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Submission Number: 6
Submission ID: 724
Submission UUID: 78c784ff-2f18-4848-a687-fdd2803a48f0
Submission URI: /2025/abstracts
Created: Tue, 03/11/2025 - 15:33
Completed: Tue, 03/11/2025 - 15:51
Changed: Fri, 04/25/2025 - 20:54
Remote IP address: 182.184.208.20
Submitted by: Anonymous
Language: English
Is draft: No
Current page: Complete
Webform: Abstract
| Title | Prof. |
|---|---|
| Lastname | Ahmed |
| Firstname | Shakeel |
| shakeel@uop.edu.pk | |
| Mobile | 03339111085 |
| Institution | Department of social work, university of peshawar, pakistan. |
| Biosketch | Shakeel Ahmed is an Associate Professor of Social Work at the University of Peshawar, Pakistan, serving since 2005. He holds an MPhil and PhD in Social Work and is currently a Postdoctoral Scholar at IRI, International Islamic University Islamabad. He has chaired the department since 2020 and leads the university’s community service program to foster volunteerism among youth. With 30 research papers on issues like honor killing, violence, and disability, he is a pioneer of indigenous social work in Pakistan. Recently, he contributed a book chapter (springer) on contextualizing social work education. He is a lifetime member of IASSW. |
| Is there a Second Presenter? | No |
| Title of Presentatation | Indigenous Interventions in Social Work: Resisting the ‘Normalization of Violence’ in public discourses in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. |
| Theme Selection | THEME 3: Policy and Advocacy for Peace building, Environmental and Social Justice |
| Subtheme THREE Selection | SUB 3.2 Social workers, social movements and advocacy during wars, natural and medical disasters. |
| Select your Presentation Type | Oral Presentation |
| Abstract | The Western-centric approach of social work in Pakistan leaves limited room for indigenous knowledge and frameworks for culturally appropriate interventions. This study, which draws on indigenous knowledge, looks at how violence has become more commonplace in public discourse in Pakistan's terrorism-affected province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, which borders Afghanistan. Since 2001, this province has been at the forefront of the U.S.-led "war on terror," and as a result, its post-911 socio-political structure—which includes bureaucracy, national and international NGOs, and policymaking has developed into the Western notion of counterterrorism. Social work approaches also adhere to this Western notion of counter-terror worldview, leaving little room for indigenous conflict-resolution mechanisms to address this problematic situation. Drawing on Edward Said’s critique of colonial knowledge production, this research explores how localized traditions such as Pashtunwali comprising community support mechanisms like Ashar (collective labor) and Lashkar (community-based conflict resolution) can inform alternative, nonviolent social work approaches. The historical example of the Khudai Khidmatgar movement (1929–1948) further illustrates the potential of indigenous models in promoting peace and social welfare through nonviolent resistance. Methodologically, this research adopts a qualitative framework utilizing ethnographic methods, in-depth interviews, and critical discourse analysis for documenting and analyzing indigenous social work practices. This study suggests a culturally responsive social work intervention model that challenges colonial and imported approaches to sustainable peacebuilding in conflict-affected communities in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. |
| Title | Dr |
| Firstname | Nthabiseng |
| Lastname | Latakgomo |
| Does the Abstract fit the selected Theme? | Yes |
| What Area does this Abstract Focus on? | Empirical Research |
| Status | Accepted |
| Title | Dr |
| Firstname | Nkosiyazi |
| Lastname | Dube |
| Does the Abstract fit the selected Theme? | Yes |
| What Area does this Abstract Focus on? | Empirical Research |
| Status | Accepted |