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From sociocultural categories to socially located relations: Using critical theory in social work practice
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- Keenan, EK (Author)
Title
From sociocultural categories to socially located relations: Using critical theory in social work practice
Abstract
This article applies concepts from critical social theories to shift the profession's discourse from the center-margin relations of generalist-multicultural practice to a model of socially located cross-cultural client-worker relationships. Critical theories examine patterns and meanings enacted within and between people in specific social locations at specific points in history that express particular relations of culture, power, and identity. This framework can help social workers listen, explore, conceptualize, and intervene in a more complex and effective manner. The article summarizes key themes in critical theories, redefines how social workers can use knowledge for practice, and concludes with discussion of a case illustration.
Publication
Families in Society-the Journal of Contemporary Human Services
Date
OCT-DEC 2004
Volume
85
Issue
4
Pages
539-548
Journal Abbr
Fam. Soc.
Citation Key
ISI:000226071200011
ISSN
1044-3894
Language
English
Extra
12 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
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Citation Key: ISI:000226071200011
Citation
Keenan, E. (2004). From sociocultural categories to socially located relations: Using critical theory in social work practice. Families in Society-the Journal of Contemporary Human Services, 85(4), 539–548. https://doi.org/10.1606/1044-3894.1844
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