scholarly journals Sociodrama as a “potential stage” for creating participative and transformative research on social work with families living in vulnerable situations

2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (S1) ◽  
pp. 63-81
Author(s):  
Marco Ius
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Social Research ◽  
Research Tool ◽  
Transformative Research ◽  
Participative Research ◽  
Art Based Research

AbstractThis article of the Zeitschrift für Psychodrama und Soziometrie aims to explore how Morenian sociodrama and its techniques represent valuable tools for participative research with social professionals and teachers working with children and their families in vulnerable situations. After introducing the Canon of Creativity by Moreno and its connection to art-based research, sociodrama is theoretically introduced and proposed as a research tool. This is followed by a description of an experience of participative research with a group of roughly 40 professionals within the national Italian programme P.I.P.P.I. The process of the session is described and discussed, in order to demonstrate how sociodrama can be an interesting tool for social research. The conclusion provides connections between practice and research, proposing the involvement of families in future activities, and highlighting possible future theoretical explorations in order to examine the topic in greater depth.

Book Reviews: Behavioral Sociology: The Experimental Analysis of Social Process, Balance in Small Groups, Racial Violence in the United States, The Education of Borstal Boys, The Sociology of Religion: A Study of Christendom, IV, Types of Religious Man, Men in Mid-Career: A Study of British Managers and Technical Specialists, The Family and the Handicapped Child: A Study of Cerebral Palsied Children in Their Homes, The Assessment of Social Research: Guidelines for the Use of Social Research in Social Work and Social Science, The Conditions of Social Performance: An Exploratory Theory, Families and Their Relatives: Kinship in a Middle-Class Sector of London, The Population Census: A Social Science Research Council Review, Introduction to Social Work, Theories of Social Psychology, Put Away: A Sociological Study of Institutions for the Mentally Retarded, City Lads in Borstal: A Study Based on 100 Lads Discharged to Addresses in Liverspool, Science, Industry and Society: Studies in the Sociology of Science, Interaction Concept of Personality, Hightown Grammar: The School as a Social System, Causes of Delinquency, towards a Sociology of the Cinema: A Comparative Essay on the Structure and Functioning of a Major Entertainment Industry

1970 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 421-456
Author(s):  
A. P. M. Coxon ◽  
Patrick Doreian ◽  
Robin Oakley ◽  
Ian B. Stephen ◽  
Bryan R. Wilson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Social Science ◽  
Social Research ◽  
Social Process ◽  
Social Science Research ◽  
Science Research ◽  
Sociology Of Religion ◽  
The United States ◽  
Population Census ◽  
Sociological Study

scholarly journals La práctica de investigación en el campo disciplinar de trabajo social

2011 ◽  
pp. 207
Author(s):  
Carmen Lera
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Social Research ◽  
Reform Movements ◽  
Current State ◽  
Social Reform Movements ◽  
National University ◽  
Professional Field ◽  
Trabajo Social ◽  
Las Mujeres ◽  
Entre Rios

El presente trabajo reflexiona sobre la situación de la investigación en el campo del Trabajo Social en Argentina y más específicamente su desarrollo en la Facultad de Trabajo Social de la Universidad Nacional de Entre Ríos. El recorrido se inicia recuperando a los precursores en el ámbito de las investigaciones sociales que básicamente están ligadas a los movimientos de reforma social. En esa breve incursión resultan interesantes los aportes provenientes de la historiografía de las mujeres. Luego se aborda la actualidad de la investigación de Trabajo Social en el contexto argentino donde se avizoran renovados desarrollos que contribuyen a la consolidación del campo profesional.This paper serves to reflect on the research situation in the field of social work in Argentina and more specifically its development at the Faculty of Social Work in the National University of Entre Ríos. We started off by recovering the forerunners of social research, which is mainly linked to social reform movements. In this brief incursion into the field, the contributions based on the historiography of women proved to be of interest. The research into social work was then looked at in its current state within the Argentinean context, where renewed progress was examined leading to the consolidation of the professional field.

A transformative approach to systems theory in caregiving research

2017 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 710-726 ◽  
Author(s):  
Belinda Cash ◽  
Suzanne Hodgkin ◽  
Jeni Warburton
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Systems Theory ◽  
Research Design ◽  
Social Research ◽  
Systems Of Care ◽  
Aged Care ◽  
Care Practice ◽  
Complex Phenomenon ◽  
Critical Approach ◽  
Social Work Research

This paper illustrates how systems theory can be used in social work research design to understand the systemic issues associated with spousal care in rural Australia. Spousal caregiving is embedded within multiple formal and informal systems, including family, community, health and aged care practice, social policy, and social and cultural norms. It is therefore a complex phenomenon to explore in social research, with each of these systems interacting with and influencing other aspects of the care system. The purpose of this paper is to provide an illustration of a research design that explores this systemic complexity. The design is conceptually underpinned by the transformative paradigm; a critical approach that reflects social work principles of social justice. The methodology is based on an ecosystems approach to assessment, using multiple methods to explore interactions between systems of care at policy, practice and individual levels. This application of systems theory to research presents an innovative opportunity for social work research to reflect long-established practices of understanding complex phenomenon within its sociocultural context.

Hoey, Jane M.

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Larraine M. Edwards
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Social Research ◽  
Public Welfare ◽  
National Conference ◽  
National Tuberculosis

Jane M. Hoey (1892–1968) helped to establish and enforce standards in public welfare administration. She was the director of social research for the National Tuberculosis Association and served as president of the National Conference of Social Work.

scholarly journals My Stage: Participatory Theatre with Immigrant Women as a Decolonizing Method in Art-based Research

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 104-128
Author(s):  
Enni Mikkonen ◽  
Mirja Hiltunen ◽  
Merja Laitinen
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Art Education ◽  
Immigrant Women ◽  
Local Population ◽  
Interdisciplinary Team ◽  
Context Sensitive ◽  
The Social ◽  
Art Based Research ◽  
Societal Changes ◽  
Decolonizing Research

This article discusses how art-based research can function as a decolonizing research method. Its analysis is based on the collaboration of social work and art education disciplines for advancing social justice and deconstructing power dominances. Empirically, the research builds on a participatory theatre project, “My Stage,” with immigrant women. The project was established as part of a larger interdisciplinary project, “Art Gear,” in Northern Finland, which promoted the bidirectional integration of the local population and people with immigrant backgrounds. The research data were collected through participatory observation and reflective discussions by the social work researcher in the theatre workshops. By the analysis of an interdisciplinary team of social work and art education researchers, we develop a context-sensitive framework of art-based research to advance decolonizing research methods, which contribute to supporting the agency and inclusion of marginalized populations in research and in their integration processes at times of complex and rapid demographic and societal changes.

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