Gianinna Muñoz Arce
Biographic Data
| ID | 4149348 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gianinna Muñoz Arce |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gianinna Muñoz |
| FAMILY NAME | Arce |
| SIGNATURE | ARCE G M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Chile |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4582-0507 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 35 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 30 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 35 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Productive resistance in the frontline implementation of social programs
As widely identified in international research, frontline professionals, those who represent the state in face-to-face encounters with citizens, play a significant role in the manner in which public policies are implemented and experienced by citizens. While much has been studied on the different coping mechanisms frontline professionals employ, or their tendency towards state-centered or client-centered practice, one concept that has received li…
Territorial Stigmatization and Demands for Redistribution and Recognition
This article argues that integrating the study of territorial stigmatization with debates on spatial injustice, redistribution, and recognition offers valuable insights into how people experience material precariousness and urban identity in disadvantaged contexts. Bridging these perspectives enhances theoretical understanding and supports locally grounded initiatives for redistribution and recognition. Based on a case study of a stigmatized, low…
Resistencias profesionales en el marco del programa de reparación a víctimas
The implementation of the Chilean reparations policy for victims of crimes against humanity committed during the 1973–1990 civil-military dictatorship is dealt with here. We aim to analyze the subjective dimension in the implementation of the reparations program for victims of human rights violations occurred during the dictatorship, by exploring the discourses of frontline care professionals. To this end, a qualitative study was conducted, consi…
Profiles of professional resistance in street-level bureaucracy programs. A quantitative-multidimensional typology
Through a representative survey of front-line professionals from three social programs in Chile ( N = 1,694)—a country marker by the implementation neoliberal policies—we use latent class analysis (LCA) to build typologies of front-line professionals, according to the resistance actions that develop in their professional intervention practices. In this way, we explore the prevalence of each typology and the relationship between these typologies a…
Mapuche Female Social Workers Confronting Racism and Patriarchy
The voices of Indigenous women social workers continue to be underrepresented in the production of knowledge and academic social work debates, illustrating how the supremacy of whiteness and intellectual racism persists. This article discusses the scope of feminist perspectives on the exercise of micropolitical power -that which occurs in the everyday practices- of women social workers of Mapuche origin in Chile. From an autoethnographic perspect…
What makes social work research distinct? A comparison of three Latin American and three Anglophone countries
This study explored and compared conceptualizations of social work research across Anglophone and Latin American countries. Open-ended survey responses ( n = 46) from participants in three Anglophone countries and three Latin American countries were analyzed. Three themes emerged: (1) social work research seeks solutions or actions; (2) social work research integrates an ecological approach; and (3) social work research is upheld by ethics and so…
Implementing Proximate Welfare Programs in Weak Institutional Contexts
This article examines the implementation of proximity programmes in the Global South, particularly through Chile's Familias programme, to investigate the challenges faced by frontline professionals in weak institutional contexts. Drawing on interviews with Integral Family Supports implementing the programme, the study reveals that relational and spatial proximity are used to mitigate institutional weaknesses, compensating for the lack of availabl…
Perspectivas críticas para interpelar la investigación y la intervención social hoy
Con mucha alegría hacemos entrega de este quinto número de nuestra revista Propuestas Críticas en Trabajo Social – Critical proposals in Social Work, que hemos dedicado a la discusión de enfoques o perspectivas de investigación e intervención social. Notarán en las páginas que siguen, que ciertos enfoques que han emergido con fuerza en las discusiones de las ciencias sociales y humanidades en los últimos tiempos, también se ven reflejados en los …
Trabajo no reconocido, trabajo "sucio", trabajo precario
En este artículo analizamos la manera en que los programas sociales del Estado –componentes centrales para la realización de los derechos fundamentales– se han venido implementando bajo el esquema de terciarización posibilitado por la Constitución de 1980, lo que se ha traducido en una precarización de las condiciones de trabajo de quienes los implementan en primera línea. A partir de los resultados de un estudio mixto secuencial exploratorio, so…
Decolonial Feminism and Practices of Resistance to Sustain Life
Feminisms have had a significant impact on social work discussions in Latin America in recent decades. However, the gap between academic discussions and professional practice remains wide. Based on a qualitative study that included 69 semi-structured interviews with social workers in Chile, in this article, we focus the analysis on the experiences of women social workers implementing mental health programmes. These are women – professionals facin…
Perspectivas profesionales sobre la intervención psicosocial en Chile. Una revisión sistemática de estudios cualitativos
The adoption of the neoliberal model and the implementation of the new public management approach in Chile, have led to the implementation of social policies that prioritize quantifiable efficiency and adherence to administrative standards over effective solutions to social problems. This has had a negative impact on the experiences of professionals working in the field of psychosocial intervention, and on the quality of their interventions. Howe…
Intervenir lo social en tiempos críticos
Este número ofrece herramientas para analizar el momento actual, examinando los intersticios políticos de las revueltas populares, leer el contexto y los déficits de los gobiernos para enfrentar las crisis, siempre desde una perspectiva histórica para comprender la intervención social. Estos “tiempos críticos”, representan puntos de inflexión que posibilitan la discusión sobre los modelos de sociedad que queremos construir, coyunturas donde puede…
Luchas por la Redistribución y el Reconocimiento
Hace ya más de un año decidimos dedicar este número a los debates y reflexiones relacionados a las Luchas por la Redistribución y el Reconocimiento. Se trataba de un tema fundante en la argumentación conceptual que le dio sustento a la propuesta de creación de nuestro Departamento de Trabajo Social en la Universidad de Chile, y reflejaba muy bien la apuesta que queremos hacer, en términos de comprender lo social desde esos dos nudos problemáticos…
La posicionalidad geopolítica en la investigación bajo las exigencias del capitalismo cognitivo
En este artículo se analizan las trayectorias de investigación de trabajadoras/es sociales chilenos, relevando una dimensión específica como foco interpretativo: la posicionalidad geopolítica que va dando forma a estas trayectorias, es decir, las complejas relaciones de poder que les posicionan en espacios de valor cambiante y frecuentemente contradictorio, marcados por las exigencias del capitalismo cognitivo. En base a las contribuciones de la …
La sostenibilidad de la vida y la ética del cuidado
Las intervenciones de los programas sociales en Chile, aunque han incluido la noción de cuidados en su formulación, no han abordado la lógica –neoliberal y patriarcal- que está a la base de las mismas. Recuperando el vínculo entre cuidados, precariedad, vulnerabilidad e interdependencia desde un enfoque de sostenibilidad de la vida, en este artículo analizamos los hallazgos de un estudio cualitativo que consistió en la realización de 26 entrevist…
Dissenting Social Work. Critical Theory, Resistance and Pandemic
Cursando mi doctorado, hace ya más de 10 años, llegó a mis manos un libro inspirador: Social Work and Social Theory: Making Connections (Policy Press, 2013). A partir de ese momento comencé a seguir la pista de Paul Michael Garrett, y descubrí sus trabajos sobre teoría crítica y Trabajo Social, elaborados de manera tan aguda, rigurosa y densa en términos conceptuales, que no pude dejar de compartir sus producciones con mis colegas. Siempre al tan…
Oponerse sin perder el puesto’
En este artículo se analizan las tensiones que enfrentan y las resistencias que ejercen las/os profesionales de primera línea en la implementación de programas sociales en Chile. Se discute conceptualmente la noción de resistencia profesional propuesta en la literatura, y a partir de los hallazgos de la primera fase de un estudio mixto secuencial –informado por 69 entrevistas cualitativas-, se identifican las principales prácticas de resistencia …
Decolonising community social work
Since the return to democracy in the 1990s, community programmes in Chile have been pervaded by the neoliberal and neo-colonial approaches of social policies promoted by the state and supranational organisations, such as the World Bank. In this article, we examine the possibilities of front-line community social workers dismantling such a hegemonic rationale. Drawing upon the contributions of Latin American decolonial thought, we argue that socia…
Pandemic and Social Work in Chile
In Chile, the Covid-19 pandemic overlapped with a socio-political crisis that arose in response to the neoliberal model imposed during Pinochet’s dictatorship. Social workers have been key to addressing the multiple vulnerabilities the population has faced during the political uprising and pandemic. From a critical perspective that analyses precarity, precariousness and resistance as a continuum, this article examines SWs’ employment and interven…
Entrevista a Dimitra-Dora Teloni
Qué nos dicen las revistas y redes de investigación en trabajo social? Expresiones y concepciones en torno a la construcción de conocimiento disciplinar
En este artículo abordamos la cuestión de la construcción de conocimiento en trabajo social analizando las revistas académicas y las redes de investigación en tanto dimensiones clave en la diseminación de la producción intelectual de la disciplina. Se identifican singularidades y se problematizan críticamente los enfoques conceptuales, así como los estándares metodológicos y éticos. Se analiza la configuración de los equipos, las líneas temáticas…
Possibilities for new social work professional resistance in Chile
In the current unscrupulous neoliberal climate, social workers are increasingly confronted with ethical and political tensions that clash with the profession’s commitments to human rights and social justice. However, despite neoliberalism’s global reach, the scholarship on social work professional resistance has been largely limited to the Global North. Taking into consideration this absence in the literature, this article seeks to explore the po…
Intervención interprofesional en programas de infancia a nivel local
Interprofessional intervention -the joint work carried out by different professionals- is a highly sensitive aspect in the implementation of childhood programmes, since it constitutes a basic requirement for a comprehensive approach to the problems affecting children. This article discusses research results on the experience of interprofessional work developed in the Case Management Boards of the 24 Horas Program, promoted by the Government of Ch…
Social Work Research in Chile
Research has been a contested dimension of Chilean social work. An important turn occurred in 2008 when Chilean national research policies—highly influenced by managerialist approaches—increased opportunities for social workers to conduct research. Several efforts have been made by academics and professional social work organisations to encourage research as a means of gaining recognition as a discipline. Drawing upon a thematic literature review…
Crisis over crisis
Chilean Social Work has its origins and has developed facing crises. The first chool founded in 1925-worked directly with infectious diseases such as tuberculosis and syphilis, exposing their causes: overcrowding, poor housing conditions, poverty and exploitation of working classes. The Pinochet's dictatorship and related political crises during the last decades have also impacted the development of social work . Recently, gross inequalities and …
Social exclusion, neoliberalism and resistance
The views of social workers in Chile are rarely heard and considered in the policy debates. This article addresses this lacuna by examining discourses of social exclusion and underlying assumptions held by social workers with responsibility for implementing social policy interventions in Chile. It draws upon the findings of a study involving interviews with senior social workers from two large non-governmental organisations (NGOs) tackling social…
The neoliberal turn in Chilean social work
In Chile, the right-wing dictatorship (1973–1990) implemented the first neoliberal ‘experiment’ in the world, affecting the development of social work in a traumatic way. More than 40 years after the coup, the inheritance from the dictatorship appears to still be blocking discussion and implementation of critical perspectives in social work. The inception of the Social Protection System in 2000 has contributed to reinforcing depoliticised and ind…
Critical social work and the promotion of citizenship in Chile
Drawing upon the findings of my doctoral research, this article examines social workers’ understanding and interventions related to the promotion of citizenship in Chile. The study involved documentary analysis and 26 semi-structured interviews with social workers who, employed by non-governmental organisations (NGOs), implemented state policy for addressing poverty and social exclusion. The findings indicate that social workers understood citize…
Decolonising community social work
Since the return to democracy in the 1990s, community programmes in Chile have been pervaded by the neoliberal and neo-colonial approaches of social policies promoted by the state and supranational organisations, such as the World Bank. In this article, we examine the possibilities of front-line community social workers dismantling such a hegemonic rationale. Drawing upon the contributions of Latin American decolonial thought, we argue that socia…
Decolonial Feminism and Practices of Resistance to Sustain Life
Feminisms have had a significant impact on social work discussions in Latin America in recent decades. However, the gap between academic discussions and professional practice remains wide. Based on a qualitative study that included 69 semi-structured interviews with social workers in Chile, in this article, we focus the analysis on the experiences of women social workers implementing mental health programmes. These are women – professionals facin…
Possibilities for new social work professional resistance in Chile
In the current unscrupulous neoliberal climate, social workers are increasingly confronted with ethical and political tensions that clash with the profession’s commitments to human rights and social justice. However, despite neoliberalism’s global reach, the scholarship on social work professional resistance has been largely limited to the Global North. Taking into consideration this absence in the literature, this article seeks to explore the po…
Contrapuntos Epistemológicos para Intervenir lo Social
The contemporary social intervention is carried out in contexts characterized by an increasing complexity.\nMany people take part in this process, one of them, several professionals, who with their own knowledge\nproduce a specialized comprehension about the social phenomena which their actions are aimed. It is\nnecessary to make clear the epistemological approach supported by each professional, in order to make\ncounterpoints and discursive rule…
Implementing Proximate Welfare Programs in Weak Institutional Contexts
This article examines the implementation of proximity programmes in the Global South, particularly through Chile's Familias programme, to investigate the challenges faced by frontline professionals in weak institutional contexts. Drawing on interviews with Integral Family Supports implementing the programme, the study reveals that relational and spatial proximity are used to mitigate institutional weaknesses, compensating for the lack of availabl…
Pandemic and Social Work in Chile
In Chile, the Covid-19 pandemic overlapped with a socio-political crisis that arose in response to the neoliberal model imposed during Pinochet’s dictatorship. Social workers have been key to addressing the multiple vulnerabilities the population has faced during the political uprising and pandemic. From a critical perspective that analyses precarity, precariousness and resistance as a continuum, this article examines SWs’ employment and interven…
Contrapuntos Epistemológicos para Intervenir lo Social
The contemporary social intervention is carried out in contexts characterized by an increasing complexity.\nMany people take part in this process, one of them, several professionals, who with their own knowledge\nproduce a specialized comprehension about the social phenomena which their actions are aimed. It is\nnecessary to make clear the epistemological approach supported by each professional, in order to make\ncounterpoints and discursive rule…
Intervención social en contexto mapuche y descolonización del conocimiento
Tabula Rasa es una revista científica del área de las ciencias sociales con una periodicidad trimestral, dedicada principalmente a las disciplinas de la Antropología, Historia, Sociología, Trabajo Social, Geografía Humana y Estudios Culturales
Critical social work and the promotion of citizenship in Chile
Drawing upon the findings of my doctoral research, this article examines social workers’ understanding and interventions related to the promotion of citizenship in Chile. The study involved documentary analysis and 26 semi-structured interviews with social workers who, employed by non-governmental organisations (NGOs), implemented state policy for addressing poverty and social exclusion. The findings indicate that social workers understood citize…
La relación entre investigación e intervención social
Este artículo discute los hallazgos preliminares de un estudio exploratorio-secuencial sobre la relación entre investigación e intervención en trabajo social desde la perspectiva y experiencias de trabajadores/as sociales chilenos. A través del análisis temático categorial de 17 entrevistas con trabajadores/as sociales que se encuentran en la primera línea de ejecución de políticas sociales, los resultados indican que aún persiste la comprensión …
Contra la exclusión
En este artculose examina la consistencia entre lugar de enunciacin yestrategias de intervencinsocial desplegados por profesionales que implementan programas sociales para abordar la pobreza y la exclusin en Chile. El estudio, de tipo cualitativo, incluy la realizacin de anlisis temtico de entrevistas con profesionales en terreno y documentacin escrita relacionada a los procesos de intervencin llevados a cabo por stos. Los resultados revelan inco…
The neoliberal turn in Chilean social work
In Chile, the right-wing dictatorship (1973–1990) implemented the first neoliberal ‘experiment’ in the world, affecting the development of social work in a traumatic way. More than 40 years after the coup, the inheritance from the dictatorship appears to still be blocking discussion and implementation of critical perspectives in social work. The inception of the Social Protection System in 2000 has contributed to reinforcing depoliticised and ind…
Social exclusion, neoliberalism and resistance
The views of social workers in Chile are rarely heard and considered in the policy debates. This article addresses this lacuna by examining discourses of social exclusion and underlying assumptions held by social workers with responsibility for implementing social policy interventions in Chile. It draws upon the findings of a study involving interviews with senior social workers from two large non-governmental organisations (NGOs) tackling social…
Interseccionalidad y los programas sociales pro-integralidad
With the start of Social Welfare Systems throughout Latin America, and following up a rights-based approach as a guiding framework for State intervention, the pursuit of integral care in social programs has become increasingly explicit. Integrality, in this sense, involves recognizing and addressing the manifold dimensions that make up social programs. In this work we argue that the intersectional approach offers significant analytical –epistemic…
Crisis over crisis
Chilean Social Work has its origins and has developed facing crises. The first chool founded in 1925-worked directly with infectious diseases such as tuberculosis and syphilis, exposing their causes: overcrowding, poor housing conditions, poverty and exploitation of working classes. The Pinochet's dictatorship and related political crises during the last decades have also impacted the development of social work . Recently, gross inequalities and …
Habitar el hospital en tiempos de pandemia. Historias profesionales de trabajadoras/es sociales en la primera línea de intervención en salud
La llegada del COVID-19 a Chile en marzo 2020 ha irrumpido de manera significativa en el ejercicio profesional de las/os trabajadores sociales. En este artículo discutimos desde una perspectiva histórica y contextualizada los desafíos que el trabajo social en salud –específicamente, el trabajo social que se desarrolla en hospitales– enfrenta en este contexto. Se analizan críticamente las orientaciones de política que lo guían y las transformacion…
Trabajo interprofesional en Chile Impactos de la racionalidad neoliberal y los horizontes de la justicia social
Se presentan los resultados generales de una investigación sobre trabajo interprofesional en la implementación de programas sociales, discutiéndolos a la luz de los impactos de la racionalidad neoliberal y desde una perspectiva que pone las discusiones sobre justicia social como un horizonte político insoslayable en el momento actual. Basado en la aplicación de un diseño mixto de investigación, incluyendo técnicas de producción de datos cuantitat…
Entrevista a Dimitra-Dora Teloni
Qué nos dicen las revistas y redes de investigación en trabajo social? Expresiones y concepciones en torno a la construcción de conocimiento disciplinar
En este artículo abordamos la cuestión de la construcción de conocimiento en trabajo social analizando las revistas académicas y las redes de investigación en tanto dimensiones clave en la diseminación de la producción intelectual de la disciplina. Se identifican singularidades y se problematizan críticamente los enfoques conceptuales, así como los estándares metodológicos y éticos. Se analiza la configuración de los equipos, las líneas temáticas…
Possibilities for new social work professional resistance in Chile
In the current unscrupulous neoliberal climate, social workers are increasingly confronted with ethical and political tensions that clash with the profession’s commitments to human rights and social justice. However, despite neoliberalism’s global reach, the scholarship on social work professional resistance has been largely limited to the Global North. Taking into consideration this absence in the literature, this article seeks to explore the po…
Intervención interprofesional en programas de infancia a nivel local
Interprofessional intervention -the joint work carried out by different professionals- is a highly sensitive aspect in the implementation of childhood programmes, since it constitutes a basic requirement for a comprehensive approach to the problems affecting children. This article discusses research results on the experience of interprofessional work developed in the Case Management Boards of the 24 Horas Program, promoted by the Government of Ch…
Social Work Research in Chile
Research has been a contested dimension of Chilean social work. An important turn occurred in 2008 when Chilean national research policies—highly influenced by managerialist approaches—increased opportunities for social workers to conduct research. Several efforts have been made by academics and professional social work organisations to encourage research as a means of gaining recognition as a discipline. Drawing upon a thematic literature review…
Intervenir lo social en tiempos críticos
Este número ofrece herramientas para analizar el momento actual, examinando los intersticios políticos de las revueltas populares, leer el contexto y los déficits de los gobiernos para enfrentar las crisis, siempre desde una perspectiva histórica para comprender la intervención social. Estos “tiempos críticos”, representan puntos de inflexión que posibilitan la discusión sobre los modelos de sociedad que queremos construir, coyunturas donde puede…
Luchas por la Redistribución y el Reconocimiento
Hace ya más de un año decidimos dedicar este número a los debates y reflexiones relacionados a las Luchas por la Redistribución y el Reconocimiento. Se trataba de un tema fundante en la argumentación conceptual que le dio sustento a la propuesta de creación de nuestro Departamento de Trabajo Social en la Universidad de Chile, y reflejaba muy bien la apuesta que queremos hacer, en términos de comprender lo social desde esos dos nudos problemáticos…
La posicionalidad geopolítica en la investigación bajo las exigencias del capitalismo cognitivo
En este artículo se analizan las trayectorias de investigación de trabajadoras/es sociales chilenos, relevando una dimensión específica como foco interpretativo: la posicionalidad geopolítica que va dando forma a estas trayectorias, es decir, las complejas relaciones de poder que les posicionan en espacios de valor cambiante y frecuentemente contradictorio, marcados por las exigencias del capitalismo cognitivo. En base a las contribuciones de la …
La sostenibilidad de la vida y la ética del cuidado
Las intervenciones de los programas sociales en Chile, aunque han incluido la noción de cuidados en su formulación, no han abordado la lógica –neoliberal y patriarcal- que está a la base de las mismas. Recuperando el vínculo entre cuidados, precariedad, vulnerabilidad e interdependencia desde un enfoque de sostenibilidad de la vida, en este artículo analizamos los hallazgos de un estudio cualitativo que consistió en la realización de 26 entrevist…
Dissenting Social Work. Critical Theory, Resistance and Pandemic
Cursando mi doctorado, hace ya más de 10 años, llegó a mis manos un libro inspirador: Social Work and Social Theory: Making Connections (Policy Press, 2013). A partir de ese momento comencé a seguir la pista de Paul Michael Garrett, y descubrí sus trabajos sobre teoría crítica y Trabajo Social, elaborados de manera tan aguda, rigurosa y densa en términos conceptuales, que no pude dejar de compartir sus producciones con mis colegas. Siempre al tan…
Oponerse sin perder el puesto’
En este artículo se analizan las tensiones que enfrentan y las resistencias que ejercen las/os profesionales de primera línea en la implementación de programas sociales en Chile. Se discute conceptualmente la noción de resistencia profesional propuesta en la literatura, y a partir de los hallazgos de la primera fase de un estudio mixto secuencial –informado por 69 entrevistas cualitativas-, se identifican las principales prácticas de resistencia …
Decolonising community social work
Since the return to democracy in the 1990s, community programmes in Chile have been pervaded by the neoliberal and neo-colonial approaches of social policies promoted by the state and supranational organisations, such as the World Bank. In this article, we examine the possibilities of front-line community social workers dismantling such a hegemonic rationale. Drawing upon the contributions of Latin American decolonial thought, we argue that socia…
Pandemic and Social Work in Chile
In Chile, the Covid-19 pandemic overlapped with a socio-political crisis that arose in response to the neoliberal model imposed during Pinochet’s dictatorship. Social workers have been key to addressing the multiple vulnerabilities the population has faced during the political uprising and pandemic. From a critical perspective that analyses precarity, precariousness and resistance as a continuum, this article examines SWs’ employment and interven…
Perspectivas críticas para interpelar la investigación y la intervención social hoy
Con mucha alegría hacemos entrega de este quinto número de nuestra revista Propuestas Críticas en Trabajo Social – Critical proposals in Social Work, que hemos dedicado a la discusión de enfoques o perspectivas de investigación e intervención social. Notarán en las páginas que siguen, que ciertos enfoques que han emergido con fuerza en las discusiones de las ciencias sociales y humanidades en los últimos tiempos, también se ven reflejados en los …
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