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International Conference on Community
Empowerment,
Coping, Resilience and Hope
Hyderabad - India, 14 – 16 December 2014
Organised by CARPED and The Brisbane
Institute of Strengths Based Practice Inc.
The InternationalConference
on Strengths Based Practice 2014 aims to
provide a forum for exchange of knowledge
and experiences in addressing the challenges
of societies in transition. It is a platform
for sharing and learning knowledge and
practices towards creating a global
perspective that concern all communities and
societies. The International Conference
2014, being held in the City of Hyderabad,
India, provides unique space for interaction
with fellow social work practitioners,
scholars, professionals from different
disciplines engaged in social service or
social welfare, non-governmental agencies,
policy makers among others.
Introduction
We are living in times of rapid social
transformations. Amidst the change, turmoil
and
erosion of values and norms there still
seems
to be a desire to rekindle cooperation and
build shared visions. Nations, societies,
communities, families, and individuals are
not
immune to these overwhelming changes.
While we live through these volatile times,
some of us tend to pursue alternatives
that work.
Development has also been the cause of
several new social problems; as a result of
which more
people are experiencing income inequalities.
Poverty, deprivation, malnutrition,
powerlessness and violation of human rights
are growing shadows of economic growth
without development.
With increasing development, more and more
people and communities are subject to
marginalisation and violation of human
rights across the world. We witness
ecological degradation and crises in terms
of disasters affecting several nations in
diverse forms.
New forms of crisis- social,
political, economic and ecological – is
throwing large population into dependence on
social safeguards, protection by state and
collaborative efforts transcending
boundaries of governmental departments,
disciplines of knowledge, or nation states.
Increasing populations affected by
involuntary
resettlement, internally displaced people,
refugees, migrants, orphaned kids and the
frail aged, among others, demand attention
of social scientists, human services, allied
health, social work and
humanitarian service
agencies, both governmental and
nongovernmental including civil society
groups.
Is the development paradigm
of current times perpetuating the dichotomy;
where the poor become poorer and the rich,
richest?
In spite of such harsh scenarios, people and
communities across the globe withstand
crisis and demonstrate active hope
regardless of the challenging circumstance
and the absence or support of the state.
What furthers such hope and is it possible
to share and learn from the each other’s
experiences?
What are the various social innovations,
interventions and struggles of communities
and civil society reflecting their vast
knowledge and wisdom?
The human creativity
incessantly working out solutions ought to
be acknowledged, celebrated. The conference
aims at recog-nizing every innovation that
occurs. We recognize that there are coping
solutions just as there are resilience
building strategies. For some, the will to
never give up and the will to bounce back
might be considered as resilience. This
conference wishes to see resilience being
explained in a fresh perspective.
What if we added active hope into the
equation? How would we build hope in our
society?
Resilience and coping efforts that enable
people in crisis need focus to build
knowledge and skills to empower society as a
whole and at an individual level to redefine
their individual and collective future. This
is also necessary for revisiting their
iden-tities and ensuring state responses for
protection of human rights and to create a
social order that will curb the current
crisis
Thematic areas of the
conference include, but are not limited to:
Best practices in Community Organisation and Women Empowerment
through Self Help;
Coping and Resilience perspectives in Public Health &
Nutrition, Strength Based Practices in Health and Nutri-tion
Promotion;
Strengths based Interventions in child protection and child
safety, elementary education- from early schooling to tertiary
initiatives; re-schooling, mainstreaming of child labour;
Conflict Resolution & Peace Building, empowering communities
facing crisis and disasters, coping patterns in migration;
Resettlement & Rehabilitation- coping patterns and resilience
factors in involuntary resettlement, resilience of refugees
The International Conference on Strengths Based Practice 2014
aims to provide a forum for exchange of knowledge and ex-periences
in addressing the challenges of societies in transition. It is a
platform for sharing and learning knowledge and prac-tices
towards creating a global perspective that concern all
communities and societies. The International Conference 2014,
be-ing held in the City of Hyderabad, India, provides unique
space for interaction with fellow social work practitioners,
scholars, professionals from different disciplines engaged in
social service or social welfare, non-governmental agencies, and
public policy.
Completed abstracts and papers
should be submitted
bharath.sbp2014@gmail.com in Word files attached to e-mails.
Abstracts to reach by 15 August, 2014.
Communication of acceptance
will be informed by 10th September, 2014. Full papers of
the selected papers will be published in an edited book.
Organizing Committee
Conference Convener: Bharath Bhushan Mamidi. Secretary,
Centre for Action Research and People’s Development
Email: bharath.sbp2014@gmail.com
Conference Joint Convener: Dr. Radha R Chada, Department
of Nutrition, Kasturba Gandhi Degree and PG College for
Women, Secunderabad. Email: chadaradha@yahoo.co.in
Conference Joint Convener: Dr. Vinita Pandey, Department
of Sociology, Nizam College, Hyderabad
Email: vinitapandey@yahoo.com
Conference Secretary: Subhash Chandra, Director, CARPED,
Email: carpedindia@gmail.com
Advisory Committee
Dr. Anita Reddy, Principal, Kasturba Gandhi Degree and
PG College for Women, Secunderabad.
G Ernest Leslie, RCUES, Hyderabad
Kanchan Kharel, Yuwa, Nepal
Dr. Ilango Ponnuswami, Professor, Department of Social
Work, Mangalore University.
Dr. K. V. Sebastin, Associate Professor, School of
Social Work, Roshni Nilaya, Mangalore.
Dr. B. R. Shamanna, Associate Professor, School of
Medical Sciences, University of Hyderabad.
International Program Committee
Dr. Azlinda Azman, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang,
Malaysia
Dr. Ch. Ganesh, Osmania University, Hyderabad, India
Dr. Kalpana Goel, University of South Australia,
Australia
Dr. Ndungi wa Mungai, Charles Sturt University,
Australia
Dr. B.R. Nikku, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang,
Malaysia
Dr. Peter Binyon, Brisbane Institute of Strengths Based
Practice. Australia
Dr. Richard Hill, The Mindscience Institute, Gordon NSW,
Australia
Dr. Susana Marsical, University of Kansas, USA
Dr. Abraham Francis, James Cook University, Australia
Dr. Tejaswini Patil Vishwanath, Charles Darwin
University, Australia
Dr. Tulshi Kumar Das, Shahjalal University of Science &
Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh
Dr. Venkat Pulla, University of Sunshine Coast,
Maroochydore, Queensland, Australia;
Founder: Brisbane Institute of Strengths Based Practice.
Email:
dr.venkat.pulla@gmail.com