12 ‘The soul of the community’: two practitioners reflect on history, place and community in two community-based practices from 1980 to 1995: St Hilda’s Community Centre in Bethnal Green and Waterloo Action Centre in Waterloo, South London
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Jeanette Copperman
Abstract
This chapter offers an exploration of the Settlement House movement in a contemporary light. It uses the reflections of two practitioners and data from recently conducted focus groups on the community-based practice in two organisations in England during the period 1981 to 1995. The authors contend that community development and community social work were part of mainstream social work practice supported by local authorities and integrated into social work education but that this has largely been lost from both mainstream social work practice and education, taking place only in the voluntary sector. This chapter aims to document the value of social work within contemporary based community-based organisations where politics of place were central to the community-based practice which took place, thus carrying on the original ethos and ideas of the original Settlements.
Abstract
This chapter offers an exploration of the Settlement House movement in a contemporary light. It uses the reflections of two practitioners and data from recently conducted focus groups on the community-based practice in two organisations in England during the period 1981 to 1995. The authors contend that community development and community social work were part of mainstream social work practice supported by local authorities and integrated into social work education but that this has largely been lost from both mainstream social work practice and education, taking place only in the voluntary sector. This chapter aims to document the value of social work within contemporary based community-based organisations where politics of place were central to the community-based practice which took place, thus carrying on the original ethos and ideas of the original Settlements.
Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents vii
- List of boxes, figures and tables ix
- Notes on contributors x
- Acknowledgements xiv
- Introduction 1
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The transnational transfer of the settlement house idea
- A brief transnational history of the Settlement House Movement 15
- Berlin’s municipal socialism: a transatlantic muse for Mary Simkhovitch and New York City 35
- The French maisons sociales, Chicago’s Hull-House scheme and their influence in Portugal 51
- Settlement houses and the emergence of social work in Mandatory Palestine 73
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The interface between the Settlement House Movement and other social movements
- University extension and the settlement idea 91
- Between social mission and social reform: the Settlement House Movement in Germany, 1900–30 109
- To be an Englishman and a Jew: Basil Henriques and the Bernhard Baron Oxford and St George’s Settlement House 129
- The English settlements, the Poor Man’s Lawyer and social work, circa 1890–1939 145
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Research in settlement houses and its impact
- Putting knowledge into action: a social work perspective on settlement house research 163
- Animating objectivity: a Chicago settlement’s use of numeric and aesthetic knowledges to render its immigrant neighbours and neighbourhood knowable 181
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Final reflections
- ‘The soul of the community’: two practitioners reflect on history, place and community in two community-based practices from 1980 to 1995: St Hilda’s Community Centre in Bethnal Green and Waterloo Action Centre in Waterloo, South London 201
- Conclusion 221
- Index 231
Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents vii
- List of boxes, figures and tables ix
- Notes on contributors x
- Acknowledgements xiv
- Introduction 1
-
The transnational transfer of the settlement house idea
- A brief transnational history of the Settlement House Movement 15
- Berlin’s municipal socialism: a transatlantic muse for Mary Simkhovitch and New York City 35
- The French maisons sociales, Chicago’s Hull-House scheme and their influence in Portugal 51
- Settlement houses and the emergence of social work in Mandatory Palestine 73
-
The interface between the Settlement House Movement and other social movements
- University extension and the settlement idea 91
- Between social mission and social reform: the Settlement House Movement in Germany, 1900–30 109
- To be an Englishman and a Jew: Basil Henriques and the Bernhard Baron Oxford and St George’s Settlement House 129
- The English settlements, the Poor Man’s Lawyer and social work, circa 1890–1939 145
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Research in settlement houses and its impact
- Putting knowledge into action: a social work perspective on settlement house research 163
- Animating objectivity: a Chicago settlement’s use of numeric and aesthetic knowledges to render its immigrant neighbours and neighbourhood knowable 181
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Final reflections
- ‘The soul of the community’: two practitioners reflect on history, place and community in two community-based practices from 1980 to 1995: St Hilda’s Community Centre in Bethnal Green and Waterloo Action Centre in Waterloo, South London 201
- Conclusion 221
- Index 231
