Decolonising Social Work Education: Memory, Haunting and Critical Hope in the Nordics [Paperback]

1.Positioning and dismantling.? 2.Interconnectedness: A sacred curriculum of life.? 3.Troubling ways of knowing and remembering.? 4.The haunting of plantation logics in social work education.? 5.Haunted histories and contested futures.? 6.Towards decolonising the social work curriculum.? 7.Towards a decolonial praxis of critical hope through engaged pedagogy.? 8.Pedagogy, positionality and decolonialism.

Decolonising Social Work Education: Memory, Haunting and Critical Hope in the Nordics?confronts the enduring legacies of colonialism that continue to shape the foundations of social work education

Decolonising Social Work Education is a profoundly insightful and timely contribution that challenges entrenched colonial logics within our curricula. Clarke, Wallengren-Lynch and Yellow Bird weave together haunting histories, collective memory and critical hope to offer concrete pathways towards a genuinely plural, justice-centred pedagogy. Their lucid prose and compelling case studies not only unsettle complacency but inspire educators and practitioners alike to reimagine social work as a truly decolonial practice. This book is indispensable for anyone committed to equity, solidarity and transformative change in social work education.

Professor?Vasilios?Ioakimidis, Global Education Commissioner IFSW, Head of Department (Social Work), University of West Attica

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In Decolonising Social Work Education, educators and practitioners will find a powerful and timely resource addressing social work's historical complicity with colonialism. Through insightful explorations of memory, haunting, and critical hope, Clarke, Wallengren-Lynch and Yellow Bird provide practical strategies for dismantling exclusionary structures, broadening epistemologies, and fostering community-driven knowledge. This is an invl+