Kaltrina Kusari
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 369526 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Kaltrina Kusari |
| NOMBRES | Kaltrina |
| APELLIDO | Kusari |
| FIRMA | KUSARI K |
| AFILIACIONES | University of Calgary |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4159-1981 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 9 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 5 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 9 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2020 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 1 |
Negotiating borders and blame
This article presents findings from a study that interrogated the experiences of social service providers who support return migrants in Kosova. Relying on a postcolonial framework and using critical discourse analysis, the study aimed to elucidate whether social workers who serve return migrants uphold their commitment to social justice. This focus responds to current literature suggesting that social workers often become part of a system that s…
(In)Voluntary Repatriation and Human Rights Violations of Kosovar Returnees
Even When the Sun Shines There, It Does Not Warm You
“We’re Always Looking at the Dollars and cents”
Addressing Systemic Anti-Black Racism in Social Work
Historic and systemic anti-Black racism are rooted in political, economic, ontological, epistemological, and cultural foundations of Canadian society. The normativity of whiteness and white supremacy are prevalent in social work programs across Canada despite the profession’s commitment to social justice and anti-oppressive practice. Advancing conversations which seek to eradicate anti-Black racism are necessary to create equitable spaces for Bla…
Advancing critical race pedagogical approaches in social work education
The recent COVID-19 pandemic drew a sharp focus on existing inequities for racialized communities in Canada and globally. A paucity of research-informed transformative learning models in social work has resulted in the persistent centering of Western ways of knowing. Current efforts do not adequately address the nuances of systemic and structural racial inequities, leaving students unprepared to deal with these issues in the classroom and in prac…
Challenging repatriation as a durable solution
This qualitative study, grounded in postcolonial theories and using critical discourse analysis, examines the discourses shaping Kosova’s National Strategy for the Reintegration of Repatriated Persons in order to contribute to the paucity of the literature on repatriating rejected asylum seekers. The main findings suggest that the dominant discourse used in the strategy constructs an exclusive EU and exalts the EU both as an institutional aspirat…
Knocking on doors that never open
To address the dearth of repatriation research coming out of Global South countries and question the adoption of repatriation as a sustainable solution to migration crisis, this qualitative study examined the repatriation experiences of rejected asylum seekers from Kosova. Grounded in postcolonial theories and through a Critical Discourse Analysis of interviews with rejected asylum seekers, the study examined dominant discourses which shape the r…
Participatory training in disability and migration
This article offers methodological and theoretical reflections on a recent community-research partnership and participatory training program that was designed with the goal of improving the settlement experiences of migrants with disabilities living in Canada. Anchored in critical theoretical and anticolonial studies and offering intersectional perspectives on forms of oppression experienced by migrants with disabilities, our training program rep…
Advancing critical race pedagogical approaches in social work education
The recent COVID-19 pandemic drew a sharp focus on existing inequities for racialized communities in Canada and globally. A paucity of research-informed transformative learning models in social work has resulted in the persistent centering of Western ways of knowing. Current efforts do not adequately address the nuances of systemic and structural racial inequities, leaving students unprepared to deal with these issues in the classroom and in prac…
(In)Voluntary Repatriation and Human Rights Violations of Kosovar Returnees
Addressing Systemic Anti-Black Racism in Social Work
Historic and systemic anti-Black racism are rooted in political, economic, ontological, epistemological, and cultural foundations of Canadian society. The normativity of whiteness and white supremacy are prevalent in social work programs across Canada despite the profession’s commitment to social justice and anti-oppressive practice. Advancing conversations which seek to eradicate anti-Black racism are necessary to create equitable spaces for Bla…
Knocking on doors that never open
To address the dearth of repatriation research coming out of Global South countries and question the adoption of repatriation as a sustainable solution to migration crisis, this qualitative study examined the repatriation experiences of rejected asylum seekers from Kosova. Grounded in postcolonial theories and through a Critical Discourse Analysis of interviews with rejected asylum seekers, the study examined dominant discourses which shape the r…
Participatory training in disability and migration
This article offers methodological and theoretical reflections on a recent community-research partnership and participatory training program that was designed with the goal of improving the settlement experiences of migrants with disabilities living in Canada. Anchored in critical theoretical and anticolonial studies and offering intersectional perspectives on forms of oppression experienced by migrants with disabilities, our training program rep…
Challenging repatriation as a durable solution
This qualitative study, grounded in postcolonial theories and using critical discourse analysis, examines the discourses shaping Kosova’s National Strategy for the Reintegration of Repatriated Persons in order to contribute to the paucity of the literature on repatriating rejected asylum seekers. The main findings suggest that the dominant discourse used in the strategy constructs an exclusive EU and exalts the EU both as an institutional aspirat…
Knocking on doors that never open
To address the dearth of repatriation research coming out of Global South countries and question the adoption of repatriation as a sustainable solution to migration crisis, this qualitative study examined the repatriation experiences of rejected asylum seekers from Kosova. Grounded in postcolonial theories and through a Critical Discourse Analysis of interviews with rejected asylum seekers, the study examined dominant discourses which shape the r…
Addressing Systemic Anti-Black Racism in Social Work
Historic and systemic anti-Black racism are rooted in political, economic, ontological, epistemological, and cultural foundations of Canadian society. The normativity of whiteness and white supremacy are prevalent in social work programs across Canada despite the profession’s commitment to social justice and anti-oppressive practice. Advancing conversations which seek to eradicate anti-Black racism are necessary to create equitable spaces for Bla…
Advancing critical race pedagogical approaches in social work education
The recent COVID-19 pandemic drew a sharp focus on existing inequities for racialized communities in Canada and globally. A paucity of research-informed transformative learning models in social work has resulted in the persistent centering of Western ways of knowing. Current efforts do not adequately address the nuances of systemic and structural racial inequities, leaving students unprepared to deal with these issues in the classroom and in prac…
“We’re Always Looking at the Dollars and cents”
(In)Voluntary Repatriation and Human Rights Violations of Kosovar Returnees
Even When the Sun Shines There, It Does Not Warm You
Negotiating borders and blame
This article presents findings from a study that interrogated the experiences of social service providers who support return migrants in Kosova. Relying on a postcolonial framework and using critical discourse analysis, the study aimed to elucidate whether social workers who serve return migrants uphold their commitment to social justice. This focus responds to current literature suggesting that social workers often become part of a system that s…
Political science (7 obras) · Sociology (7 obras) · Gender Studies (6 obras) · Business (4 obras) · Law (4 obras) · Migration, Health and Trauma (4 obras) · Migration, Refugees, and Integration (4 obras) · Repatriation (4 obras) · Social Work Education and Practice (4 obras) · Education and experiences of immigrants and refugees (3 obras)