'Educating for peace' - conflict, division and social work education in Cyprus.

Autor/inn/en	Ioakimidis, Vasilios; Neocleous, Gregory; Zachariades, Agamemnonas
Titel	'Educating for peace' - conflict, division and social work education in Cyprus.
Quelle	In: European journal of social work, 25 (2022) 4, S. 696-707 PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Anmerkungen; Literaturangaben
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1369-1457; 1468-2664
DOI	10.1080/13691457.2021.1896993
Schlagwörter	Empirische Untersuchung; Einstellung (Psy); Konflikt; Konflikt; Krieg; Politik; Student; Versöhnung; Zypern; Krieg; Versöhnung; Politik; Soziale Arbeit; Student; Zypern
Abstract	Social work practice and training in the context of political and ethnic conflict has seen renewed interest among scholars. Recent research has tried to shift focus away from simplistic interpretations of social work as an unshakably 'benevolent' profession. A recent emphasis on social work's colonial legacies and the structural causes of political violence provide us with important new directions on how to rethink and reshape social work education and practice in these contexts. Cyprus presents a very interesting, yet under-explored, case study as it remains an island de facto divided, along ethnic lines. The division has resulted in the physical and political separation of the two most populous ethnic communities (Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots). United Nations (UN)-sponsored peace talks have gained momentum in recent years. This paper offers the first systematic exploration of the views of social work students across both sides of the divide. Through a mixed-method approach, students were able to express their thoughts and beliefs on 'the other' and on social work in the post-conflict realities. The study confirms the contradictory nature of social work education in Cyprus challenges the futility of nationalism and argues for the importance of bi-communal social work partnerships.
Erfasst von	Deutsches Zentralinstitut für soziale Fragen, Berlin
Update	2023/1