Critical Research and Creative Practice with Migrant and Refugee Communities: Towards interventions based on practice research and community voices

by Brian Callan (Editor), Pearson Nkhoma (Editor), Naomi Thompson (Editor)

Overview

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Drawing on the voices and experiences of refugees, activists and professional practitioners, this collection illustrates the complexities of migration with real world case studies, and the possibilities of innovative and compassionate interventions.

Highlighting the use of creative and narrative methods in the social, therapeutic and community sectors, all chapters provide clear practice implications. Rather than presenting migration as a problem to be avoided, this book offers original insights on how research and practice can be better informed by the voices of those seeking a better way.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781447372806
Publisher:	Policy Press
Publication date:	07/17/2025
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	216
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Brian Callan is Study Skills Lecturer with the Global Banking School.

Pearson Nkhoma is Senior Lecturer in Community Studies at Goldsmiths, University of London.

Naomi Thompson is Reader in Youth and Community Work at Goldsmiths, University of London.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction: Critical research, crucial voices and creative practice - Brian Callan, Pearson Nkhoma and Naomi Thompson

Part 1: Critical Research

2. Reflections on being ‘outsider-insiders’ and ‘insider-outsiders’: fluctuating positionalities in research with migrant and refugee women - Naomi Thompson and Rabia Nasimi

3. From neoliberalism to neoexclusionism: How grassroots faith communities are resisting division and crossing borders - Naomi Thompson, Graham Bright and Peter Hart

4. Agency and frustration: overcoming obstacles at the UNHCR - Brian Callan

5. Exploring conceptions of ‘home’ with Afghan migrant and refugee women - Rabia Nasimi

Part 2: Crucial Voices

6. Unaccompanied Afghan minors in the UK: integration dilemmas in retrospect - Rohina Sidiqi and Pearson Nkhoma

7. Evolving paradigms: witnessing refugees’ unstable passages to safety - Sarah Crawford-Browne

8. In the refuge of the wake: intersectional considerations in therapeutic practice with African refugees - Eric Harper and Angela Rackstraw

9. Kwapatakwapata! Young Malawian girls trapped in predatory odysseys - Pearson Nkhoma

Part 3: Creative Practice

10. Social justice and professional values: exploring motivations and opportunities for value-led practice - Finbar Cullinan

11. Finding new ground: creative movement and art group therapies with asylum-seeking women - Marina Rova, Claire Burrell and Marika Cohen

12. New Town Culture: creative processes in social work with refugee and asylum-seeking young people - Rachael Hughes, Marijke Steedman and Brian Callan

13. Conclusion: Challenging times and hopeful futures - Brian Callan, Pearson Nkhoma and Naomi Thompson