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Ulysses in Space: Ray Bradbury’s “Rocket Man” as a Tennysonian Traveler
Get PDFThis essay addresses the yet unexplored parallels between Ray Bradbury’s “The Rocket Man” (1951) and Alfred, Lord Tennyson’s dramatic monologue, “Ulysses” (1842). Each features a restless adventurer, dissatisfied with domesticity, who finds his duties absurd. He is alienated from his family, which he neglects to pursue his desire to explore new worlds, or in the case of Bradbury’s astronaut, blast off into outer space.
I argue that in Bradbury’s universe, outer space functions like the wine-dark sea in “Ulysses.” It represents the call to adventure and the thrill of discovery. But it is also fraught with dangers—both physical and emotional. For both explorers, space/sea is a destination, an obsession, and an intrinsic aspect of their identity. Space/sea is a part of their nature, but also the source of their isolation and despair. Where Tennyson gestures to Ulysses as a tragic figure, Bradbury fully develops his astronaut as a deeply conflicted man.
I further contend that while Bradbury parallels much of Tennyson’s narrative, he intends “The Rocket Man” as more than mere analogy. By giving voice to characters that Tennyson silences, Bradbury underscores the “ironic interpretation” of “Ulysses” which frames the poem as less a celebration of dauntless adventurers, and more a lament for aging men who cause their loved ones to suffer by refusing to accept mortality
Teaching Anti-Racism to White Social Work Students: A Practical Approach
Get PDFSocial work education has traditionally been focused on Whiteness with evidence-based anti-racism practices not commonly taught in social work courses. Utilizing the six anti-racism intervention categories found in the literature review, while incorporating the anti-racism frameworks of learning/unlearning socially conditioned racism, this practice application article focuses on developing an anti-racism MSW course for a university. Additionally, suggestions to infuse anti-racism practices throughout the entirety of an MSW program are introduced. This approach will allow students to develop a more anti-racist mindset throughout their MSW studies. A two-day anti-racism workshop is also proposed which can be used for students or professionals in schools, organizations and companies for community teaching or continuing education
For White Social Workers: RE/UN/DIScover Heuristic for Dual Awareness in Ongoing Anti-Racist Practice
Get PDFAlthough many White social workers engage in ongoing anti-racist actions, they may still be complicit in perpetuating and reinforcing racism and White Supremacy Culture. Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) social workers, activists, and scholars have described the numerous ways in which the harmful impacts of White Supremacy Culture appear in the well-intentioned efforts of White people who seek to be anti-racist. White social workers are thus responsible for engaging in intentional ongoing practices to identify, interrupt, and shift their interpersonal oppressive uses of power in their practice. The RE/UN/DIScover heuristic is an iterative, embodied set of three practices for working with one’s experiences of shame and internalized dominance, habitual not-seeing, and in-the-moment activations. Literature theorizing White Supremacy ideology and culture frames the description of the RE/UN/DIScover heuristic. This paper describes several heuristic applications, including prompts for engaging in REcover, UNcover and DIScover practices and two composite examples. These applications illustrate how to use the heuristic practices with dual awareness of self and one’s social work practice in the moment and over time. White social workers are encouraged to learn and use the RE/UN/DIScover heuristic practices to guide their efforts to more fully live into their anti-racist commitments in moments of not-seeing and moments of activation
Steps to Improve Evidence Synthesis Reviews in Social Work
Get PDFEvidence synthesis reviews, including systematic reviews and scoping reviews, are increasingly conducted in social work. With the goal of informing practice and development of policies, these reviews seek to synthesize all available evidence. Yet the quality of published reviews often fails to meet methodological and reporting standards and may lead to incorrect conclusions. This article lays out practical steps review teams should take to assure their project is successful and avoids common errors. Recommended resources for further exploration are included, as well as suggestions for editors and researchers for improving the quality of reviews conducted in social work
Reclaiming Social Justice: Using a Metatheoretical Supervision Model To (Re)orient Clinical Practice To Social Work\u27s Core Value
Get PDFAbstract: A central tenet of the social work profession is its commitment to social justice. This commitment is outlined by the major governing bodies across social work education and practice, intra- and internationally. However, clinical social work has historically been influenced by the evidence-based movement and broadly adopted medicalized models of practice by focusing on treatment model adherence and symptom reduction. Consequently, clinical practitioners have been criticized for not adequately addressing systemic oppression and social injustices affecting vulnerable and historically marginalized populations. The absence of a social justice orientation to clinical practice not only lacks alignment with social work\u27s core values but, in the current socio-political environment, may further perpetuate oppression. Clinical supervision, a staple in developing professional skills for graduate students and novice clinicians, offers an ideal pedagogical space for developing the cognitive, emotional, and behavioral skills and competencies needed to engage in social justice-focused practice. The aim of this article is to offer a supervisory framework, the Critical Relational Model (CRM), grounded in a metatheory that integrates principles from critical theory, critical pedagogy, and anti-oppressive and decolonizing frameworks, applied through a relational lens. A second aim is to demonstrate how the CRM can be immediately applied to practice with novice clinicians, graduate students, and any other clinical practitioner wishing to enhance their effectiveness and participation in creating a more equitable and just society for all
African American Men and Mental Health: Client and Clinician Therapeutic Dyad
Get PDFAfrican American men face challenges that include internalized negative social identities, marginalization, oppression, systemic racism, invisibility syndrome, targets of violence, murder, and erasure. Social workers may place the population at further risk of harm by using methods influenced solely by Eurocentric values. There is a paucity of peer-reviewed journal articles in the social work literature regarding the mental health of African American men. The literature fails to support social workers in acquiring the clinical skills required to provide services to African American men. This article will provide guidance to improve assessment, diagnosis, and clinician engagement with adult African American male clients. Barriers to the care of this population include the stigma of receiving mental health services, avoidance of vulnerability, medical distrust, clinician bias, no knowledge culturally expressed symptomology of mental illness, and an absence of culturally responsive care. Theories that inform the work with African American men in this article are the social determinants of health theory, intersectional theory, and narrative theory
Creating Ecosystems of Care Through Mutual Aid: Flattening Hierarchal Aid in the Early Months of COVID-19
Get PDFAs COVID-19 (Coronavirus Disease) spread in the United States in Spring 2020, conventional safety nets were overwhelmed and unable to meet widespread and growing needs. Mutual aid practices proliferated as an essential form of resource provision and community care, including exchanges of food, financial assistance, and social connection. Our qualitative study interviewed 25 individuals engaged in mutual aid in Colorado, USA to investigate the perceived benefits of providing and receiving care through mutual aid in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic. We found that nonhierarchical care offered entry points to equitable ways of supporting communities through and beyond crisis. The non-hierarchical approach to care described in our study illustrated redistributed power and agency to meet community needs, and decentering institutional decision making. The experiences of mutual aid participants propose a significant ideological shift regarding our sense of care and community when conventional systems are insufficient to meet collective and individual needs, and suggest a need for future expansions of and changes to social work practice to embrace non-hierarchical care
Resuscitating Equality: Bringing the Heartbeat Back to Healthcare
Get PDFWithin the evolving healthcare sector, the focus on health equity has led to interventions that, despite good intentions, often fall short. Recognized by a broad spectrum of healthcare professionals, including numerous social workers, as marginally better than inaction—colloquially referred to as “better than nothing,” these efforts risk overshadowing deeper structural and systemic issues. Consequently, they divert attention from the need for comprehensive solutions that genuinely address the roots of healthcare inequities. This manuscript delves into the nuanced interplay between health equity and equality through the methodology of critical analysis, drawing on the insights of critical social work and relevant theories of justice and power. While contemporary discussions increasingly restrict equality to uniform resource distribution, the core of social justice emphasizes equality’s deeper significance: recognizing the inherent worth of every individual, regardless of their background. The primary objective of this article is to advocate for the “resuscitation” of equality in healthcare, aligning it alongside health equity to ensure a comprehensive approach for individuals and families. A reductionist view of equality may cloud essential structural health determinants and compromise truly equitable care. The ramifications for social work are clear: a fervent advocacy for both equality and equity is indispensable. By embracing equity and equality in their most nuanced dimensions, we ensure that individuals, irrespective of their unique circumstances, receive care that is both just and tailored, elevating the benchmark in healthcare delivery
Certificate in Advanced Behavioral Interventions Among Multiple Populations: An Effective Model for Interprofessional Education
Get PDFThis manuscript describes the curricular and instructional approaches utilized in the composition and delivery of the Certificate in Advanced Behavioral Interventions Among Multiple Populations (CABISAM) created by the School of Social Work at Loyola University Chicago. CABISAM is a social work led interprofessional education (IPE) model where students from social work, nursing, and medicine engage in didactic and experiential activities to advance clinical and leadership knowledge of interprofessional approaches to screening, brief intervention, and referral for treatment (SBIRT) with diverse populations. An interprofessional team of faculty from each discipline was involved throughout the development and planning process to consider accreditation, cultural, and logistical issues unique to each profession. CABISAM engages students in an evidenced-based interprofessional education (IPE) experience with exposure to cutting-edge topics relevant to health professionals: training in interprofessional practice, substance use in unique settings with diverse populations, and clinical implementation skills. This manuscript presents an adaptable and generalizable interprofessional education approach to other undergraduate and graduate programs across disciplines
Summer 2024 Editorial: Critical and Innovative Views of the Impact of Violence, Clinical and Community Practice, and Social Work Education
Get PDFIn the Summer 2024 issue of Advances in Social Work, we continue our examination of violence and social work’s response in the three initial papers. The next 13 articles focus on clinical and community practice, through both empirical work and conceptual pieces. We wrap up this issue with a guide to conducting evidence synthesis reviews, which can help improve our understanding of the literature in whatever field we dive into