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Understanding Indigenous Social Work Education and Practice: Local and Global Debates

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This chapter examines the relationship between interchangeable terms used to describe issues related to Indigenous social work education and practice, including “indigenization,” “localization,” “authentization,” “decolonization,” “cultural appropriateness,” and “culturally relevant.” We also discuss the relationship and connections between Indigenous and international social work. Drawing from contemporary debates, the chapter provides critical insights into the background, historical, and conceptual evolution of, and need for, Indigenous social work. Further, we present a brief overview of each section based on the chapters included in this book.

Parts of this chapter published previously in: Sajid, S.M., Baikady, R., Sheng-Li, C., Sakaguchi, H. (eds). (2020). The Palgrave Handbook of Global Social Work Education. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-39966-5. Used with permission.

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  1. Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Educational and Research Institute (RKMVERI), Ranchi, Jharkhand, India

    Koustab Majumdar

  2. International Center for Cultural Studies (ICCS), National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (NYCU), Hsinchu City, Taiwan

    Koustab Majumdar

  3. Department of Social Work, Central University of Kerala, Kasargod, Kerala, India

    Rajendra Baikady

  4. Department of Social Work & Community Development, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa

    Rajendra Baikady

  5. The Harriet Tubman Institute, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Rajendra Baikady

  6. Department of Studies in Social Work, School of Social Sciences, Rani Channamma University, Belagavi, KA, India

    Ashok Antony D’Souza

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Majumdar, K., Baikady, R., D’Souza, A.A. (2023). Understanding Indigenous Social Work Education and Practice: Local and Global Debates. In: Majumdar, K., Baikady, R., D'Souza, A.A. (eds) Indigenization Discourse in Social Work. Springer Series in International Social Work. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-37712-9_1

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