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Can service users speak? Dissenting voices and subaltern speech in social work

Content Provider	SAGE Publishing
Author	Aaslund, Håvard
Copyright Year	2023
Abstract	Service user involvement and participatory research are central concepts in social work practice and research. Inspired by Spivak’s essay “Can the Subaltern Speak,” this article draws on the poststructural and postcolonial theory to unpack the assumptions about essentialism, representation, and division of labor underlying the concepts of involvement, participation, and voice. The article combines Spivak’s theory about the subaltern and Rancière’s theory about politics as dissensus to shed light on how the space for authentic service user voice risks being minimized, corrupted, and co-opted. I discuss the challenges arising from this for understanding service user involvement and participatory knowledge production and suggest possible steps toward handling these challenges.
Related Links	https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/14733250221150206?download=true
ISSN	14733250
Journal	Qualitative Social Work (QSW)
e-ISSN	17413117
DOI	10.1177/14733250221150206
Language	English
Publisher	Sage Publications UK
Publisher Date	2023-01-03
Publisher Place	London
Access Restriction	Open
Rights Holder	© The Author(s) 2023
Subject Keyword	Spivak service user involvement Rancière voice
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Health (social science) Social Sciences Social Work

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