UID:
almahu_9949598963502882
Format:
1 online resource.
ISBN:
9781003330370
,
1003330371
,
9781000965568
,
1000965562
,
1000965597
,
9781000965599
Series Statement:
Indigenous and environmental social work
Content:
"This book addresses a recurrent gap in social work literature by examining Ubuntu as an Indigenous African philosophy that informs social work beyond the largely residual and individualistic conceptualisation of social work that currently prevails in many contexts. Owing to the lack of social work theories, models and generally, literature that is locally and contextually relevant, most social work lecturers based in African context, struggle to access learning materials and texts that centre local indigenous voices and worldviews. It is within this context that the ubuntu philosophy has gained traction. There is increasing consensus that Ubuntu as an African philosophy and way of life, has the potential to be used as a decolonising framework for social work education and practice. Theorising from Ubuntu can influence and be the foundation for African social work theory and knowledge, social work values and ethics, social work research and policy, and Ubuntu informing different fields of social work practice like social work with older people, children and young people, ubuntu and poverty alleviation, ubuntu and the environment, among others. Drawing together social workers engaged in education, research, policy, practice, to theorise Ubuntu and its tenets, philosophies, and values, this book shows how it can be a foundation for a decolonised, more relevant social work education and practice in African contexts"--
Additional Edition:
Print version: Ubuntu philosophy and decolonising social work fields of practice in Africa Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2024 ISBN 9781032361260
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4324/9781003330370
URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781003330370
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