Episode 25 – Decolonising and re-imagining the boundaries of social work research with Dr Sharlotte Tusasiirwe

Social Work Discoveries

Hello Social Work Discoveries Listeners,

I’m so pleased to be able to introduce Dr Sharlotte Tusasiirwe, author of Decolonising & Re-imagining Social Work in Africa: Alternative Epistemologies and Practice Models available for purchase through Routledge, and co-author of Re-imagining Social Work: Towards Creative Practice, with Professor Jim Ife and Dr Rimple Mehta. Their book is now available through Cambridge University Press.

Dr Tusasiirwe is a lecturer in social work in the School of Social Sciences, Western Sydney University. After completing a bachelor’s degree in social work at Makerere University in Uganda and a master’s degree in social work and human rights at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. Sharlotte is very interested in researching social work education, and her PhD through Western Sydney University was focused on how to decolonise social work education and practice to create a culturally appropriate and contextually relevant profession. She has researched areas of decolonisation and indigenisation; African knowledges and obuntu/ubuntu philosophies; culturally appropriate practice; ageing and age-old wisdom; and community-led initiatives, mental health and parenthood of migrant parents in diaspora. She is also a co-editor for the forthcoming book Ubuntu Philosophy and Decolonising Social Work Fields of Practice in Africa (Routledge, 2024).

We hope you enjoy the conversation!

Ben.

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You can find Dr Tusasiirwe’s books and other publications using the following link:

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=ANtUJngAAAAJ&hl=en