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@article{citeulike:3479139, abstract = {This paper examines the changing form of knowledge in social work over the past thirty years and its implications for theory and practice. In particular, it considers the impact of new systems related to a range of new information and communication technologies (ICTs) and the shift from a narrative to a database way of thinking and operating. In doing so, it attempts to identify a series of key challenges and questions which need to be considered in order to engage with the changes. In particular, it addresses how far social work is still primarily concerned with subjects and their social relationships and argues that social work now operates less on the terrain of the social' and more on the terrain of the informational'. Such changes have implications for the relationship between theory and practice in social work and the nature of social' work itself. 10.1093/bjsw/bcl337}, author = {Parton, Nigel}, citeulike-article-id = {3479139}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcl337}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://bjsw.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/38/2/253}, day = {1}, doi = {10.1093/bjsw/bcl337}, journal = {Br J Soc Work}, keywords = {ict, informational, knowledge, social, work}, month = {February}, number = {2}, pages = {253--269}, posted-at = {2008-11-04 15:26:10}, priority = {3}, title = {Changes in the Form of Knowledge in Social Work: From the 'Social' to the 'Informational'?}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcl337}, volume = {38}, year = {2008} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:3479139 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3479139 N2 - This paper examines the changing form of knowledge in social work over the past thirty years and its implications for theory and practice. In particular, it considers the impact of new systems related to a range of new information and communication technologies (ICTs) and the shift from a narrative to a database way of thinking and operating. In doing so, it attempts to identify a series of key challenges and questions which need to be considered in order to engage with the changes. In particular, it addresses how far social work is still primarily concerned with subjects and their social relationships and argues that social work now operates less on the terrain of the social' and more on the terrain of the informational'. Such changes have implications for the relationship between theory and practice in social work and the nature of social' work itself. 10.1093/bjsw/bcl337 IS - 2 JF - Br J Soc Work EP - 269 TI - Changes in the Form of Knowledge in Social Work: From the 'Social' to the 'Informational'? VL - 38 SP - 253 KW - ict KW - informational KW - knowledge KW - social KW - work AU - Parton, Nigel PY - 2008/02/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcl337 ER -