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Social Work Artfully: Beyond Borders and Boundaries
Christina Sinding
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Description for Social Work Artfully: Beyond Borders and Boundaries
Paperback. Editor(s): Sinding, Christina; Barnes, Hazel Estella. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: AB; JKSN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 29. Weight in Grams: 426.
The past two decades have witnessed a vigorous challenge to social work. A growing global convergence between the market and the public sector means that private sector values, priorities, and forms of work organization increasingly permeate social and community services. As challenges facing people and communities become more layered and complex, our means of responding become more time-bound and reductionist. This book is premised on the belief in the revitalizing power of arts-informed approaches to social justice work; it affirms and invites creative responses to personal, community, and political struggles and aspirations. The projects described in the book address themes ... Read more
The past two decades have witnessed a vigorous challenge to social work. A growing global convergence between the market and the public sector means that private sector values, priorities, and forms of work organization increasingly permeate social and community services. As challenges facing people and communities become more layered and complex, our means of responding become more time-bound and reductionist. This book is premised on the belief in the revitalizing power of arts-informed approaches to social justice work; it affirms and invites creative responses to personal, community, and political struggles and aspirations. The projects described in the book address themes ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
426g
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
ISBN
9781771121224
SKU
V9781771121224
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Ref
99-15
About Christina Sinding
Christina Sinding is an Associate Professor at McMaster University (School of Social Work and Department of Health, Aging and Society). Her research focuses on cancer and social marginalization; service user involvement; and arts-informed social science, especially in social work and social-justice contexts. She is the author, with Ross Gray, of Standing Ovation: Performing Social Science Research about Cancer . Hazel ... Read more
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