Participation in Social Work and Pedagogy

Doinița Grosu has coordinated the integrated German-Romanian degree program in Social Work at BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg since 2017, where she has also been pursuing her doctorate in the history of social work in Romania since 2020. She has over ten years of practical experience as a social worker in both Romania and Germany.Juliane Noack Napoles has been Professor of Educational Science at the BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg since 2020. Studied social pedagogy, education and economics in Germany and Sweden, 2005 PhD, 2005-2008 postdoc in Brazil, 2008-2020 Lecturer at the University of Cologne/Germany.

• List of Figures - List of Tables - Preface - Christoph Wulf: Foreword—Participation in the Anthropocene - Part I: Understanding Participation: Theoretical and Conceptual Foundations in Social Work and Pedagogy - Gerd E. Schäfer: 1. About Participation - Juliane Noack Napoles: 2. An Essay on the Meaning of Participation—Three Theses - Karsten König & Ken Mertens: 3. Self-Organization As Change of Practice: Diverse Challenges in the Further Development of Participation in the German Child and Youth Strengthening Act - Małgorzata Ciczkowska-Giedziun & Magdalena Dymowska: 4. Around Participatory Social Work. (Re)definition of the Role of Service Users in the Process of Helping and in Education for Social Work - Sorina Poledna: 5. Participation, Coproduction and Social Reintegration - Diana Lohwasser: 6. Participation as Illusion of Human Equality or Anthropological Reflections on an Illusory Phenomenon - Part II: Exploring Participation : Research Approaches, Methods, and Key Findings in Social Work and Pedagogy - Ileana Gabriela Szasz & Elena Trifan & Mădălina Muscă: 1. Harvesting Solidarity. A Participatory Multimodal Approach to Romanian Seasonal Workers’ Experience - Irina Zamfirescu: 2. Doing Engaged Anthropology Among the Urban Poor—The Intricate Ethics of Research at the Margins - Florina Pop & Alina Bărbuță: 3. The Everyday Realities of Young Refugees in the Context of Forced Migration. A Photovoice Study With Ukrainian Adolescents - Part III: Enacting Participation: Policies, Programs, and Practices in Social Work, Social Policy, and Pedagogy - Vlad Levente Viski: 1. Apocalypse Now. How a Little Known German Author Is Shaping the Anti-LGBT Movement in Romania - Doinița Grosu: 2. Achieving Participation Within the Framework of Intra-EU Mobility. Looking at Romanians in Germany Through the Lens of Social Work Practice - Cătălin Buzoianu: 3. Negotiating Participation: Power Asymmetries in Migration Counseling for Precarious EU Citizens in Germany - Luiza Vlaicu & Laurențiu Dincă & Cordun Ana-Maria: 4. Participation of the Victim of Human Trafficking in the Process of Social Reintegration - Part IV: Teaching Participation: Integrating Participatory Approaches in the Education and Training of Social Workers and Educators - Mônica Abranches: 1. Projeto Rondon Monas: Youth for Community Development - Alina Bărbuță: 2. Enhancing Student Engagement and Participation Through Digital Literacy: Social Work Education in the Digital Age - Aurora Carmen Bărbat: 3. Student Participation in European Higher Education: Between Status and Habitus - Loredana Marcela Trancâ: 4. Perspectives of Social Work Students Regarding Participation in Field Placement During the COVID-19 Pandemic - Yûji Ozaki: 5. Reconsidering the Perception of “Participation” Shaped by Japan’s Group Psychology of “Bokashi”: Based on the Example of School Music Classes Implementing Inclusive Education - Ewa Kantowicz: 6. Professional Education for Participatory Social Work - Notes on Contributors