Full Description
In our increasingly tumultuous world, this book offers insight and inspiration through personal narrative. It collects the accounts of twenty-seven social workers and those in academia based in five continents, surveying a wide range of environments, communities, and systems. Each narrative serves as a testament to the profound intersections of relationships, emotions, and experiences, encapsulating stories of genuine human significance. Advocating for the cultivation of three essential intelligences - social intelligence (SQ), emotional intelligence (EQ), and experiential intelligence (XQ) - the book prompts readers to grasp the nuanced power dynamics inherent in each tale. As a prompt to critical reflection that guides readers towards self-discovery and professional identity, this collection is ideal for graduate students and researchers in social work.
Contents
Introduction: 1. Why are stories of social work important? Rita Sorly; 2. Social work for a better world: Are we in-between stories? Tony Ghaye; Part I. Storying-to-Learn: How Stories-That-Matter Help Us Appreciate Social Work in Action Tony Ghaye and Rita Sorly: 3. The shortest distance between two people is a story Tony Ghaye; 4. The gift of social work: Blessing or burden? Gloria Acan; 5. Dreams, reality and invisibility: Social workers unpacking child labour through children's stories in urban and rural Maharashtra, India Yamini Suvarna and Vikas Sawant; 6. Who do I want to be as a social worker?: Perspectives from the Arctic region Rita Sorly, Raymond Stuen, Ingvild Kristoffersen and Sunniva Hestsveen; 7. Social work in need of activism: A story about gangs, marginalisation, and crime in two South African townships G. Nokukhanya Ndhlovu; 8. On my toes: Reflections from a research project about birth parents of children in foster care in Sweden Ylva Spanberger Weitz; 9. A story of love, family and mental health Jin-Yong Wang; 10. Pieces of walnut Kay Hampton; 11. 'Kurdistan is my country': Understanding the importance of positioning in stories Rita Sorly and Var Mathisen; 12. Living on a pause: Experiences from conflict resolution in a Mexican migrant shelter Monica Ayala-Mira; 13. Promissory notes and other forms of consent Tracie Rogers; 14. For some people you make a difference, you carry their hope: A social worker's story Sheila Zimic; 15. Partner in decolonisation: A tale of two strangers united by a common interest Pratiksha Ghimire and Raj Yadav; 16. Human rights approaches of Pashtun Tahafuz Movement: A case of de facto social work? Farhat Taj; 17. Empathy from origin: A Colombian social worker's life story Maria Delden and Gull Tornegren; 18. Welfare transitions in an agrarian community: Solidarities, subsistence, and struggles of older women in Uganda Venesio Bwambale Bhangyi; 19. Former refugee youth in rural Northern Norway: Stories as knowledge development for social work in refugee services Var Mathisen and Rita Sorly; 20. Social work: More than just a profession? Pauline Camilleri; 21. Reflections of psychiatric social work in an African setting: A story about challenges Wilberforce Kurevakwesu; Part II. Lenses and Lessons: Towards More Global Perspectives Tony Ghaye and Rita Sorly: 22. From punitive measures to comprehensive services: A reflection on the evolution of social work practices in Tanzania Thomas Ndaluka; 23. Learning from a Pasifika perspective: Navigating social work across Oceania Jioji Ravulo; 24. 'I was so tired of all the words': The challenge of epistemic injustice for social workers Tony Ghaye; 25. What next? Tony Ghaye and Rita Sorly; Index.
