Proximity, reflexivity and critic: the place of ethnography in social intervention

This paper explores the relationship between ethnography and social intervention, considering the possibilities offered by ethnography to accomplish a more sensitive approach to the social contexts subject of the social workers’ intervention. It will be discussed how ethnography can participate in t...

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Main Authors:	Pedro Silva, Octávio Sacramento, Vera Mendonça
Format:	Article
Language:	Spanish
Published:	Universidad Complutense de Madrid 2015-06-01
Series:	Cuadernos de Trabajo Social
Subjects:	etnografia intervenção social reflexividade serviço social crítico
Online Access:	https://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/CUTS/article/view/46678

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spelling	doaj-2c58fafd20fd4d4c95fe27a54bd9453e2020-11-24T20:45:16ZspaUniversidad Complutense de MadridCuadernos de Trabajo Social0214-03141988-82952015-06-01281273710.5209/rev_CUTS.2015.v28.n1.4667846872Proximity, reflexivity and critic: the place of ethnography in social interventionPedro Silva0Octávio Sacramento1Vera Mendonça2Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro Centro de Estudos Transdisciplinares para o Desenvolvimento (Vila Real, Portugal)Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro Centro de Estudos Transdisciplinares para o Desenvolvimento (Vila Real, Portugal)Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (Vila Real, Portugal)This paper explores the relationship between ethnography and social intervention, considering the possibilities offered by ethnography to accomplish a more sensitive approach to the social contexts subject of the social workers’ intervention. It will be discussed how ethnography can participate in the comprehension and delimitation of «social problems», and in the assessment of social policy impact. The role of ethnography as socio-cognitive and epistemological tool for social workers will also be under scrutiny.https://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/CUTS/article/view/46678etnografiaintervenção socialreflexividadeserviço social crítico
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title	Proximity, reflexivity and critic: the place of ethnography in social intervention
title_short	Proximity, reflexivity and critic: the place of ethnography in social intervention
title_full	Proximity, reflexivity and critic: the place of ethnography in social intervention
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publisher	Universidad Complutense de Madrid
series	Cuadernos de Trabajo Social
issn	0214-0314 1988-8295
publishDate	2015-06-01
description	This paper explores the relationship between ethnography and social intervention, considering the possibilities offered by ethnography to accomplish a more sensitive approach to the social contexts subject of the social workers’ intervention. It will be discussed how ethnography can participate in the comprehension and delimitation of «social problems», and in the assessment of social policy impact. The role of ethnography as socio-cognitive and epistemological tool for social workers will also be under scrutiny.
topic	etnografia intervenção social reflexividade serviço social crítico
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Proximity, reflexivity and critic: the place of ethnography in social intervention

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