Six Place and space
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Ian Shaw
Abstract
This chapter explores the ways in which awareness of the meaning and importance of place is shared between the humanities and social work. Moving on to a consideration of the term globalisation, this leads on to a more general consideration of how research practices occur in space and place. In all of this, ‘time’ and ‘place’ are high-level concepts by which scholars structure and make sense of the world, and use effortlessly all the time, yet are quite unable to define. In approaching these issues, distance or closeness of place and space raise comparable questions to those of time closeness or distance.
Abstract
This chapter explores the ways in which awareness of the meaning and importance of place is shared between the humanities and social work. Moving on to a consideration of the term globalisation, this leads on to a more general consideration of how research practices occur in space and place. In all of this, ‘time’ and ‘place’ are high-level concepts by which scholars structure and make sense of the world, and use effortlessly all the time, yet are quite unable to define. In approaching these issues, distance or closeness of place and space raise comparable questions to those of time closeness or distance.
Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents vii
- List of figures and tables ix
- Introduction 1
- What is social work research? 3
- Why do research in social work? 25
- Doing research application 39
- Mapping social work research 61
- Social work research over time 81
- Place and space 103
- Sociological social work: a case example 121
- Doing good social work research 151
- References 173
- Index 191
Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents vii
- List of figures and tables ix
- Introduction 1
- What is social work research? 3
- Why do research in social work? 25
- Doing research application 39
- Mapping social work research 61
- Social work research over time 81
- Place and space 103
- Sociological social work: a case example 121
- Doing good social work research 151
- References 173
- Index 191
