-colonial struggle? What are some of the colonising and de-colonising effects of international efforts in social work? How can indigenous wisdom, local and hidden intelligence and skills, be preserved and built upon? How can patriarchal values be turned off and around, providing the openings for values of care, solidarity and kindness? Can minor subversions of social work contribute to major changes?}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{AfeworkiAbayKleiblNeureitheretal., author = {Afeworki Abay, Robel and Kleibl, Tanja and Neureither, Franziska and Daňkov{\´a}, Petra and Klages, Anna-Lisa and Lutz, Ronald}, title = {Ethical Considerations for Social Work Education and Research in Africa: COVID-19, White Privilege, Structural Inequalities and its Implications for European Social Work}, series = {Innovation and Resilience: Preparedness of Social Work Education in Uncertain Times}, booktitle = {Innovation and Resilience: Preparedness of Social Work Education in Uncertain Times}, abstract = {The current pandemic forces parts of Social Work practice, research and education to reinvent itself. Alongside new online formats and blended-learning models, new ethical questions and dilemmas arise. These include issues of resources, control and power, access, accessibility, mobility and rising inequalities, positionality of researchers, data protection and the duty of care in social scientific research and education with migrants and other ,vulnerable' populations. While individual-oriented models which have arguably been a hallmark of the European Social Work practice, come to its limits during the pandemic, communal practices and local self-organized support systems come to the forefront. How can the Global North learn from approaches of the Global South? The symposium draws on this notion of joint learning and raises important questions about the (im)possibility of equal research partnership during times of worsening structural inequalities. This symposium draws on Social Work related research projects in cooperation with partners in Uganda, Ghana, Nigeria and Ethiopia. The situatedness of the research projects has implicit and explicit ethical implications that pointed out the need for postcolonial reflections. The first perspective focuses on critical whiteness in research practice and pandemic-related challenges regarding field access and exchange opportunities. The second part of the discussion calls for situated ethics based in transnational multi-site research with migrating persons. Drawing on the theory of Social Work as a human rights profession in a global context, the final part of the discussion then moves to emphasize the mandate of Social Work researchers, practitioners and education to consider the perspectives of those unheard and unseen in the current discourse. The range of papers point towards the dilemma of a predominantly white Northern perspectives of Social Work profession that is only slowly reflecting upon and researching its own role in upholding and reproducing the colonial matrix of power. This symposium concludes by making some suggestions how to work towards an ethical space of engagement in which power imbalances are recognized and an in-between space, in which one can in fact only stumble forward together, created.}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{AfeworkiAbayKleiblDaňkovaetal., author = {Afeworki Abay, Robel and Kleibl, Tanja and Daňkov{\´a}, Petra and Klages, Anna-Lisa}, title = {Beyond the Single Story of "Migration Management": Creating Space for "Epistemic Disobedience" in Engaging with Migration in Social Work}, series = {The 21st International Conference of Migration "Border Thinking"}, booktitle = {The 21st International Conference of Migration "Border Thinking"}, abstract = {In recent years, Mignolo's concept of "border thinking" became an increasingly relevant critical framework to analyze the complexity of migration processes to postcolonial Europe (Lutz, Sachau, \& Stauß, 2017; Zannou, \& Pfaffenstaller, 2020). It differentiates between external and internal borders; whereby the latter refers to the modern/colonial world system and its epistemological conceptualizations in the postcolonial era that continue to be dominated by the hegemonic order of Eurocentric discourses - here on migration (Mignolo, 2000). Within a reductionist approach to the complexity of migration processes (Mayblin, 2016), motives of migration are often analyzed within a single-story framework that considers solely the perspectives of European-destination countries - disregarding the external border that considers the perspectives of the subaltern (Zannou \& Pfaffenstaller, 2020). In addition, the applied framework constructs Europe as in need to protect its welfare systems from overload and exploitation, and its societies from infiltration (Mayblin, 2016). The so-called "root causes" for migration are sought in "underdevelopment" and inter- and intraregional conflicts for land/resources and power. Its close and complex relations to colonial legacies however, are often left unconsidered (Zannou, \& Pfaffenstaller, 2020; Lutz, Sachau, \& Stauß, 2017). Yet, the imprints of colonial rule on former colonized states continue to impact social, political and economic structures on both sides, thereby shaping knowledge production (Mignolo, 2013). In our presentation, we critically discuss the dominant Eurocentric discourse on "migration management" and its universality claims. Focusing specifically on social work, we sketch out how the production of research and the (self) understanding of the social work profession within the welfare state are often entangled in (re)producing hegemonic discourse. With Mignolo, we reflect on the possibilities of "epistemic disobedience" (Mignolo, 2009; 2013) and its demands for universality in social work education, research and practice.}, language = {en} }