Advancing Local, Social, and Ecological Transitions Through Community Development

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Author(s): Anne C. Jennings (Nulungu Research Institute, School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Notre Dame, Australia)
Copyright: 2021
Pages: 19
Source title: Practical and Political Approaches to Recontextualizing Social Work
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Jacques Boulet (Borderlands Cooperative, Australia)and Linette Hawkins (Action Research Issues Association, Melbourne, Australia)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-6784-5.ch011

Keywords: Government & Law / Medical Information Science Reference / Policy & Reform / Public Health and Welfare

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This chapter explores social work and community development practices in light of the urgent social, economic, and environmental issues facing the world today. Can those professions, established to support individuals and communities, overcome social disadvantage, evolve into new, alternative roles that seek combined human and non-human (animals, plants, living organisms) understandings leading towards transformative practices? Those professions are viewed within their own constructs and environmental agendas. Ancient and contemporary Indigenous knowledges are then considered, as they relate to the First Law of caring for their living country and living lifestyles. Two community development case studies are examined, involving non-Indigenous people in their community, and Indigenous traditional owners across a whole river catchment to address key questions: How can those disciplines contribute to ecological transformation? Can they appreciate and include non-humans in their practice? and How can Indigenous ancient and current knowledges contribute to social justice practice?

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