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Journal of Critical Anti Oppressive Social Inquiry, May 21, 2014
We are interested in how social work and activism fit, connect and contradict each other. As acad... more We are interested in how social work and activism fit, connect and contradict each other. As academics, activists and social workers, we consistently grapple with the tensions between these realms and how we configure ourselves and our work into these spaces. This pilot project was initially undertaken by Emma, an undergraduate social work student, under the supervision of May, an assistant professor of social work, as a means of blending our diverse identities and subject positions while allowing us to analyze the relationships between social work and activism. We were able to use our own different roles and ideas as a jumping off point that led to Emma interviewing eight other people (who identified, variously, as social workers and/or activists), allowing for a rich and multifarious conversation to emerge. While neither social work nor activism nor any other form of protest and resistance can single-handedly engender utopia, this research has confirmed what our lived experiences ...
Journal of Critical Anti Oppressive Social Inquiry, May 21, 2014
We are interested in how social work and activism fit, connect and contradict each other. As acad... more We are interested in how social work and activism fit, connect and contradict each other. As academics, activists and social workers, we consistently grapple with the tensions between these realms and how we configure ourselves and our work into these spaces. This pilot project was initially undertaken by Emma, an undergraduate social work student, under the supervision of May, an assistant professor of social work, as a means of blending our diverse identities and subject positions while allowing us to analyze the relationships between social work and activism. We were able to use our own different roles and ideas as a jumping off point that led to Emma interviewing eight other people (who identified, variously, as social workers and/or activists), allowing for a rich and multifarious conversation to emerge. While neither social work nor activism nor any other form of protest and resistance can single-handedly engender utopia, this research has confirmed what our lived experiences ...