Build the social justice bridge: participatory photography with the international group work community |
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| Authors: | Lorrie Greenhouse Gardella Reineth Prinsloo |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Social Work, College of Health and Human Services, Southern Connecticut State University , New Haven, CT, USA GardellaL2@SouthernCT.edu;3. Department of Social Work and Criminal Justice, Faculty of Humanities, University of Pretoria , Hatfield, South Africa |
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| Abstract: | ABSTRACT “Build the Social Justice Bridge” was a participatory photography project that engaged international group workers in an assessment of group work as a social justice profession. Inspired by principles of photovoice research, the project invited social work students, educators, and practitioners from around the world to contribute photographs and brief narratives that represented the relationship between group work and social justice. The photographs were exhibited during the opening session of the 2018 Symposium of the International Association for Social Work with Groups (IASWG) in South Africa, where more than 200 participants from ten countries reflected on the meaning of the photos for the group work community. In viewing the photos, symposium participants identified a common vision of social justice as well as culturally-specific approaches to group work. Implications are drawn for the internationalization of professional knowledge. |
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| Keywords: | Group work social action social justice social work social work with groups international social work participatory photography photovoice |
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