Summary

La profession de travailleuse sociale et de travailleur social (TS) est relativement nouvelle et trouve ses principaux débouchés dans les réseaux publics des services sociaux et de santé et les organisations communautaires. La légitimité d’une offre de formation dans le milieu de l’enseignement supérieur comme discipline pratique est aujourd’hui bien ancrée. Dans ce milieu académique, les étudiant.e.s sont initié.e.s à la valeur de la théorie, de la science et de la recherche empirique pour l’intervention sociale, ainsi qu’à leur limite du point de vue d’une pratique éthique (Harper et Dorvil, 2013). Pourtant, la plus-value de cette profession et de la formation dans les milieux académique et de pratique est mal connue ou repose souvent sur des malentendus. Notre analyse des frontières du travail social et de leurs déplacements (Maugère, 2023) s’appuie sur l'examen d'archives (Farge et Foucault [1982], 2014) et sur une démarche  visant à importer adéquatement une conceptualisation intelligente d’une discipline appliquée : la criminologie (Pires, 2008). Elle ne renonce ni au projet scientifique de s'émanciper des erreurs et des illusions (Boltanski, 1990) ni à la mise en délibération démocratique des valeurs et des normes d’intervention (Karsenti, 2013) qui orientent l'action des TS. Du point de vue pratique, notre problématisation entend contribuer à la croissance identitaire collective des TS et à faire connaître, au-delà de cette communauté, la part d’unité et d’unicité du projet spécial de connaissance et de praxis du travail social. Cette part d'unicité et d'unicité est liée à la prise en compte des interactions dynamiques entre l’individu et son environnement (Fédération Internationale du Travail Social, 2014) et a le potentiel de soutenir un monde plus juste et amical pour le vivant (Latour, 2021). 

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Travail social, discipline, praxis, pluralisme, émancipation 

Summary

The profession of social worker and social worker (SW) is relatively new and finds its main outlets in the public networks of social and health services and community organizations. The legitimacy of a training offer in the field of higher education as a practical discipline is now well established. In this academic environment, students are introduced to the value of theory, science and empirical research for social intervention, as well as their limits from the point of view of ethical practice ( Harper and Dorvil, 2013). However, the added value of this profession and training in academic and practical circles is not well known or is often based on misunderstandings. Our analysis of the boundaries of social work and their displacements (Maugère, 2023) is based on the examination of archives (Farge and Foucault [1982], 2014) and on an approach aimed at adequately importing an innovative conceptualization of a applied discipline: criminology (Pires, 2008). It renounces neither the scientific project of emancipating oneself from errors and illusions (Boltanski, 1990) nor the democratic deliberation of the values ​​and standards of intervention (Karsenti, 2013) which guide the action of TS. From a practical point of view, our problematization intends to contribute to the collective identity growth of TS and to make known, beyond this community, the share of unity and uniqueness of the special project of knowledge and praxis of social work. This part of unity and uniqueness is linked to the consideration of the dynamic interactions between the individual and their environment (International Federation of Social Work, 2014) and has the potential to support solidarity and more friendly world for the biodiversity. (Latour, 2021).

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Social work, discipline, praxis, science, emancipation, pluralism, solidarity, biodiversity (human and non-human)

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In recent decades, rapid urbanization and industrialization of China siphoned young population in the rural, leaving behind large number of elderly and women and a stagnation rural society. In mainstream discourse, \ these “left-behind population” have often been perceived as “unproductive” and the symbolic of rural decline. This study will demonstrate an alternative approach to rural revitalization through a case of action research based on local left-behind groups.\ In 2017, a transdisciplinary action research team consisting of social workers, designers, anthropologists, and villagers initiated\ a\ project named “House of Dreams”\ in a northern Chinese village, aiming at sustainably reviving the declining village through participatory community spatial renovation.\ \ With the perception that space is the embodiment of local culture, human relations and collective representation, this action research team utilized local space to mobilize, solidarize and empower left-behind groups. The team refurbished a group of abandoned dwelling caves that encompassed villagers’ collective memories and local culture as an educational public space of the village, attempting to revive the local assets and rebuild the cultural confidence of villagers. As recycling local waste materials was the principle of “House of Dreams”, materials acted as a medium of mobilization and empowerment. Villagers’ solidarities were reactivated in the process of material collection and local craftsmen transformed from ordinary labor to creative masters of waste building through waste rebuilding practices. When House of Dreams primarily completed reconstruction, villager organizations initiated by left-behind groups operated and managed this space in a means of solidarity economy. In the renovation process, left-behind groups played the most critical role and became the proactive builders of their community, having explored a pathway of sustainable community development. This study will present this community participation and change process and the contribution of transdisciplinary action research in achieving sustainability development goals.

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Spatial renovation; community sustainable development; action research; rural China

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Although Internet addiction is still under research, individual and social variables play an important role in determining the level of Internet addiction. Due to the growth and development of an individual in adolescence, young people are more susceptible to excessive use of the Internet and developing addiction to it. The aim of this research was to examine the connection between Internet addiction, loneliness, social support and peer pressure in high school students. A total of 105 students from 1st to 4th grade took part in the research; 43 high school boys, 59 high school girls and 3 students who didn't express their gender, from gymnasium and vocational schools, including economists, CNC operators and trade school. Students filled out the questionnaire via a web survey during teacher's class. Research indicates that Internet addiction is significantly positively correlated to loneliness and peer pressure, and negatively correlated to social support. The results show that high school students who show a higher level of Internet addiction also show a higher level of social and emotional loneliness. Also, high school students who show a higher degree of Internet addiction also show a higher level of perceived pressure to conform to the peer group. In addition, high school students who show lower levels of Internet addiction reported higher levels of support from family, friends, and significant others. Lastly, peer pressure, especially loneliness and social support, proved to be significantly related to each other. The obtained results can contribute to the education of social workers about the existence of Internet addiction and the development of a comprehensive prevention program, as well as the development of a treatment program for Internet addiction among young people. In conclusion, the consequences that this addiction leaves on individuals gives room for continued research, both in social work and in other sciences.\ 

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Internet addiction, social support, peer pressure, conforming, loneliness\