Overview

This book examines the contemporary social care realities and practices of Finland with a diversity of voices but also explores decolonial caring futurities. The editors approach the topic by critically unpacking colonial views of care and wellbeing. In this book, the authors represent practitioners, scholars, activists, community members and healers whose unique contribution and whose voices provide not only insights and critiques, but innovative social work epistemologies that envision and imagine decolonial outcomes that cross borders.

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Author:   Merja Anis (University of Turku) ,  Fadumo Dayib (University of Helsinki) ,  Holly Hatton-Bowers (University of Nebraska-Lincoln) ,  Eveliina Heino (University of Helsinki)
Publisher:   Bristol University Press
Imprint:   Policy Press
ISBN:  

9781447371434

ISBN 10:   1447371437
Pages:   296
Publication Date:   15 July 2025
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  General/trade ,  Professional & Vocational ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
Availability:   Awaiting stock  

Table of Contents

Introduction – Kris Clarke, Leece Lee-Oliver and Satu Ranta-Tyrkkö Part 1: Exploring Coloniality in the Finnish Social Work Field 1. Between a Rock and Hard Place: Discussing Sámi Issues in Contemporary Finland: A Conversation With Ánneristen Juuso – Ánneristen Juuso (Anni-Kristiina Juuso) 2. Welfare State Nationalism, Family Reunification and Forced Migrants’ Strategies To Surpass Structural Violence – Camilla Nordberg, Joa Hiitola, Hanna Kara and Maija Jäppinen 3. Contesting Universalism in Finnish Health and Social Services: Experiences of Migrant Parents With a Disabled Child – Eveliina Heino, Hanna Kara and Annika Lillrank 4. Homonationalism and Talking Back in Finnish Social Work with Non-Heterosexual People with Refugee Background – Inka Söderström, 5. Social workers’ perceptions on structural challenges for minorities’ social care – Kati Turtiainen and Merja Anis 6. Deconstructing racialised and cultural otherisation with young people through pluralistic arts-based social work - Enni Mikkonen Part 2: Naming and Confronting Epistemic and Structural Injustice 7. Silence So Loud It Hurts: Racialisation, Erasure, and Future-Building in Finnish Social Work - Koko Hubara 8. Transcultural Mental Health As the Colonisation of Racialised Bodies: A Personal Insight – Fadumo Dayib and Kris Clarke 9. Emergent Healing Spaces: Decolonising Healing and Wellness in Finland – Wambui Njuguna 10. Intersectional Knowledge Practices in Academia From Marginal Positions: Testimonios From Researchers of Colour in Finland – Smarika KC, Priscilla Osei and Kris Clarke Part 3: Reimaging Caring and Social Work Futurities 11. Counter Archiving as a Decolonial Pedagogy of Collective Care – Lena Sawyer, Kris Clarke and Nana Osei-Kofi 12. Post-professional social work? Decolonising social work professionalism through the engagement of community health workers -Saana Raittila-Salo 13. Decolonising Mindfulness, Mindful Decolonisation, and Social Work Futurities – Michael Yellow Bird, and Holly Hatton-Bowers Conclusion - Kris Clarke, Leece Lee-Oliver and Satu Ranta-Tyrkkö

Reviews

"""This is a bold and critical engagement with (de)coloniality, Whiteness, epistemic and structural injustices, and radical imaginaries. While situated in the Finnish context, it has global relevance, providing a depth and breadth of scholarly and experiential knowledges. It certainly succeeds in its aim of challenging the dominance of Western scholarly discourses and reimagining social work futures."" Linda Harms-Smith, Professor of Social Work, University of Pretoria, South Africa “Exposing and dismantling the prevailing colonial structures and knowledge systems in social work, this powerful book offers a deep understanding of coloniality in the Nordic countries and beyond.” Kristín Loftsdóttir, University of Iceland"

Author Information

Kris Clarke is Professor of Social Work at the University of Helsinki. Leece Lee-Oliver (Blackfeet/Choctaw) is a decolonial scholar, Associate Professor of Women's Studies and Director of American Indian Studies at California State University, Fresno. Satu Ranta-Tyrkk is Lecturer in Social Work in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Jyvskyl.

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