Hiroshi Urabe (1905–2002): radical pioneer in Japanese social work history

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 119-130
Author(s):  
Fumihito Ito
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Work History ◽  
Social Work History

Art and Social Work: History and Collaborative Possibilities for Interdisciplinary Synergy

2017 ◽  
Vol 29 (6) ◽  
pp. 698-707 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Burney Nissen
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Work History ◽  
Psychology Education ◽  
Call To Action ◽  
The Arts ◽  
The Social ◽  
Individual Family ◽  
History Of ◽  
Social Work History ◽  
Current Potential

This article will stretch the boundaries of the interdisciplinary lens to consider the history of and current potential for the arts to enhance, advance, and amplify individual, family, and community social change goals of the social work profession. To begin, consider the following questions: What would inspire artists and social workers to intentionally work together to reveal new strengths, energy, and capacity in the areas we care about? What do the arts have to teach the profession of social work and vice versa? How have the arts already played a role in the profession, and what has impaired social work’s ability to make greater use of the strengths associated with the arts? How have other professions (public health, psychology, education, and others) incorporated partnerships with the arts? This article concludes with a call to action to advance the potential of the arts in coordination with social work and related disciplines.

‘Let Us Go Then, You and I’ – Journeying with Ada Eliot Sheffield

2017 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 116-138
Author(s):  
Ian Shaw
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Life Experiences ◽  
Intellectual Biography ◽  
Work History ◽  
Life World ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Social Work History

My purpose in this article is to illustrate how framing social work in the life world of Ada Sheffield, a largely forgotten woman, yields not only knowledge and understanding, but may exemplify a way of doing social work history. The article draws on two kinds of material. First, I have developed a provisional, if still incomplete, bibliography of her work, included as an annex to this article. Second, I have searched the various Eliot archives in the USA and England to discover what survives of her correspondence. Through her surviving correspondence with her brother, T S (‘Tom’) Eliot, I take Ada Sheffield’s life experiences and thoughts – her self-consciousness – as the frame, wishing insistently to hear her voice. The article is written largely around a single year, which acts as a point of balance for her life. I conclude with several more direct suggestions for social work implications. I briefly attempt an outline of what would constitute her intellectual biography.

scholarly journals Honoring Our Ancestors

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (2/3) ◽  
pp. 259-273
Author(s):  
Jennifer McCleary ◽  
Estelle Simard
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Social Work ◽  
White Women ◽  
White Supremacy ◽  
Work Practice ◽  
Social Work Practice ◽  
Work History ◽  
The Us ◽  
History Of ◽  
Social Work History

The US social work profession has historically claimed primarily middle-class white women as the "founders" of the profession, including Jane Addams and Mary Richmond. Scholarship of the history of the profession has focused almost entirely on settlement houses, anti-poverty advocacy, and charity in the late 1800s in the northeastern United States as the groundwork of current social work practice. Courses in social work history socialize students into this historical framing of the profession and perpetuate a white supremacist narrative of white women as the primary doers of social justice work that colonizes the bodies and knowledge of Indigenous people and their helping systems. Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) in the US have always had indigenous systems of social care. Yet, the social justice work of BIPOC, and especially Indigenous people in the US, is left out of the dominant narrative of the history of social work practice for several reasons including racism, colonialism, and white supremacy. In this paper the authors contribute to the critique of the role of white supremacy as a colonizing process in social work history narratives and discuss frameworks for decolonizing social work pedagogy through a reconciliatory practice that aims to dismantle white supremacy.

Social Justice

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janet L. Finn ◽  
Maxine Jacobson
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Civil Rights ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Civil Rights Movement ◽  
21St Century ◽  
John Rawls ◽  
Work History ◽  
Core Value ◽  
Social Work History

This entry examines the concept of social justice and its significance as a core value of social work. Diverse conceptualizations of social justice and their historical and philosophical underpinnings are examined. The influence of John Rawls' perspectives on social justice is addressed as are alternative conceptualizations, such as the capabilities perspective. The roots of social justice are traced through social work history, from the Settlement House Movement to the Rank and Film Movement, Civil Rights Movement, and contemporary struggles in the context of globalization. Challenges for social justice-oriented practice in the 21st century are address. The discussion concludes with concrete example of ways in which social workers are translating principles of social justice into concrete practices.

Writing Social Work History

2008 ◽  
Vol 61 (3) ◽  
pp. 193-196 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shurlee Swain
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Work History ◽  
Social Work History

scholarly journals Future of Macro Social Work

10.18060/78 ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-59 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Ellen Netting
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Ways Of Knowing ◽  
World Views ◽  
Work History ◽  
The Future ◽  
Diverse World ◽  
Social Work History ◽  
Macro Social Work

Macro social work is social work. History tells us that the profession was birthed from diverse traditions were grounded in different assumptions, spurring different ways of knowing and doing. This versatility is a hallmark of the field and it will serve macro social work well into the future. A profession that seeks to sustain, advocate and change, with the intent of increasing quality of life, will always need practitioners who can recognize diverse world views, understand multilayered contexts, deal with limitless inter-connections, and be invigorated by conflict.

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