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Re-imagining Social Work broadens the imaginative horizons for social workers and acquaints readers with their potential to creatively contribute to global change. This book motivates readers to think outside the box when it comes to linking theory to their social work practice to construct innovative solutions to prominent social problems.

Table of Contents
1. Setting the Scene; 2. Centering the human: the importance of humanities; 3. Decentering the Human: Social Work in the Anthropocene; 4. Epistemologies of the South and Indigenous Epistemologies; 5. Decolonising social work; 6. Beyond (Social) Science: Artistic Social Work and Creativity; 7. Social Work and the Sacred; 8. Technology; 9. Social work, resistance and alternatives.

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    A Paperback by Jim Ife, Rimple Mehta, Sharlotte Tusasiirwe

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      Publisher: Cambridge University Press
      Publication Date: 1/21/2023 12:12:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9781108436885, 978-1108436885
      ISBN10: 1108436889
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      Earth Sciences, Geography & Environment Social impact of environmental issues Decolonisation Social work

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Re-imagining Social Work broadens the imaginative horizons for social workers and acquaints readers with their potential to creatively contribute to global change. This book motivates readers to think outside the box when it comes to linking theory to their social work practice to construct innovative solutions to prominent social problems.

      Table of Contents
      1. Setting the Scene; 2. Centering the human: the importance of humanities; 3. Decentering the Human: Social Work in the Anthropocene; 4. Epistemologies of the South and Indigenous Epistemologies; 5. Decolonising social work; 6. Beyond (Social) Science: Artistic Social Work and Creativity; 7. Social Work and the Sacred; 8. Technology; 9. Social work, resistance and alternatives.

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