TY - JOUR
T1 - At the edge of the frame
T2 - Beyond science and art in social work
AU - Martinez-Brawley, Emilia
AU - Zorita, Paz
PY - 1998/4
Y1 - 1998/4
N2 - The central argument in this article is that social work has always been a practice at the fringes. The phrase is used in its best sense and in at least two meanings: (1) that social work has been at the edges of the mainstream of scientific discourse, not because of any intrinsic deficiency in the profession but because of the nature of the practice; (2) that, in the postmodern sense, social work has been a collage where science, art, rationality and intuition, systematic and asystematic knowledge meet. In this latter sense, this article proposes, social work can represent a very desirable convergence of paradigms that needs to be acknowledged and celebrated. Perhaps the most significant contribution of postmodernism is that it accommodates this possibility.
AB - The central argument in this article is that social work has always been a practice at the fringes. The phrase is used in its best sense and in at least two meanings: (1) that social work has been at the edges of the mainstream of scientific discourse, not because of any intrinsic deficiency in the profession but because of the nature of the practice; (2) that, in the postmodern sense, social work has been a collage where science, art, rationality and intuition, systematic and asystematic knowledge meet. In this latter sense, this article proposes, social work can represent a very desirable convergence of paradigms that needs to be acknowledged and celebrated. Perhaps the most significant contribution of postmodernism is that it accommodates this possibility.
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U2 - 10.1093/oxfordjournals.bjsw.a011323
DO - 10.1093/oxfordjournals.bjsw.a011323
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0032219820
SN - 0045-3102
VL - 28
SP - 197
EP - 212
JO - British Journal of Social Work
JF - British Journal of Social Work
IS - 2
ER -