Event Title

Social Work at the Crossroads of Class and Culture: Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives

Location

Hart 116

Start Time

11-5-2017 2:25 PM

End Time

11-5-2017 2:55 PM

Description

This panel explores the historical role of social work in different parts of the world and from distinct disciplinary perspectives. Jonghyun Lee of the School of Social Work will discuss the ways social work was first introduced to Korea at the turn of the 20th century by Christian missionaries from the United States at a time when Korea was occupied by Imperial Japan. Erin O’Connor of the History department will explain how and why social workers were essential to the struggles and negotiations between the state and the urban poor in Quito, Ecuador in the 1940s. Both studies analyze the role of social work in propagating the religious, political, and economic ambitions of the dominant power, while trying to help those who are vulnerable and economically disenfranchised. The presenters will discuss how they came to similar conclusions about gender, social work, and power from very different disciplinary backgrounds.

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Moderator: Ellen Ingmanson

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May 11th, 2:25 PM May 11th, 2:55 PM

Social Work at the Crossroads of Class and Culture: Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives

Hart 116

This panel explores the historical role of social work in different parts of the world and from distinct disciplinary perspectives. Jonghyun Lee of the School of Social Work will discuss the ways social work was first introduced to Korea at the turn of the 20th century by Christian missionaries from the United States at a time when Korea was occupied by Imperial Japan. Erin O’Connor of the History department will explain how and why social workers were essential to the struggles and negotiations between the state and the urban poor in Quito, Ecuador in the 1940s. Both studies analyze the role of social work in propagating the religious, political, and economic ambitions of the dominant power, while trying to help those who are vulnerable and economically disenfranchised. The presenters will discuss how they came to similar conclusions about gender, social work, and power from very different disciplinary backgrounds.