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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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9781447371427

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"""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"

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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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