CWTMK26HKI Community Work Theories and Methods (5op)

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Tavoitteet

The students will be able to:
• recognise different concepts, definitions and theories in community work
• recognise the social capacity and assets of the members of communities
• understand different definitions of participation
• analyze the meaning of place in social service and community work
• apply different participatory community work methods in neighbourhood work

Sisältö

• Concepts, definitions and theories in community work
• Social capacity and assets of members of communities
• definitions of participation
• Meaning of place in social service and community work
• Participatory community work methods used in neighbourhood work

Oppimateriaalit

The study module consist of lectures and reading materials about the meaning of place for social service work, community work and participatory methods including photovoice, participatory photography, participatory/cognitive mapping and go-along methods. The following literature & matgerial may be updated in the beginning of the study module.

SPACE AND PLACE, CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY

* Akesson, B., Burns, V., & Hordyk, S. R. (2017). The Place of Place in Social Work: Rethinking the Person-in-Environment Model in Social Work Education and Practice. Journal of Social Work Education, 53(3), 372–383. https://doi-org.anna.diak.fi/10.1080/10437797.2016.1272512

Atkinson Fuller Painter: Wellbeing and Place

Auge: Non places

Cultural Geography

Flynn & Mathias: “I would say it’s alive”:Understanding the socialconstruction of place,identity, andneighborhood effectsthrough the livedexperience of urbanyoung adults

Gender Race Age Fear in the City

Geographies of age

Lebrusan and Gomez: The Importance of Place Attachment in the Understanding of Ageing in Place: “The Stones Know Me”

Nuala, Johnson, Shein & Winders: The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to: Cultural Geography

* Placeness, Place, Placelessness. https://www.placeness.com/
* Ralph, David & Staeheli, Lynn. (2011). Home and Migration: Mobilities, Belongings and Identities. Geography Compass. 5. 517 - 530. 10.1111/j.1749-8198.2011.00434.x.
* Smith, A. E. (2009). Ageing in urban neighbourhoods : Place attachment and social exclusion. Policy Press.
* Stammler, F. & Toivanen, R. (2022). Young People, Wellbeing and Sustainable Arctic Communities. Routledge Research in Polar Regions.

Understanding and Describing the Community

What is Community Wellbeing?

PLACEMAKING & PLACE-BASED WORK

Community Development Halton

Mäenpää & Faehnle: City activism as a resource for cities 2017:1

Project for public spaces

What is placemaking?

METHODS

GO-ALONG METHODS
'* Van Cauwenberg, J., Van Holle, V., Simons, D. et al. Environmental factors influencing older adults’ walking for transportation: a study using walk-along interviews. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 9, 85 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1186/1479-5868-9-85

* Evans and Jones 2011. The walking interview Methodology, mobility and place. Journal of Applied Geography. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeog.2010.09.005

* Kusenbach 2003. Street Phenomenology The Go-Along as Ethnographic Research Tool. Ethnography. Vol 4(3): 455^8511466-1381(200309)4:3:455-485:035818]

* ESRC National Centre for Research Methods. Realities Toolkit Using walking interviews. https://hummedia.manchester.ac.uk/schools/soss/morgancentre/toolkits/13-toolkit-walking-interviews.pdf

PARTICIPATORY PHOTOGRAPHY & PHOTOVOICE
* Cristina Marcu (2018). Home Away from Home: Photovoice project with young asylum seekers. Theseus.

* The Bartlett Development Unit. Freetown through a Citizens' media lens - neighbourhood planning using participatory photography [video]. Youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Un_iX57-378.

* Hardwick, L., Smith, R., & Worsley, A. (Eds.). (2015). Innovations in social work research : Using methods creatively. Jessica Kingsley Publishers.

* Community Toolbox. Implementing Photovoice in Your Community. https://ctb.ku.edu/en/table-of-contents/assessment/assessing-community-needs-and-resources/photovoice/main

* Parajuli, P. & Päällysaho, K.: Tools and Techniques for Community Development (pp. 107-123). In Ari Nieminen & Arja Suikkala TOOLS FOR WELLBEING AND DIGNITY II. Developing multi-professional collaboration competence among the disciplines of nursing, social work and microbiology

* Participatory Photography Project Guide

* Photovoice Manual

* Wang & Burris: Photovoice: Concept, Methodology, and Use for Participatory Needs Assessment

USING MAPS
* Low: Participatory Mapping

* Good Practices in Participatory Mapping

* Swords, Jeffries, East & Messer: Mapping the City: Participatory mapping with young people

*Teixeira, Hwang, Spielvogel, Cole & Levine Coley: Participatory Photo Mapping to Understand Youth's Experiences in a Public Housing Neighbourhood Preparing for Redevopment

* Toolkit: Participatory Mapping

Opetusmenetelmät

Community Work Theories and Methods (CWT) study module consists of orientation assignments, lectures, field visits, an assignment in small groups, guidance sessions on the group work, & a final seminar

Attendance to the orientation and final seminar is compulsory.

Harjoittelu- ja työelämäyhteistyö

Students will interview residents in a given neighbourhood by using participatory photography, walk-along and participatory mapping methods and analysing the interviews. Some groups will work in Havukoski area.

Tenttien ajankohdat ja uusintamahdollisuudet

Seminar will be held at the end of the study module.

Alternative way of completing the study module shouuld be completed by the end of the semester.

Kansainvälisyys

If the student participates in ABCD-Bip, this study module is covered by that participation.

Toteutuksen valinnaiset suoritustavat

Alternative way of completing the study module is only possible upon specific circumstances/criteria (i.e. sickness etc.). Personal reasons such as travel and work are not considered as acceptable criteria.

Alternative way of completing the study module must be agreed with the responsible lecturer and/or study guidance counselor two weeks before the beginning of the study module.

Alternative way of completing the study module consists of a large exam that covers the concepts of space and place, the meaning of place for social service work, theories of community work and participatory methods.

The literature for the exam will be given in the beginning of the study module.

Opiskelijan ajankäyttö ja kuormitus

The study module is 5 credits and it is divided as follows:

* Lectures and seminars: 2 credits (50 hours)
* Group work on the assignment: 3 credits (81 hours)

Lisätiedot

The student can apply for RPL with previous University/University of Applied Sciences studies and work experience related to community work theories and methods.