Laure Liénard, Emilie Duvivier
Understanding and Preventing Violence in Homeless Shelters through Collaborative Research
Číslo: 1/2023
Periodikum: Sociální práce
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Anotace:
OBJECTIVES: This paper presents the initial results of a collaborative research project with
different groups of social work professionals and homeless people to better reflect together on the
daily experience of violence in homeless shelters. METHODS: Based on a qualitative approach,
this 24-month research project was carried out in an NGO located in Lille, in the North of France.
It is based on collective workshops bringing together three groups of professionals (social workers,
managers, and night supervisors) and a group of service users. Several methods (focus group, group
analysis method) have been used since the beginning of the process. THEORETICAL BASE: This
research is based on the epistemological foundations of pragmatic sociology. OUTCOMES: We
will show how this type of research conducted with social actors can participate in the construction
of a common knowledge, anchored in their lives, but also support change within social institutions.
SOCIAL WORK IMPLICATIONS: Analysing violence in social institutions based on case
studies and reasoning, this research allows us to understand the differences in perception between
groups of actors and even within peer groups. This collaborative research, which values the
recognition of everyone’s knowledge, lifts the veil on realities that are still not widely shared within
the institutions, and facilitates dialogue and the search for collective solutions.
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different groups of social work professionals and homeless people to better reflect together on the
daily experience of violence in homeless shelters. METHODS: Based on a qualitative approach,
this 24-month research project was carried out in an NGO located in Lille, in the North of France.
It is based on collective workshops bringing together three groups of professionals (social workers,
managers, and night supervisors) and a group of service users. Several methods (focus group, group
analysis method) have been used since the beginning of the process. THEORETICAL BASE: This
research is based on the epistemological foundations of pragmatic sociology. OUTCOMES: We
will show how this type of research conducted with social actors can participate in the construction
of a common knowledge, anchored in their lives, but also support change within social institutions.
SOCIAL WORK IMPLICATIONS: Analysing violence in social institutions based on case
studies and reasoning, this research allows us to understand the differences in perception between
groups of actors and even within peer groups. This collaborative research, which values the
recognition of everyone’s knowledge, lifts the veil on realities that are still not widely shared within
the institutions, and facilitates dialogue and the search for collective solutions.