BREAKING THROUGH BARRIERS: THE POLITICAL ACTIONS OF HONG KONG OUTREACH YOUTH WORKERS

2005 ◽  
Vol 39 (01n02) ◽  
pp. 49-63
Author(s):  
STEVEN SEK YUM NGAI
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Community Support ◽  
Support Networks ◽  
The Political ◽  
Youth Work ◽  
Youth Workers ◽  
Policy Advocacy ◽  
Emancipatory Practice ◽  
Political Actions ◽  
Depth Interviews

Based on the narratives generated from in-depth interviews with 18 outreach youth workers in Hong Kong, this paper investigates the political actions of these youth workers and shows how they have invented strategies to construct their own style of emancipatory practice. Such strategies include (1) seeking new allies for development of community support networks; (2) establishing a research center for policy advocacy; and (3) organizing with youth for social change. The implications of the findings for realizing the liberating potential of youth work are discussed. 根據深入訪問18位外展青年工作者所得的敘述，本文探究這些青年工作者的政治行動，並展示他們如何創造出一些策略，以建構具備他們自己獨特風格的解放式青年工作。這些策略包括：(1)尋找新盟友以發展社區支援網絡；(2)成立一研究中心作政策倡議；及(3)組織青年人以推動社會變革。本文並討論上述發現對實現青年工作之解放潛力的含義。.

Exploring emancipatory youth work

2006 ◽  
Vol 49 (4) ◽  
pp. 471-481 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven Ngai Sek Yum
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Youth Work ◽  
Youth Workers

English The present study explores the possibility of emancipatory youth work from a Foucauldian perspective focusing on practitioners' potential as a force for change. Based on narratives generated from interviews with outreach youth workers in Hong Kong, the study shows how workers have invented their own style of liberating practice. The implications of the findings are discussed. French La présente étude explore les possibilités du travail d'émancipation auprès des jeunes selon une perspective foucaldienne focalisant sur le potentiel des praticiens comme moteur de changement. En se basant sur les récits obtenus à la suite d'entrevues avec des travailleurs de proximité auprès des jeunes à Hong Kong, l'étude montre comment ces travailleurs ont créé leur propre style de libération de la pratique. Les résultats de la recherche sont analysés. Spanish Se explora la posibilidad de trabajo emancipatorio con jóvenes desde una perspectiva foucauldiana, enfocándose en el potencial del trabajador social como una fuerza de cambio. Partiendo de narrativas generadas en entrevistas con trabajadores con jóvenes en el Hong Kong, el estudio muestra como estos trabajadores han inventado su propio estilo de práctica liberadora. Se exponen las implicaciones de los resultados.

scholarly journals Insights from an intersectional view of the self for non-heterosexual female youth workers

2019 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 107-120
Author(s):  
Jean Hatton ◽  
Surya Monro
Keyword(s):  
Social Class ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Youth Work ◽  
Clear Understanding ◽  
Youth Workers ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Working Lives ◽  
Health Care Practitioners ◽  
And Bisexual ◽  
Depth Interviews

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate the relevance of intersectional theory (Crenshaw, 1989; Winker and Degele, 2011) in understanding how youth workers name themselves in their everyday lives. An intersectional approach will assist youth workers in developing a clear understanding of their own self as they work with young people from diverse and challenging backgrounds. Design/methodology/approach This research takes a qualitative approach, using in-depth interviews with cisgendered, female lesbian, gay and bisexual respondents of different social class, religion, ethnicity and age about their everyday experiences. Findings Intracategorical and anticategorical intersectional approaches (McCall, 2005) were used to assist in understanding how these professionals chose to name themselves in their personal and working lives. Originality/value The youth work literature, although focussed on the importance of issues of diversity, has not engaged with the ideas of intersectionality. The focus on intersections of sexuality, as well as social class, religion, ethnicity and age, fills another gap in the literature where less attention has been paid to the “category” of sexuality (Richardson and Monro, 2012; Wright, 2016b). These findings will be useful for youth workers and for practitioners and their trainers from a range of professional backgrounds such as therapists, social workers, teachers and health care practitioners.

Use of LEGO® Serious Play® and Other Working Approaches in Youth in Hong Kong

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
Henry Wai-Hang Ling ◽  
Kenneth Ho-Him Tsang ◽  
Kenneth Sau-Yin Yu ◽  
Vincent Wan-Ping Lee ◽  
Johnny Chung-Yee Wong ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Secondary Students ◽  
Communication Skills ◽  
Behavioural Therapy ◽  
Youth Work ◽  
Youth Workers ◽  
Special Educational Needs ◽  
Major Objective ◽  
General Guideline ◽  
Cognitive Behavioural

This research explores the possibility of providing a general guideline for the use of LEGO® Serious Play® (LSP) in youth work and examining the experiences of the frontline youth workers in Hong Kong who have adopted LSP to engage youngsters, who have been experiencing enormous socioeconomic challenges in different aspects. A 12-session workshop applied into social training for special educational needs (SEN) secondary students was held with the major objective of enhancing their communication skills. All sessions were divided into three parts: introduction, utilization, and expression. Most participants' abilities in oral description and word usage improved upon completion of the workshop, and they have more motivation and initiation in communicating with others in the group. LSP could thus be proven as a useful method in the SEN workshop in terms of establishing rapport and relationships, expressing the participants' thoughts, as it has provided an alternative for trainers to support the kids concern. Apart from LSP, this research has also found that other approaches such as snorkeling, adventured-based counseling, and cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) could also be effective approaches adopted by practitioners to support young people.

Still an Outsider? A Preliminary Study on the Political Culture of Ethnic Chinese in Myanmar

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 131-156
Author(s):  
Szu-Tu Yu
Keyword(s):  
Political Culture ◽  
Field Research ◽  
The Political ◽  
Ethnic Chinese ◽  
The Hierarchical Structure ◽  
Chinese Descent ◽  
The Government ◽  
People’S Attitudes ◽  
Political Actions ◽  
Depth Interviews

Abstract The ethnic Chinese in Myanmar used to be strongly averse to political engagement, while some third-generation Burmese of Chinese descent had run for the 2015 general election, which indicated that the time-honored political culture embraced by ethnic Chinese in Myanmar seems to be evolving instead of remaining invariable. Nonetheless, what their political culture has truly become is well deserving of thorough analysis. The connotations of political culture are twofold: people’s attitudes towards the hierarchical structure of the government, and people’s attitudes towards their own political actions. Treating these two aspects of political culture as points of departure and employing various methods including field research and in-depth interviews, this article seeks to address the key question as to whether the political culture of ethnic Chinese in Myanmar is actually evolving.

Cyber youth work in Hong Kong: Specific and yet the same

2016 ◽  
Vol 60 (5) ◽  
pp. 1286-1300 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zeno CS Leung ◽  
Stella SK Wong ◽  
Siu-wai Lit ◽  
Charlie Chan ◽  
Fabia Cheung ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Hong Kong ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Social Presence ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Online Communication ◽  
Youth Work ◽  
Youth Workers ◽  
Time Dimension ◽  
Sex Trade

Social media does not just lead to new ways of social participation; it creates new opportunities for serving difficult-to-reach groups in the community. This study examined the experiences and processes of a pioneering cyber youth work project working with young people involved in drug use and the sex trade in Hong Kong. A thematic analysis of online communication records and interviews of social workers and clients was conducted to determine the relating factors concerned, namely, ‘social presence’, ‘autonomy and ‘privacy’, ‘use of text and media’, and ‘time dimension’. The results suggest practice insights for youth workers.

scholarly journals Relasi Politik di Kabupaten Maros (Studi Pemilihan Kepala Daerah Serentak Tahun 2020 Provinsi Sulawesi Selatan)

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 324
Author(s):  
Adi Sumandiyar ◽  
Muhammad Yahya ◽  
Umar Kamaruddin ◽  
Hasruddin Nur ◽  
Arda Arda
Keyword(s):  
Random Sampling ◽  
Community Support ◽  
Electronic Media ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
Community Empowerment ◽  
The Political ◽  
South Sulawesi ◽  
Political Relations ◽  
Depth Interview ◽  
Depth Interviews

This study aims to obtain in-depth interview about Political Relations in Maros Regency in the Study of Simultaneous Regional Head Elections in 2020 South Sulawesi Province. The researcher collected discourse data through electronic media, and the researcher acted as a research instrument on the political relations between the rulers and the community in the 2020 Regional Head Election contestation in Maros Regency. Sources of data are through documentation and informants, while data collection techniques are carried out through in-depth interviews which are located in Maros Regency, South Sulawesi Province. The research informants were 2 people, selected by purposive random sampling. The results showed that it developed in two dimensions, namely; subjective dimension and objective dimension. The subjective dimension is obtained through; (1) network of government actors and bureaucracy; (2) retainer network; and (3) community empowerment group networks can mobilize community support, while the subjective dimension is through creating client patrons.

Political risks of recovering and discovering meanings in the collective memory of a perverse religious organisation

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-47
Author(s):  
Eduardo Acuña Aguirre
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Collective Memory ◽  
Catholic Church ◽  
Theoretical Basis ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Influences ◽  
Conversion Event ◽  
Political Risks ◽  
Political Actions ◽  
The Catholic Church

This article refers to the political risks that a group of five parishioners, members of an aristocratic Catholic parish located in Santiago, Chile, had to face when they recovered and discovered unconscious meanings about the hard and persistent psychological and sexual abuse they suffered in that religious organisation. Recovering and discovering meanings, from the collective memory of that parish, was a sort of conversion event in the five parishioners that determined their decision to bring to the surface of Chilean society the knowledge that the parish, led by the priest Fernando Karadima, functioned as a perverse organisation. That determination implied that the five individuals had to struggle against powerful forces in society, including the dominant Catholic Church in Chile and the political influences from the conservative Catholic elite that attempted to ignore the existence of the abuses that were denounced. The result of this article explains how the five parishioners, through their concerted political actions and courage, forced the Catholic Church to recognise, in an ambivalent way, the abuses committed by Karadima. The theoretical basis of this presentation is based on a socioanalytical approach that mainly considers the understanding of perversion in organisations and their consequences in the control of anxieties.

THE GENESIS OF CONSERVATIVE IDEOLOGY, DEVELOPMENT TRENDS AND PROSPECTS IN THE POLITICAL REFORM OF MODERN COUNTRIES (ON THE EXAMPLE OF RUSSIA AND FRANCE)

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 38-43
Author(s):  
MARIETA EPREMYAN ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Political Reform ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
The Political ◽  
Development Trends ◽  
Conservative Ideology ◽  
The World ◽  
Christian Conservatism ◽  
The Future ◽  
Conservative Policy ◽  
Depth Interviews

The article examines the epistemological roots of conservative ideology, development trends and further prospects in political reform not only in modern Russia, but also in other countries. The author focuses on the “world” and Russian conservatism. In the course of the study, the author illustrates what opportunities and limitations a conservative ideology can have in political reform not only in modern Russia, but also in the world. In conclusion, it is concluded that the prospect of a conservative trend in the world is wide enough. To avoid immigration and to control the development of technology in society, it is necessary to adhere to a conservative policy. Conservatism is a consolidating ideology. It is no coincidence that the author cites as an example the understanding of conservative ideology by the French due to the fact that Russia has its own vision of the ideology of conservatism. If we say that conservatism seeks to preserve something and respects tradition, we must bear in mind that traditions in different societies, which form some kind of moral imperatives, cannot be a single phenomenon due to different historical destinies and differing religious views. Considered from the point of view of religion, Muslim and Christian conservatism will be somewhat confrontational on some issues. The purpose of the work was to consider issues related to the role, evolution and prospects of conservative ideology in the political reform of modern countries. The author focuses on Russia and France. To achieve this goal, the method of in-depth interviews with experts on how they understand conservatism was chosen. Already today, conservatism is quite diverse. It is quite possible that in the future it will transform even more and acquire new reflections.

A Comparative Study of the State of Ethics in Youth Work Practice in Jamaica, Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Cleopatra Monique Parkins
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Code Of Ethics ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Work Practice ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Youth Work ◽  
Youth Workers ◽  
Ethical Practices ◽  
The United Kingdom

Even though youth work has played a critical role in fostering the holistic development of today’s youth, much controversy has surrounded the practice. Nevertheless, youth workers are slowly being accorded professional status, and a code of ethics has been developed in some jurisdictions. Some states are still to adopt this code; consequently the credibility of youth workers and the sector in general sway with the wind. This article presents a comparative analysis of ethical practices of youth work in Jamaica, Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom, examining current trends in observing ethics and addressing ethical issues. In the case of Jamaica, the researcher used the non-probability convenience sampling technique and collected primary data from a questionnaire administered to a sample of youth workers. The perspective of the ministerial arm responsible for youth work in Jamaica was also captured through an interview. In the case of Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom, the framework of the profession and specifically matters pertaining to ethical practices were examined through the use of secondary data sources, which included reports on youth work practices in the selected countries. A mixed methodology was employed in analysing the data collected. The major findings of this study confirmed that advancing youth work as a profession is dependent on the acceptance and integration of a formal code of ethics, that youth workers must receive training on ethics and that a national youth work policy is important to guide youth work practice. In accordance with the findings, the researcher makes a number of recommendations and highlights notable best practices that may help with the overall professionalisation of the sector.

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