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Discourse analysis of a childcare drama

Or the interfaces between paradoxical discourses of time in the context of social work

Department of Social Work, Mid Sweden University, Sweden, siv.fahlgren{at}miun.se

This article presents a discourse analysis of a childcare drama. The purpose is to focus upon paradoxical discourses of social work that include different time orders. Social work seems to be carried out according to a linear time order implicitly assuming improvement over time. At the same time the social worker is supposed to assist the individual according to the individual’s current subjective needs within a time order referred to as the time of the mindful body. It is of great significance to critically reflect upon the power of these discourses that set the framework of social work thus creating ethical dilemmas.

Key Words: childcare • linear time • power of paradoxical discourses • social work • time of the mindful body

Time & Society, Vol. 18, No. 2-3, 208-230 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/0961463X09337856


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