scholarly journals Social Justice: A Missing, Unelaborated Dimension in Humanitarian Engineering and Learning Through Service

2014 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jon A. Leydens ◽  
Juan C. Lucena
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Problem Definition ◽  
Service Work ◽  
Human Engineering ◽  
The Core ◽  
Multiple Data ◽  
The Social ◽  
Humanitarian Engineering ◽  
Barriers And Opportunities ◽  
Definition Of

Negotiations between engineering and non-engineering perspectives are central in humanitarian engineering and learning through service initiatives, and these negotiations inevitably include dimensions of social justice. But what frameworks guide engineers through such negotiations? To date, in published scholarship, social justice has played little to no role in providing structure for work in humanitarian engineering and learning through service. Yet structure is needed to think and act systematically on the social justice dimensions inherent in humanitarian engineering and learning through service initiatives and practices. Drawing from multiple data sources, including interviews with engineering education faculty on the barriers and opportunities to integrating social justice dimensions in such initiatives, we provide a social justice definition and criteria that serve as flexible guidelines for humanitarian engineering and learning through service initiatives. Grounded in a synthesized definition of social justice, the social justice criteria can guide engineers to recognize and map human and non-human, engineering and non-engineering components in problem definition and solution—with social justice at the core. Along with other benefits, these criteria can act as a foundation from which to launch, evaluate, and improve on humanitarian engineering and learning through service work, serving as a vehicle for project initiation, reflection, and self-critique. 

Ways and Voices in the Psychoanalysis of Links According to Enrique Pichon-Rivière

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosa Jaitin
Keyword(s):  
Couple Therapy ◽  
Clinical Observation ◽  
Clinical Work ◽  
The Core ◽  
The Social ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Voice ◽  
Different Levels

This article covers several stages of the work of Pichon-Rivière. In the 1950s he introduced the hypothesis of "the link as a four way relationship" (of reciprocal love and hate) between the baby and the mother. Clinical work with psychosis and psychosomatic disorders prompted him to examine how mental illness arises; its areas of expression, the degree of symbolisation, and the different fields of clinical observation. From the 1960s onwards, his experience with groups and families led him to explore a second path leading to "the voices of the link"—the voice of the internal family sub-group, and the place of the social and cultural voice where the link develops. This brought him to the definition of the link as a "bi-corporal and tri-personal structure". The author brings together the different levels of the analysis of the link, using as a clinical example the process of a psychoanalytic couple therapy with second generation descendants of a genocide within the limits of the transferential and countertransferential field. Body language (the core of the transgenerational link) and the couple's absences and presence during sessions create a rhythm that gives rise to an illusion, ultimately transforming the intersubjective link between the partners in the couple and with the analyst.

Towards Social Justice Through Arts and Language-Based Learning

2020 ◽  
pp. 101-123
Author(s):  
Rebecca M. Sánchez ◽  
Karla V. Kingsley ◽  
Amy Sweet ◽  
Eileen Waldschmidt ◽  
Carlos A. LópezLeiva ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Social Justice ◽  
Educational Experiences ◽  
Social Structures ◽  
Language Diversity ◽  
Education Experience ◽  
Acquisition Strategies ◽  
The Social ◽  
Interdisciplinary Arts ◽  
Definition Of

The Teacher Education Collaborative in Language Diversity and Arts Integration (TECLA) initiative prepares elementary teachers at a Southwest majority-minority university. TECLA emerged from a social justice commitment to prepare teachers to work in linguistically and culturally diverse schools. The program integrates interdisciplinary arts-based approaches and culturally sustaining language acquisition strategies throughout the teacher education experience. TECLA conceptualizes social justice through a sociohistorical lens. Social justice is experienced when all people have equitable access to meaningful opportunities to participate in and (re)shape the social structures in which they live and work. TECLA relies on an expanded definition of social justice that includes building on students' home cultures, languages, and experiences to design rigorous educational experiences.

Social Exclusion and Inclusion

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karen Lyons ◽  
Nathalie Huegler
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Social Justice ◽  
Social Work ◽  
International Development ◽  
Social Exclusion ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
The Social ◽  
Late Twentieth ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Late Twentieth Century

The term social exclusion achieved widespread use in Europe from the late twentieth century. Its value as a concept that is different from poverty, with universal relevance, has since been debated. It is used in Western literature about international development, and some authors have linked it to the notion of capabilities. However, it is not widely used in the social work vocabulary. Conversely, the notion of social inclusion has gained in usage and application. This links with values that underlie promotion of empowerment and participation, whether of individuals, groups, or communities. Both terms are inextricably linked to the realities of inequalities within and between societies and to the principles of human rights and social justice that feature in the international definition of social work.

scholarly journals Purpose of Punishment as Reflection of Its Social Essence

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Aleksandra Bokovnya
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Criminal Responsibility ◽  
Criminal Code ◽  
The Social ◽  
Legal Nature ◽  
Moral Damage ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Criminal Legislation ◽  
Legal Character

The article studies the problem of punishment purposes in terms of increasing the importance of social justice and more consistent protection of the rights of victims from criminal acts. It substantiates a model of the hierarchical construction of purposes of criminal punishment based on analysis of the historical laws concerning the purposes of punishment and a comparative study of the legislation of modern states. According to the author, the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation should first outline the purposes of criminal legislation or criminal responsibility, and in terms of it should already specify the purposes of punishment and other measures of a criminal and legal nature. The RF Criminal Code should regulate the purposes of all measures of criminal and legal character. He also considers as reasonable the concrete definition of the content for purposes of restoring the social justice by indicating in the law the fact that punishment and other ways of criminal and legal character contribute to its restoration. The article also substantiates a proposal of regulating the property damage. The article also substantiates a proposal for regulating property damages and moral damage compensations as a different measure of criminal and legal character.

Curricular Efforts in Technical Communication After the Social Justice Turn

2021 ◽  
pp. 105065192110441
Author(s):  
Godwin Y. Agboka ◽  
Isidore K. Dorpenyo
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Technical Communication ◽  
Professional Communication ◽  
Substantial Body ◽  
The Core ◽  
The Social ◽  
Technical And Professional Communication

The social justice turn in technical and professional communication (TPC) has inspired a substantial body of progressive scholarship and discussion. But it is not clear how these scholarly efforts have shaped (or are shaping) programmatic and curricular efforts. This article reports the findings of a survey of TPC instructors and an analysis of 231 TPC programs to examine their curricular efforts toward social justice. Drawing from the mixed findings, the authors argue that vigorous curricular efforts in social justice enable TPC to fully and practically demonstrate the core mandate of our discipline.

The Social Media Privacy Model: Privacy and Communication in the Light of Social Media Affordances

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sabine Trepte
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Information Sharing ◽  
Interpersonal Communication ◽  
Theoretical Development ◽  
The Core ◽  
Primary Mechanism ◽  
Informational Control ◽  
The Social ◽  
Privacy Model ◽  
Definition Of

Abstract Privacy has been defined as the selective control of information sharing, where control is key. For social media, however, an individual user’s informational control has become more difficult. In this theoretical article, I review how the term control is part of theorizing on privacy, and I develop an understanding of online privacy with communication as the core mechanism by which privacy is regulated. The results of this article’s theoretical development are molded into a definition of privacy and the social media privacy model. The model is based on four propositions: Privacy in social media is interdependently perceived and valued. Thus, it cannot always be achieved through control. As an alternative, interpersonal communication is the primary mechanism by which to ensure social media privacy. Finally, trust and norms function as mechanisms that represent crystallized privacy communication. Further materials are available at https://osf.io/xhqjy/

The (r)evolution and decolonization of social work ethics: The Global Social Work Statement of Ethical Principles

2019 ◽  
Vol 62 (6) ◽  
pp. 1469-1481 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vishanthie Sewpaul ◽  
Mark Henrickson
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Ethical Principles ◽  
International Social Work ◽  
Work Ethics ◽  
The Core ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Work Ethics ◽  
Global Nature ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
International Social

The approval of the 2014 joint Global Definition of Social Work required that international social work associations review the associated ethical principles of social work. The Global Social Work Statement of Ethical Principles ( GSWSEP) was approved by international social work bodies in Dublin in July 2018. While the previous Statement of Ethics emphasized liberal humanist values common in the European–North American axis, the GSWSEP recognizes the global nature of the social work profession and locates human dignity at the core of social work ethics. The GSWSEP problematizes the core principles of social work, and responds to calls to decolonize social work in the context of the increasing regulation of social work.

Getting the Left Right: The Transformation, Decline, and Reformation of American Liberalism. By Thomas A. Spragens, Jr. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2009. 304p. $34.95.

2010 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 620-622
Author(s):  
Bruce Miroff
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
John Rawls ◽  
Richard Rorty ◽  
Public Philosophy ◽  
Historical Explanation ◽  
The Core ◽  
Theory To Practice ◽  
The Social ◽  
American Liberalism ◽  
Michael Sandel

Why have American liberals been losing most political contests in recent decades? Theorist Thomas A. Spragens argues that the core of liberalism's problems lies in an ill-conceived transformation in public philosophy. In a “political treatise informed by scholarly resources” (p. ix), he defends an older liberalism, which he describes as populist and progressive, and decries a new one that he associates with the social justice approach of John Rawls. Shifting his attention back and forth from theory to practice, Spragens constructs an argument that liberalism will not recoup its political fortunes until it rediscovers its “populist heart” (p. xvii). Bearing some resemblance to previous treatises by Richard Rorty and Michael Sandel (along with important differences that Spragens notes), Getting the Left Right is provocative and powerful as theoretical critique and advocacy, but is less effective in providing a historical explanation for contemporary liberalism's troubled state.

scholarly journals Bounding Boundaries: Building a Typology of Careers with the Concept of Boundary

M n gement ◽  
2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sébastien Dubois ◽  
Pierre François
Keyword(s):  
Explanatory Power ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
Career Patterns ◽  
Social Form ◽  
The Core ◽  
The Social ◽  
Original Case ◽  
Core Idea ◽  
Definition Of

The core idea of this paper is that the concept of boundary can help us to understand the social form careers take. The concept of boundary has informed much of the literature on careers. Scholars are now looking beyond the boundaryless/boundaried divide as the boundaryless argument has been convincingly contested theoretically and empirically. This is what we do in this article. It offers a definition of career boundaries which can be empirically tested as both objective and subjective construct along two dimensions: the existence of fixed career patterns and that of individual, shared, or collective awareness of these patterns. This leads us to build a six-case typology combining these two dimensions. To test the explanatory power of this theoretical framework, we use the original case of French poets. As poets do not work in stable organizations, we could expect erratic careers. We find that poets’ careers are not erratic, but follow fixed patterns, structured by publishers and the pace of publications, with, respectively, shared and individual awareness of these patterns. We also find that similarly reputed poets tend to follow similar career patterns as they cross the same boundaries at a similar moment in their career. We end by discussing how our typology can help to understand careers, using examples from the literature from various professional settings.

Building a Social Justice Narrative for Public Health

2019 ◽  
Vol 46 (6) ◽  
pp. 901-904 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lawrence Wallack
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Social Justice ◽  
Collective Responsibility ◽  
Health Policies ◽  
Public Health Issue ◽  
Public Health Perspective ◽  
Public Health Policies ◽  
The Core ◽  
The Social ◽  
Collective Processes

Public health is the place where science, policy, politics, and activism converge. Each public health issue is a snapshot where we can see the unfolding of the collective processes that define who we are, what we believe, and what we value as a society. Our professional strength is our commitment to community and social justice values, but we are challenged to effectively communicate these values in an individualistic, market-dominated society. It is this language of community, and the values it represents, that must be the core of the narrative animating a more just and healthier society. A public health perspective characterized by social justice argues that public health problems are primarily socially generated and can be predicted based on the level of injustice and inequality in a society. Thus, the solutions to such problems must be through progressive social and public health policies and are best understood as a collective responsibility shared across the various levels of society. When we can develop a narrative that effectively communicates the social justice values that are the foundation of this perspective, ours will be a society that better understands the meaning of public health and responds more appropriately to its challenges. We will then be collectively more effective in better translating our values into caring, and more effective, public policy. This will not be easy, but it will be necessary.

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