I am working on Foucault in social work or trying to read social work practice through Foucault 's ideas such as Governmentality. Do you have any leads or thoughts? I am going to design the research in social work practice using Foucault's ideas.
What type of social work are you focusing on? Family/children, aiding the homeless/ healthcare/ addicts/ rehabilitation...?
Try:
Bay, U., & Macfarlane, S. (2011). Teaching Critical Reflection: A Tool for Transformative Learning in Social Work?. Social Work Education, 30(7), 745. doi:10.1080/02615479.2010.516429
It references Foucault throughout & has an extensive reference list you can explore
Thank you Kathy
I was thinking about general view of social work. Since I have some ethnographic background I would not limit my future research to any of those fields. At least not at the beginning of the process. Your question is very important though. Thank you for the suggestion concerning the article. I found inspiring in respect of critical thinking in social work which is my field as well.
Thank you!
Hi Marcin
I'd look first at the work of Nikolas Rose. From his early work on The Psychology Complex to his contemporary publications, he deploys Foucault expertly to understand care, power and truth, among other topics. I imagine if you note what can be done with Foucauldian concepts you will then read back into the major work, and perhaps even some of the recently-published lectures.
I would be cautious about deploying governmentality too readily -- there are too many academics these days using that concept to explain everything without bothering to do any real analysis ... just saying ...
best of luck
mark
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