What is critical social work? How do I imagine practicing critical social work?” This paper asks you to apply your developing understanding
What is critical social work? How do I imagine practicing critical social work?”
For this paper, students are asked to cite at least four required weekly readings from the year that they did not already use in the first paper, both returning to the question “what makes critical social work critical?” and imagining a future where they are working in some “social working” capacity, describing how they would do so in a way that reflects a “critical” approach to this work and their relationships in that context.
This paper asks you to apply your developing understanding of power, oppression, and critical social work to your analysis of what you might imagine actually doing one day as a “critical social worker.” For those with experience “social working” (whether paid or not), or as social service users, or as both, you can feel free to incorporate any reflections on these real-life experiences into your papers. You might also reflect on non-professional relationships (with friends or family, for example), if you feel that this can be done in a way that will assist in writing your paper – such as how people have responded when you were struggling, times that you have been challenged about something you said or did, etc.
1. Chapman, C. & A.J. Withers (2019). Assimilation/genocide. A Violent History of Benevolence. 2. Chapman, C. & A.J. Withers (2019). Rehabilitation/eugenics. A Violent History of Benevolence. 3. Manitoba Advocate for Children and Youth (2019). Tina’s Story. A Place where it Feels like Home: The Story of Tina Fontaine. 4. Chapman, C. & A.J. Withers (2019). White supremacy and the erasure of racialized social workers. A Violent History of Benevolence.
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