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Taylor and Francis Ltd Understanding Phenomenological Reflective Practice in the Social and Ecological Fields 1st Edition 2022 Hardbound by Westoby, Peter
Introduces social practitioners - a broad definition for those working in the social field, including social workers, community development workers, organisational change facilitators, social, ecological, cultural and political activists - to a phenomenological tradition of social practice.Presents a philosophical, personal and practical book on how to live and work in the social field with a new approach to observation, aliveness and complexity.Relevant to all courses on complexity in social work and human services.Of interest to all social workers, development and social practitioners, community workers, activists, and organizational development facilitators. 1.Essay 1: Three Rivers Flowing. 2.Interlude 1: The Research Journey. 3.Essay 2: Contours of the Practice. 4.Essay 3: Borderlands of the Practice. 5.Essay 4: Elemental One - Observation and Developing a Faculty of Seeing. 6.Essay 5: Elemental Two - Working with Aliveness. 7.Interlude 2: Andreas Weber and a Philosophy of Enlivenment. 8.Essay 6: Elemental Three - Working with the Phenomenon - "From the 'Inside-Out". 9.Interlude 3: Hillman, Watkins, 'Ensouling the Social' and Notitia. 10.Essay 7: Elemental Four - Expanding Consciousness. 11.Story 1: A Story and Portrayal of Practice in the Social Field - Hummingbird House. 12.Interlude 4: Francois Jullien, Climate Change and COVID-19. 13.Story 2: A Story and Portrayal of Practice in the Ecological Field - the Bioregion of Maleny. 14.Essay 8: Is the Practice Effective?. 15.Essay 9: The Practice and Ethics. 16.Essay 10: A Question about [Critical] Theory. 17.Essay 11: Promissory Reflections. 18.Postscript: Many Rivers Flowing.