Creating a place to inhabit and the Mandela model
I had the privilege of co leading a European Association Schools of Social Work workshop last week with speakers from around the globe. The themes that came out of this workshop resonate and will inform our work as we move forward 'Glocal' Global and local need to be seen as interchangeable in SW education and throughout social worker's careers Drawing on indigenous solutions and developing worldwide common values Examining the global movement of people because of world conflicts and war Focus on global student placements Implementing the opportunities to work together on a global stage from learning from the pandemic Underpinning our work is a model that we created to support achievement for Global Majority students. We call this ‘Creating a place to inhabit’, based on the work of South African theorist Mbembe (2016). Its goal is to decolonise our curriculum, making it more inclusive and diverse and less Anglo-centric. Through doing this, we have cultivated an environmen