Book contents
- Learning through Social Work Stories-that-Matter
- Learning through Social Work Stories-that-Matter
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Meet the Editors
- Meet the Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part I Storying-to-Learn: How Stories-that-Matter Help Us Appreciate Social Work in Action
- Part II Lenses and Lessons
- Chapter 22 From Punitive Measures to Comprehensive Services
- Chapter 23 Learning from a Pasifika Perspective
- Chapter 24 “I Was So Tired of All the Words”
- Chapter 25 What Next?
- Index
- References
Chapter 24 - “I Was So Tired of All the Words”
The Challenge of Epistemic Injustice for Social Workers
from Part II - Lenses and Lessons
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 August 2025
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Book contents
- Learning through Social Work Stories-that-Matter
- Learning through Social Work Stories-that-Matter
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Meet the Editors
- Meet the Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part I Storying-to-Learn: How Stories-that-Matter Help Us Appreciate Social Work in Action
- Part II Lenses and Lessons
- Chapter 22 From Punitive Measures to Comprehensive Services
- Chapter 23 Learning from a Pasifika Perspective
- Chapter 24 “I Was So Tired of All the Words”
- Chapter 25 What Next?
- Index
- References
Summary
1. What are your standout social work strengths? 2. In your own work or life, when could a strength also be a weakness? 3. What might you feel was a ‘significant encounter’ during the last week? Why was it significant for you and others involved? 4. What do you feel are some of the most important things that help, or get in the way of, meaningful relationship-based social work? 5. In what ways have you become aware of epistemic injustice in your work and life?
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- Learning through Social Work Stories-That-MatterGlobal Perspectives, pp. 344 - 360Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2025
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