Participation is a key community work method and this text, written by an international selection of authors, covers innovative approaches in community based education and practice. Including real-life case studies of participatory practice, it offers new definitions of community work, organisation and development and will challenge and inspire all those involved in community work practice and research.
1. Introduction Anne Karin Larsen, Vishanthie Sewpaul and Grete Oline Hole Part 1: Participation, Ethics and Co-Construction of Knowledge in Community Work 2. The Ethics of Participation in Community Work Practice Richard Hugman and Linda Bartolomei 3. Community Knowledge and Practices After the Postmodern Epistemic Framework: Towards a Second Modernity Andrés Arias Astray, David Alonso and Andoni Alonso 4. The Co-Construction of Knowledge: Reflection on Experiences of Developing an Online International Community Work Course Grete Oline Hole, Janet Harris and Anne Karin Larsen Part 2: Participatory Learning and Action Research 5. Participatory Learning and Action (PLA) Techniques for Community Work Vivienne Bozalek 6. Mobilising Community Strengths and Assets: Participatory Experiences of Community Members in a Garden Project Tanusha Raniga 7. Participatory Learning of Community Work in an E-Learning Course Anne Karin Larsen and Grete Oline Hole Part 3: Power and Participation in Community Work 8. Power and Participation in Community Work Research and Practice Vishanthie Sewpaul, Ingrid Osthus and Christopher Mhone 9. How Do We Make Room For All? The Power of Context in Shaping Action Bliss Browne and Caroline Adelman 10. Community Work within the Norwegian Welfare State: Barriers and Possibilities for Work with Particularly Vulnerable Groups Gunn Strand Hutchinson 11. Community Work as Part of Neighbourhood Renewal: A Case Study Kjell Henriksbø and Anne Line Grimen 12. Partnership and Participation: Art in Community Work Rina Visser-Rotgans and Eduardo Marques Part 4: Addressing New Global Challenges 13. (Re)Imagining Communities in the Context of Climate Change: A Saving Grace or the Evasion of State Responsibilities During (Hu)Man-Made Disasters? Lena Dominelli 14. Pacific Heritage Specific Conceptual Frameworks and Family Violence Preventive Training in Aotearoa New Zealand Vaiolesi Passells 15. Social Action for Community Work in India: Grass-Roots Interventions to Face Global Challenges Sanaya Singh and Prabha Tirmare 16. Community Work and the Challenges of Neoliberalism and New Managerialism: Resistance, the Occupy Movement and the Arab Spring Vishanthie Sewpaul 17. Community Development: Towards an Integrated Emancipatory Framework Vishanthie Sewpaul and Anne Karin Larsen
1. Introduction Anne Karin Larsen, Vishanthie Sewpaul and Grete Oline Hole Part 1: Participation, Ethics and Co-Construction of Knowledge in Community Work 2. The Ethics of Participation in Community Work Practice Richard Hugman and Linda Bartolomei 3. Community Knowledge and Practices After the Postmodern Epistemic Framework: Towards a Second Modernity Andrés Arias Astray, David Alonso and Andoni Alonso 4. The Co-Construction of Knowledge: Reflection on Experiences of Developing an Online International Community Work Course Grete Oline Hole, Janet Harris and Anne Karin Larsen Part 2: Participatory Learning and Action Research 5. Participatory Learning and Action (PLA) Techniques for Community Work Vivienne Bozalek 6. Mobilising Community Strengths and Assets: Participatory Experiences of Community Members in a Garden Project Tanusha Raniga 7. Participatory Learning of Community Work in an E-Learning Course Anne Karin Larsen and Grete Oline Hole Part 3: Power and Participation in Community Work 8. Power and Participation in Community Work Research and Practice Vishanthie Sewpaul, Ingrid Osthus and Christopher Mhone 9. How Do We Make Room For All? The Power of Context in Shaping Action Bliss Browne and Caroline Adelman 10. Community Work within the Norwegian Welfare State: Barriers and Possibilities for Work with Particularly Vulnerable Groups Gunn Strand Hutchinson 11. Community Work as Part of Neighbourhood Renewal: A Case Study Kjell Henriksbø and Anne Line Grimen 12. Partnership and Participation: Art in Community Work Rina Visser-Rotgans and Eduardo Marques Part 4: Addressing New Global Challenges 13. (Re)Imagining Communities in the Context of Climate Change: A Saving Grace or the Evasion of State Responsibilities During (Hu)Man-Made Disasters? Lena Dominelli 14. Pacific Heritage Specific Conceptual Frameworks and Family Violence Preventive Training in Aotearoa New Zealand Vaiolesi Passells 15. Social Action for Community Work in India: Grass-Roots Interventions to Face Global Challenges Sanaya Singh and Prabha Tirmare 16. Community Work and the Challenges of Neoliberalism and New Managerialism: Resistance, the Occupy Movement and the Arab Spring Vishanthie Sewpaul 17. Community Development: Towards an Integrated Emancipatory Framework Vishanthie Sewpaul and Anne Karin Larsen
