Indigenization Discourse in Social Work

Chapter 1.Understanding Indigenous Social Work Education and Practice: Local and Global Debates.- Part I:  Indigenous Social Work: Multidimensional Perspectives.- Chapter 2. Decolonial Social Work from an Indigenous Perspective.- Chapter 3. Acting With Intentional Dissent as Minorities: Opportunities and Challenges in the Higher Education.- Chapter 4. Linking the Global Indigenous Landscape: A Social Work Sustainability Perspective with Co-Production of Knowledge.- Chapter 5. Georgian Social Work Development: From Micro to Macro Social Work Roles.- Part II- Indigenous Social Work: Curriculum and Pedagogy.- Chapter 6. Indigenizing the Social Work Curriculum: Why It Matters and How to Start?.- Chapter 7. Comparative Conceptions of Social Work: Context, Sources of Knowledge and the Professional Role in Scotland and Nigeria.- Chapter 8. Teaching Indigenous Social Work in Mainstream Social Work Education in Taiwan.- Chapter 9. Integrating Indigenous Perspectives into International Social Work Education: A Case Study in Japan.- Chapter 10. Innovations in Social Work in Aotearoa New Zealand: Embedding Indigenous Wisdom Within Social Work Education and Practice.- Chapter 11. Indigenous Social Work Education for the Global South.- Chapter 12. Colonization, Racism, and Positionality in Social Work Education in Chile: Contemporary and Multilocal Perspectives.- Chapter 13. Exploring a Decoloniality Perspective of Social Work Education in Malawi.-  Part III Indigenous Social Work: Poiesis and Praxis.-  Chapter 14. Indigenous Knowledge as a Resource in Social Work Practice: The Case of Bedouin Society.- Chapter 15. Indigenous Practice of Social Work in North East India: Issues and Challenges.- Chapter 16. The Role of Malawi's Indigenous Knowledge and Practices in Social Work Practice.- Chapter 17. Resources for a

Koustab Majumdar, MPhil, PhD, is associated with Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Educational and Research Institute (Deemed to be University, Ranchi campus, India). He is also a Visiting Scholar at International Center for Cultural Studies (ICSS), National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (NYCU), Taiwan. Dr. Majumdar was awarded with Taiwan Fellowship (2023) by Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA), China (Taiwan) to conduct his post-doctoral research on Comparative Indigenous Social Welfare Policy at ICSS_NYCU. He worked as a research associate at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences and RKMVERI. Dr. Majumdar became the recipient of tuition fee scholarship (2019) to attend Chula Right Livelihood Summer School (Chulalongkorn University), Bangkok, Thailand. He has been associated with many international journals as a reviewer. Majumdar's research interests include agrarian change, environmental education, social work education, international social work, social welfare policies, rural and tribal livelihood and participatory re-search. He is also a member of a number of international bodies such as - Development Studies Association, UK, Canada, India Research Centre for Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE), University of Guelph, Canada, International Consortium for Social Development (ICSD), UNESCO Inclusive Policy Lab.

Rajendra Baikady, PhD, FRSA is Assistant Professor in the Department of Social Work, at the Central University of Kerala, India.  He was a Special Post-Doctoral Fellow and Assistant Lecturer at the Department of the Social Work University of Johannesburg, South Africa during the aca-demic year 2020-2022. In addition to this, Baikady is Principal Investigator (Summer Research Fellowship) at International Socioeconomic Laboratory, Harvard University, United States, and a Research Associate at the Water Policy Center in India. He completed his first Post-Doctoral Fellowship at the He-brew University of Jerusalem, Israel