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- Title
The Need for the Study of Everyday Life about Youth Work Practice in Divided Societies.
- Authors
Magnuson, Doug
- Abstract
Although there is a large literature of theory about conflict reduction and also a good literature about the practice of youth work in divided societies, there is still a large gap between ideas about the work and ground-level practice. Because good youth work is not usually exotic, the most effective practices are often unnoticed. It is too soon to enfold this kind of youth work within other practices and traditions, because we do not yet know enough about the everyday life of youth and of workers in these settings. Greater immersion in settings, using ethnography and other research strategies, may help accumulate experience and practice wisdom rather than lists of activities and values that are then interpreted from the point of view of theory from outside the practice. Examples of practice issues about which we need to know more include an orientation to 'radical hope ', a challenging ethical context, overt and covert ideologies, unknown outcomes of the work, unique worker biographies, and the dangers of misplaced sincerity and ignoring the harm that is done.
- Subjects
CONFLICT of interests; YOUTH workers (Social services); ETHNOLOGY; IDEOLOGY; SINCERITY
- Publication
Youth & Policy, 2009, Issue 102, p21
- ISSN
0262-9798
- Publication type
Article