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Stefan Sjöberg. PhD, Senior Lecturer in Sociology and Social Work Department of Social Work and Psychology University of Gävle stnsjg@hig.se +46 (0)26 64 81 90, +46 (0)73 460 47 77 Joint World Conference on Social Work and Social Development: Action and Impact
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Stefan Sjöberg PhD, Senior Lecturer in Sociology and Social Work Department of Social Work and Psychology University of Gävle stnsjg@hig.se +46 (0)26 64 81 90, +46 (0)73 460 47 77 Joint World Conference on Social Work and Social Development: Action and Impact Stockholm 2012-07-11
Community Development and Collective empowerment; A comparativeanalysis of social work in Marginalized Urban Communities in Mumbai and Stockholm Komal Singh Rambaree, Stefan Sjöberg, Sanaya Singh University of Gävle Bipin Jojo, Daniel Sainkupar TataInstitute of Social Sciences, Mumbai
Aim: • explorehowcollectiveempowerment and social mobilization are being undertaken by social workerswithinmarginalized urban settings in Mumbai and Stockholm • Questions: • What are the conditions for communitydevelopment and collectiveempowerment in this context, and how is the concrete social work implemented? • What kind of impactdoes neo-liberal globalizationhave on the conditions for this kind of social work in the tworespectivecommunities? • Which kind of experiences and learningscan social workers in the twocountriesshare with eachother, in order to develop social work methods in the respective country?
Method • Semi-structuredinterviews • Field observation • Atlas-ti 6.2 • Criticaldiscourseanalysis
ORGANISATIONS • MUMBAI • The Vision of Apnalaya: • To build empowered urban poor communities, having awareness about their basic civic rights and responsibilities, and the capacities to exercise these rights and access the services integral to them. • Pragatik: • Educate, empower, mobilize • TENSTA • TenstaTräff : 15 local • NGOs manage a Community Development Project at TenstaTräff with the objective of strengthening the civil society by developing a local house for culture.