Alexandra Crampton is an Associate professor at the Marquette University’s department of Social and Cultural science. In a 2015 article; Decolonizing Social Work "Best Practices'' through a Philosophy of Impermanence, Alexandra, arguing that decolonization requires more than surface level change argues for the decolonization of social work concepts of best practices and evidence based practice. Using the story of the successful decolonization of Sacred practices of the Zuni war God and the metaphor of the Island developed by Shawn Wilson, to question the underlying western beliefs that perpetuate colonisation through permanence. In this episode of the voices of silence, our conversation is centered around what impermanence means, how it can contribute to decolonization and whether best practices are best described as verbs or nouns. Link to article: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/311765618_Decolonizing_Social_Work_Best_Practices_through_a_Philosophy_of_Impermanence Voices of Silence Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/voicesofsilencepod/

Part 2 of the discussion with Dr. Annaline Keet. We get into the discussion about looted art, cultural practices and decolonization of social work. We explore examples to see how social work is being decolonized in Africa and look at what social work can learn from the reality and problems raised by looted art to address best practices and develop a philosophy of impermanence.

In this episode, we invited Dr. Annaline Keet to discuss how colonization still survives today. We discuss how colonialism distorts histories and dislocates minds, creating bodiless heads and headless bodies.

This is the second part of our discussion with our guest Prof. Dr. Ruth Großmaß. We continue with the discussion about social work and white savior mentality, questioning the influence and manifestation of patriarchy in the profession, practice and education. Prof. Dr. Ruth gives her opinion on if social work is ready for the revolution that decolonization represents.

In part one of this episode, we invited Prof. Dr. Ruth Großmaß to discuss the birth of professional social work, the period of modernity and the decolonization of social work. We focused on how the modernity shaped social work and how the science and practice of social work today is can be decolonized. What is the relationship between the factory and social work?