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Social Working the Borderlands: Responding to Our Relational and Ecological Calling

Social Working the Borderlands: Responding to Our Relational and Ecological Calling

Jacques Boulet
Copyright: © 2021 |Pages: 24
ISBN13: 9781799867845|ISBN10: 1799867846|ISBN13 Softcover: 9781799867852|EISBN13: 9781799867869
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-6784-5.ch002
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Boulet, Jacques. "Social Working the Borderlands: Responding to Our Relational and Ecological Calling." Practical and Political Approaches to Recontextualizing Social Work, edited by Jacques Boulet and Linette Hawkins, IGI Global, 2021, pp. 13-36. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-6784-5.ch002

APA

Boulet, J. (2021). Social Working the Borderlands: Responding to Our Relational and Ecological Calling. In J. Boulet & L. Hawkins (Eds.), Practical and Political Approaches to Recontextualizing Social Work (pp. 13-36). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-6784-5.ch002

Chicago

Boulet, Jacques. "Social Working the Borderlands: Responding to Our Relational and Ecological Calling." In Practical and Political Approaches to Recontextualizing Social Work, edited by Jacques Boulet and Linette Hawkins, 13-36. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2021. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-6784-5.ch002

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Abstract

This chapter describes why and how the author decided to leave his social work teaching position at an Australian university and start a cooperative that could more appropriately respond to the changing social and ecological context and could be more commensurate with the true values of the social work profession. The chapter moves from the author's experiences and philosophical motivations guiding his decision to move from the university context to the establishment of a social and ecological change cooperative and the invitation to colleagues and students to join the re-contextualizing experiment to the reasons why the cooperative format was chosen. The programs, projects, and partnerships, which have been realized in the course of the 23 years since the start of the Borderlands Cooperative, are documented and reflected upon, leading to final recommendations for a social work practice that remains true to its historical mission whilst responding to the contemporary contextual challenges.

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