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Notes from the Future – February 17, 2023

Social Work Futures

Her’s a group called “Just Collapse,” which is identified as “an activist platform dedicated to socio-ecological justice in the face of inevitable and irreversible global collapse.” Important insights from privacy/surveillance capitalism scholar Shoshana Zuboff: “Privacy has been extinguished.

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Rebecca Thomas Received Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program Award in Social Work

University of Connecticut

Scholar Program award in Social Work to Sofia, Bulgaria, for the 2023-2024 academic year, from the U.S. Scholar Program. We congratulate Dr. Thomas on her Fulbright Scholar Program Award,” says SSW Dean Laura Curran. For more information about the Fulbright Program, visit [link]. Professor Rebecca L.

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Notes from the Future – 4.12.2023 – CLIMATE CHANGE EDITION

Social Work Futures

Fine article about increasing awareness/naming of the moral imperatives of climate action – The Global Bystander Effect: Moral Responsibility in an Age of Climate Crisis. A related piece discusses the need for/emergence of a global mindset for climate action that operates beyond traditional nation-state boundaries.

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Two Ways to Decolonize a Social Work Research Course

Teaching & Learning in Social Work

If we’re being completely honest, social workers are in the business of “doing,” whether that’s providing concrete services, administering programs, writing policy, or ameliorating a host of micro-level to macro-level problems on the local and global level. Canadian Scholars. Who decides what qualifies as “knowledge”?

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Office of Research and Scholarship Update – Winter 2022

University of Connecticut

A Strengths-Based Program to Support Families in Crisis An example of an innovative partnership with the state is the work of Assistant Research Professor Patricia Carlson, who along with her colleague Brenda Kurz, has received a grant to study a new program to empower families.

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10 Things from Twitter – Dispatches from the Future – Academic Literature Edition! October 4, 2020

Social Work Futures

‘A Cyborg Manifesto’ is a required reading in many graduate programs to explore technofeminism, transhumanism, and studies of science and technology to explore notions of gender, race, and other minoritized identities. Globalizations , Published online first on September 4, 2020. Author abstract.). What does degrowth mean?