Peacework and mental health: from individual pathology to community responsibility

Flaherty, Maureen; Sikorski, Ellen; Klos, Liliya; Вус, Віктор; Hayduk, Nina

doi:10.4103/intv.intv_59_18

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“…They suggest more culturally relevant approaches that include community rituals, traditional spiritual practices, partnership, community mobilization, holism, and environmental sustainability and connection. Flaherty et al (2019) provide another compelling model of mental wellness grounded in community through their conceptualization of the social determinants of health. They promote the idea that, "mental health is delicately woven into the fabric of community, the health of which is only as strong and stable as its members" (Flaherty et al, 2019, p. 30).…”

Section: Decolonizing Approaches To Recoverymentioning

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Int J SW Values and Ethics

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Islamophobia is rooted in racism and is a type of racism that targets expressions of Muslimness or perceived Muslimness" (All Party Parliamentary Group on British Muslims, 2018, p. 50). With the alarming rise of populist Islamophobic sentiments across the Global North, Islamophobia represents a significant ethical issue of our times. Social workers are implicated in this form of racism due to factors including state-driven anti-terrorist legislation that co-opt social workers in the supposed 'war on terror,' frontline work with children and families of newcomers with refugee status, many of whom are recent arrivals from Muslim majority countries; as well as members of the public who internalize misperceptions of Islam and Muslims. Social work ethics articulated within the liberal enlightenment traditions and found in the Canadian Association of Social Work, are also colonial in nature and therefore limited in their ability to counter Islamophobia. As a result,

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Section: Decolonizing Approaches To Recoverymentioning

confidence: 99%

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2022

Int J SW Values and Ethics

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“…However, we cannot avoid social predictions, no matter how imperfect they are. Nowadays, the threats to humanity and long-lasting consequences of social problems are becoming more and more obvious and acute, therefore, any society has to be ready for the future unforeseeable situations (Flaherty, Sikorski, Klos, & Vus, 2019;Flaherty, Sikorski, Klos, Vus, & Hayduk, 2020;. Some events/situations can be predicted with a high degree of accuracy, while others are beyond our prediction.…”

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Social Forecasting and Elusive Reality: Our World as a Social Construct

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2022

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Purpose. The paper attempts to investigate the constructivist approach to the social world and its implications for social forecasting. Theoretical basis. Social forecasting is mainly based on the idea that a human is "determined ontologically". Using the methodology of the natural sciences, most predictions and forecasts fail to encompass all the multiplicity and variability of the future. The postmodern interpretation of reality gave impetus to the development of the new approaches to it. A constructivist approach to social reality began to compete with essentialism. Social constructivism asserts that reality is a set of mental constructs, that it is ultimately a text. Radical constructivism interprets reality as a specific system of meanings emphasizing the artifact aspects of our reality. An interpretation of the social actors’ behavior is based on the ways of understanding accepted in a given society/community and do not possess ontological universality. The creators of social space are also its creations. Originality. Within the framework of the postmodern approach to reality, the second-order forecasting, or forecasting of forecasting, is particularly relevant. That means that the observers-forecasters must be included in the forecast as a part of one-unified process. At this stage, a forecaster must realize that he/she is a part of a larger system, a part of the world he/she observes (and actually creates). The situation changes dramatically – the forecaster is forced to take responsibility for his/her own observations. This ultimately leads to the "humanization" of forecasting. Acting in our world full of uncertainty, unpredictability, and turbulence, modern researchers of the future should be mindful of powerful social constructs of reality. Conclusions. Social forecasting should be embedded in a wider context, which requires a joint effort of philosophers, foresight practitioners, historians, psychologists, sociologists, political scientists, religious scholars, anthropologists, etc. To develop promising visions and scenarios of the future, it is necessary to answer the question "Why?", which is the task of philosophically oriented research, because without this answer, we will deal with the consequences; and the implementation of the negative scenarios will reproduce itself in new socio-cultural and historical conditions. An in-depth understanding of this "Why?" provides opportunities to be in the flow of transformations. The study of the deep mental processes of the actors of social changes, the multidimensional influence on the transformation of social structures can gradually expand an answer to the question "Why?", that can cause positive changes and, accordingly, allow to create fruitful projects of the future and form effective behavioral strategies that correspond to the desired level of social development.

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“…Yet, most studies of women excombatants in the region have focused on the nature of their suffering and its consequences, rather than their role in, and potential for, active participation in peace-building activities in the post-conflict period. 4. One reason for this gap may be a distinction in the literature that considers addressing the effects of war on survivors separately from the building of sustainable peace.…”

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To Live in Peace: Women Ex‐combatants in Burundi and Northern Uganda Envision Psychosocial Well‐being

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Contemporary studies show that women play multiple roles in armed conflict. Only rarely are they passive bystanders or victims. Women are often part of the events that lead to armed conflict, and they may engage in combat. They have also led peace movements that have ended conflict. Nevertheless, the multiple roles that women play in war and peace are oftentimes not recognized, and their experiences, beyond victimhood, have been disregarded in post-conflict reconstruction.Drawing upon research with conflict-affected women, this paper focuses on how women ex-combatants in Burundi and Northern Uganda conceptualize and operationalize psychosocial well-being and articulate the specific contributions they can make to the peacetime community.

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Peacework and mental health: from individual pathology to community responsibility

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