Qualitative Social Work and Social Work's Intellectual History
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Qualitative Social Work & Social Work’s Intellectual History Jane F. Gilgun, Ph.D., LICSW Professor, School of Social Work University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, USA First Annual International Social Work Day Urbana, IL May 18, 2011
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Social work has a rich intellectual history that has roots in 19th century German philosophy that emphasized understanding meanings in context, immersion of researchers in social settings they want to understanding, interpretations that are based on descriptions of multiple perspectives, and emancipatory purposes. This slide show places social work in an intellectual history that is unknown to many and vibrant to this day.
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Qualitative Social Work& Social Work’s
Intellectual History
Jane F. Gilgun, Ph.D., LICSWProfessor, School of Social Work
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, USAFirst Annual International Social Work Day
Urbana, IL May 18, 2011
Topics
Understanding Experiences in Interactive Contexts
Immersion
Grounded Interpretations
Emancipatory Purposes
Overview
Many intellectual histories
Jane Addams and the Chicago SchoolAmerican pragmatism
Core social work values
Qualitative research delivers on this heritage
Understanding Experiencesin Interactive Contexts
Verstehen
Erlibnis
Reflexivity
Interaction
Multiple perspectives
Immersion
Sustained engagement in the field
Sometimes multiple methods
Brings about in-depth understandings of human experiences in context
These meanings are laden with socially constructed meanings that are subject to careful analysis
Grounded Interpretations
Experiences in context are primary
What does this mean?
Grounded Interpretations
Experiences in context are primary
What does this mean?
We make sense of this material through concepts
Grounded Interpretations
Experiences in context are primary
We make sense of this material through concepts
Is this what we do?UnderstandDescribeInterpret
Multiple products
Emancipatory Work
Social work innately emancipatory
Origins of social work research were based on values
Follow principles of credible research
Considerable variations on how we advocate
Summary & Discussion
Characteristics have a strong philosophical base
Understanding experiences in contextImmersionResearcher interpretations based on descriptionsEmancipatory goals
