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The Subjectivity of Participation. Articulating Social Work Practice with Youth in Copenhagen.
M Nissen
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Description for The Subjectivity of Participation. Articulating Social Work Practice with Youth in Copenhagen.
Paperback. "Using an innovative approach in critical psychology, this study examines collectivity, participation, and subjectivity, and the social theories that may help us understand these matters"-- Series: Critical Theory and Practice in Psychology and the Human Sciences. Num Pages: 292 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JKS; JKSN; JMA; JMS; MMJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
What is a 'we' a collective and how can we use such communal self-knowledge to help people? This book is about collectivity, participation, and subjectivity and about the social theories that may help us understand these matters. It also seeks to learn from the innovative practices and ideas of a community of social/youth workers in Copenhagen between 1987 and 2003, who developed a pedagogy through creating collectives and mobilizing young people as participants. The theoretical and practical traditions are combined in a unique methodology viewing research as a contentious modeling of prototypical practices. Through this dialogue, it develops an original ... Read more
What is a 'we' a collective and how can we use such communal self-knowledge to help people? This book is about collectivity, participation, and subjectivity and about the social theories that may help us understand these matters. It also seeks to learn from the innovative practices and ideas of a community of social/youth workers in Copenhagen between 1987 and 2003, who developed a pedagogy through creating collectives and mobilizing young people as participants. The theoretical and practical traditions are combined in a unique methodology viewing research as a contentious modeling of prototypical practices. Through this dialogue, it develops an original ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
292
Condition
New
Series
Critical Theory and Practice in Psychology and the Human Sciences
Number of Pages
292
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349314973
SKU
V9781349314973
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About M Nissen
MORTEN NISSEN (http://mnissen.psy.ku.dk) teaches community psychology in Copenhagen, Denmark, and Fredrikstad, Norway. He investigates participation, subjectivity, 'wild' social work, and addiction, with a focus on theories, standards, and practices. He edits Outlines – Critical Practice Studies (www.outlines.dk), and heads the research centre SUBSTANce-Subjects and standards.
Reviews for The Subjectivity of Participation. Articulating Social Work Practice with Youth in Copenhagen.
"This is a very engagingly written and erudite cross-disciplinary intervention that not only connects key conceptual-political debates in psychology with the challenges and dilemmas of social work practice, but uses the latter to press for an urgent reorientation of psychological models that could enable better and more engaged forms of practice. The author has a strong and lengthy track record ... Read more