Exhaustion and possibility. The wor(l)dlyness of social work in (G)local environment worlds during a pandemic
| Autor: | Mona Livholts |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Social Work |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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narrative
2019-20 coronavirus outbreak Health (social science) Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) media_common.quotation_subject Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) 03 medical and health sciences 0504 sociology social work practice Pandemic social justice Critical reflection media_common 030504 nursing Social work 05 social sciences 1. No poverty 050401 social sciences methods 16. Peace & justice photography Feeling 5145 Social work Local environment 0305 other medical science Psychology Social psychology Social Sciences (miscellaneous) poetry |
| Zdroj: | Qualitative Social Work. 20:54-62 |
| ISSN: | 1741-3117 1473-3250 |
| Popis: | Exhaustion is not about being tired. It is an intense feeling of restlessness, of insomnia, and awakening when I ask myself: have I exhausted all that is possible? Such a state of restlessness and wakefulness represents a turning point for having enough, and opens for new possibilities to act for social change. This reflexive essay departs from the notion that the language of exhaustion offers a wor(l)dly possibility for social work(ers) to engage in critical analytical reflexivity about our locations of power from the outset of our (g)local environment worlds. The aim is to trace the transformative possibilities of social change in social work practice through the literature of exhaustion (eg. Frichot, 2019 ; Spooner, 2011 ). The methodology is based on uses of narrative life writing genres such as poetry, written and photographic diary entrances between the 4th of April and 4th of June. The essay shows how tracing exhaustion during the pandemic, visualises a multiplicity of forms of oppression and privilege, an increasing attention and relationship to things, and border movements and languages. I suggest that social work replace the often-used terminology of social problems with exhaustive lists to address structural forms of racism, sexism, ableism, ageism, which has been further visualized through death, illness, violence, and poverty during the pandemic. I argue that the language of exhaustion is useful for reflexivity and action in social work practice through the way it contributes to intensified awareness, attention, engagement, listening, and agency to create social justice. |
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