Cecilia Heule
Lecturer | Ph D
Iscensatt inkludering. : Gemenskap som mål och utmaning på socionomutbildningen
Author
Summary, in English
During each course there are opportunities to observe processes that involve experiences of increasing community, as well as processes characterized by rejection, gaps or boundary reinforcement. The categorization that takes place when recruiting for the mobilization course is the starting point towards a goal to later deconstruct this division. The invitation to be a part of a transcending community is made through recategorization into a common ingroup, which is made possible by the creation of the inclusive platform.
It has become apparent that, in order for community and gap-mending to take place, the decategorizing methods have been necessary. The change that many describe as an expression of increased community is characterized by the fact that one's own role identity to a greater extent is created in interaction with the other students. This often occurs during a risk-taking that is reflected by positive feedback by others. This requires the display of more personal and sensitive experiences. As this might challenge earlier, more individualistic strategies, there is a search for new approaches and common goals. It appears that vulnerability is perceived as a major risk-taking, and the social work students have expressed concern about being affected by the stigma of making their human weakness visible and being categorized as someone who has suffered human problems. The risk of stigma is thus a threat that both the ingroup (social work students) and the outgroup (commission students) relate to.
When an identity based on individual performance is changed into a relationship-based identity it entails a certain loss of control. At the same time, the participants become less interchangeable in relation to each other, since it is in community with others that they grow and develop. The study shows that the change towards community is not forever permanent, but students tend to oscillate between different interaction patterns during the course. It also shows that students are taking their own initiatives and developing new strategies to encourage a more relationship-oriented environment.
Department/s
- School of Social Work
Publishing year
2021-09-07
Language
Swedish
Publication/Series
Lund dissertations in social work 63
Full text
Document type
Dissertation
Publisher
Lund University
Topic
- Social Work
Keywords
- Social work education
- outgroup
- community
- intergroup contact
- gap-mending
- boundaries
- mobilization course
- categorization
- recategorization
- decategorization
- prejudice
- service user organization
- ingroup
Status
Published
Supervisor
- Anna Meeuwisse
- Håkan Johansson
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISSN: 1650-3872
- ISBN: 978-91-89604-70-4
Defence date
1 October 2021
Defence time
10:15
Defence place
Socialhögskolans auditorium/SH128 (Allhelgona kyrkogata 8, Lund) and online via Zoom: https://lu-se.zoom.us/j/63330489163?pwd=RU1SL1FzSWxSbHZwMWxEUVVBM3lIQT09 Passcode: 2021
Opponent
- Tor Slettebø (Professor)