Abstract
Social workers play a vital role in making violence-stricken communities into safer places for human development. However, research examining the experiences of community practitioners in political conflicts is scarce. Using a place-making analytical framework, this study addresses this gap exploring community practitioners’ practices around outbreaks of violence in Israeli Jewish-Arab mixed cities. Based on 50 semi-structured interviews, the findings reveal three modalities of place-making: place-developing, place-protecting, and place-remaking. The study highlights community practice’s significant role in constructing spaces in light of practitioners’ sense of place. It encourages the inclusion of place-making as a framework to understand social work within conflict zones.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 680-693 |
Number of pages | 14 |
Journal | International Social Work |
Volume | 67 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - May 2024 |
Bibliographical note
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Keywords
- Community practice
- divided cities
- place
- place-making
- political conflict
- sense of place
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
- Sociology and Political Science