ABSTRACT
The relationship between indigenisation and decolonisation delineated how decolonisation worldview has extended calls for cultural and local relevance to the political project; also of land rights and sovereignty for marginalised groups and Indigenous Peoples. This chapter reviews the literature on decolonisation in social work. Though a nascent area of social work scholarship, many of its proponents are inspired by egalitarian ideas and solidarity with marginalised and oppressed Indigenous Peoples. Decolonisation seeks not only the reclamation of culture but also political sovereignty for Indigenous Peoples. The chapter examines the nature of imported social work in Nepal before discussing how mainstream social work’s universalising mission took place through technology transfer from the West to the rest. It also explores the growing literature on indigenous social work with the emergent discourse on the need for a shift from imported model to a decolonisation in social work.
