Community and Place Based Practice

Community and Place Based Practice

  1. Take the 5 community narratives discussed in Taylor, Wilkinson and Cheers (TWC) (see Chapter 2 in Week 3 folder) and critically examine and apply all 5 of them to place based community practice using the case studies of 900 Neighbours and/or Claymore (you MUSTuse and cite TWC).
  2. Take 4 of the 30 principles for Community Development set out by Ifein Chapter 12 of the unit text and critically examine and apply all 4 of them to place based community practice (you MUSTuse and cite the unit Ife text).
  3. Discuss and critique the concept of Queer Friendly Neighbourhoods(QFNs) as set out in the reading by Gorman-Murray & Waitt(GMW) with particular reference to “symbolic landscapes of belonging” and consider the implications for place based community practice (you MUST use and cite GMW).
  4. What is the Creative Cities Discourseand how might human service/social workers engage with it? Discuss from community development and social justice standpoints.