When social workers bumping into Jih-Gong (濟公) — the preliminary study about social workers regarding folk beliefs as social resources —

• Main Authors: Yi-jung Wu, 吳怡蓉
• Other Authors: Shane Wang
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2005
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/29161298963762941373

碩士 === 東吳大學 === 社會工作學系 === 93 === Abstract The motivation begins from the existed unequal relationship the researcher senses between the professional social work and the familiar folk beliefs. Because of this inequality, there are some perplexities caused by the researcher. The researcher will take the viewpoint of social resources to discuss the relationship between social work and the folk beliefs. During the researching process, the researcher used virtualized case-based interview outlines to understand social workers’ opinions and attitudes about folk beliefs in different positions. These positions include the known folk beliefs in social workers’lives, the outlooks on folk beliefs in their professional place and the experiences they have contacted folk beliefs during the process of their professional education. The research is based on the paradigm and criteria of hermeneutics. After collecting abundant materials and data, the researcher prudently adopts “narrative analysis” to proceed. Through dialectics, dialogues and self-reflection, the study represents the researcher’s understanding and interpretation of phenomenon. Through the study, the researcher is inspired to attain issues to discuss below: First, the “cultured” folk beliefs. Second, the “moderate”professional basis. Third, the discontinuity between professional social work and life experiences. Fourth, the complicated and entangled relationship among social work, Christianity, and folk beliefs. Fifth, disguised religions as profession. Through the discussions above, the researcher commits her thoughts toward social work adopting folk beliefs into social resources. These thoughts can be stated into five dimensions below: First, the existing value of folk beliefs. Second, orientating folk beliefs by social resources. Third, the relationship between social work and folk beliefs in multiple perspectives. Forth, the structure of caste from “professional basis” to “intersubjectivity”. Fifth, the discussion of folk beliefs in professional educations and practical applications to localize social work. Another key point is the researcher’s shifted position. In the later part of the study, the researcher re-examined her own stance and found her original perspective chageable. This change is influenced by the different positions the researcher takes toward social work and folk beliefs, and by the researcher’s thoughts of pursuing balance. After the study, the researcher takes the new stance and attitude about this thesis is that the establishment of cooperative relationship and patterns between social work and folk beliefs is based on the presupposition of intersubjectivity and interdependence for both. Therefore, there is the chance to make more development.