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Llamado número especial "100 años Trabajo Social: Discusiones y Perspectivas Globales sobre el pasado, presente y futuro disciplinar". Se reciben trabajos en español e inglés hasta el 30 de abril de 2025 para ser publicados en octubre de 2025 en el número 10 de la Revista.Para más información, revisar el siguiente enlace.
Call for Papers. Special Number "100 Years of Social Work: Discussions and Perspectives on the Discipline's Past, Present and Future". Submissions in Spanish or English until the 30th April 2025 for publication in October 2025 (Issue 10). For more information please see the following link.
¿Dónde está lo “social” en trabajo social? Un análisis del uso de la teoría en la intervención de trabajadoras/es sociales
Autores/as
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Barbra Teater
City University of New York
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1503-0096
- Katrina Hannan City University of New York
Resumen
La teoría sirve como fuente de conocimientos que orienta las intervenciones del trabajo social. Si lo que se busca es aportar a la transformación y a la justicia social en el momento social y político actual, las/os trabajadores sociales deben ser conscientes y analíticos al momento de fundamentar teóricamente sus intervenciones. Este estudio exploratorio y cualitativo buscó examinar la manera en que las teorías son asimiladas por parte de trabajadoras/es sociales en los Estados Unidos, los propósitos que justifican la elección de teorías y la orientación hacia la transformación y la justicia social que tenían sus intervenciones profesionales. Se realizaron veinte entrevistas semi-estructuradas con trabajadoras/es sociales, las que fueron analizadas mediante un análisis de contenido sumativo. Los hallazgos revelan que las/os trabajadores sociales utilizan teorías que tienen el propósito de resolver problemas a nivel individual principalmente. Solo un trabajador social dio cuenta de teorías orientadas al empoderamiento y dos trabajadoras sociales relataron el uso de la teoría con propósitos de transformación social más estructural. Estos resultados sugieren una discordancia respecto de la definición global de trabajo social, que promueve el cambio social y la justicia social como objetivos clave de la profesión y disciplina. Las intervenciones de las/os trabajadoras/es sociales participantes en este estudio reflejan el individualismo que está a la base del capitalismo neoliberal. Finalmente, se discuten algunas consideraciones para una redefinición de la intervención de trabajo social comprometido con el cambio social y la justicia social.Palabras clave:
teoría, cambio social, justicia social, práctica anti-opresiva, Estados UnidosReferencias
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