Projects and Teaching Formats of Social Work in the context of Postcolonial Perspectives

  • Social Work curricula in many areas have a Eurocentric orientation, which obscures historical-colonial structures of inequality and power imbalances between and within regions. This leads to the development of dynamics between social groups and diverse identities and, connected to this, social inclusion and exclusion processes, which are often not sufficiently taken into account or reflected in the research, teaching and practice of Social Work. The postcolonial situation continues to profoundly influence knowledge production within the profession as well as the transfer of knowledge within teaching and practice in the Global South and North. Since postcolonial theories and practice approaches focus on global power relations and social inequalities, different forms of racism, discrimination and stigmatization processes, they are of particular importance for International Social Work. On November 12, 2021, the Expert Groups "International Social Work" and "Flight, Migration, Racism and Anti-Semitism Criticism" of the German Association of Social Work (DGSA) will hold a joint symposium-if possible in attendance at the University of Applied Sciences Würzburg-Schweinfurt (FHWS). Within the framework of the event, focused projects and teaching formats in the context of postcolonial Social Work will be presented, tried out in workshops, discussed and jointly developed further. The conference will therefore focus on the following questions: How can postcolonial perspectives be anchored in the teaching and practice of Social Work? Which formats are particularly suitable for this? What creative possibilities are there for communicating aspects of postcolonial Social Work to students in a reflective and participatory way? What challenges can be identified? These are the questions we want to address during the conference. The aim is to learn from existing approaches, to take up new ideas, to develop them further and to network. The conference is interdisciplinary and open for actors from science and practice who want to bring in different postcolonial perspectives relevant for Social Work (e.g. sociology, ethnology, economics, political science, theology, literature and history, etc...). The goal is to set out together in order to strengthen postcolonial perspectives and decolonial approaches within Social Work theory and practice.

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Author:Robel Afeworki Abay, Tanja Kleibl, Franziska Neureither, Anna-Lisa Klages, Ronald Lutz, Petra Daňková
Persistent identifier:https://www.researchgate.net/publication/348741813_Projects_and_Teaching_Formats_of_Social_Work_in_the_context_of_Postcolonial_Perspectives
Parent Title (English):Projects and Teaching Formats of Social Work in the context of Postcolonial Perspectives
Document Type:Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Year of publication:2021
Release Date:2024/03/15
Faculties and institutes:Fakultäten / Fakultät Angewandte Sozialwissenschaften
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