Lynda Shevellar
Biographic Data
| ID | 137140 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lynda Shevellar |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lynda |
| FAMILY NAME | Shevellar |
| SIGNATURE | SHEVELLAR L |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Queensland |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3869-5050 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 49 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Social science as social action to address inequalities
In its most recent report, the Academy of the Social Sciences Australia (ASSA, 2021: 10) identified social inequality as a “grand challenge” for the social sciences, arguing that social scientists have a pivotal role to play in “understanding, addressing and guiding us towards a narrowing of a two‐tier society.” Nevertheless, the social sciences continue to be regularly positioned as “soft” and esoteric in relation to the natural sciences, while …
Destabilising social inclusion and recovery, and pursuing 'lines of flight' in the mental health sector
People who have been diagnosed with serious mental illness have a long history of confinement, social stigma and marginalisation that has constrained their participation in society. Drawing upon the work of Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari, we have used the concepts of: assemblages , major and minor and deterritorialisation to critically analyse two pervasive and ‘taken‐for‐granted’ assemblages in mental health: recovery ( including clinical rec…
The Dissident Interview: A Deterritorializing Guerrilla Encounter
Drawing from the work of Deleuze and Guattari, we experimentally chart a cartography of a peculiar interview (an "off-topic" and "dissident" interview that disrupts the agenda of the interviewer). In this article, we aim to traverse the micropolitics of the interview, the entangled relations of power and resistance. We intentionally chart the intensive topography of the peculiar and re-present what was once missed (or passed over). Thinking with …
Radicalising Community Development within Social Work through Popular Education—A Participatory Action Research Project
This article reports upon the efforts of three social work/social science academics in partnership with social and community practitioners, at radicalising community development (CD) within social work. The project was motivated by painful political events and processes unfolding around the world in 2017 and led to the design of a participatory action research approach with thirty-three practitioners. Engaging in several cycles of research (pre- …
The humanitarian imperative for education in disaster response
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present an argument showing the importance of education as a disaster response activity, and why it must figure more prominently in financial and material support for humanitarian disasters. Design/methodology/approach A critical review of the literature and case studies that have considered humanitarian response activities is carried out, drawing together conclusions on the varied impacts of Education in E…
Becoming minor: Mapping new territories in occupational science
This paper draws upon the poststructural work of Deleuze and Guattari to outline a framework for analyzing social formations in a way that is acentred from the individual. The concepts of the major and minor, becoming minor and the rhizome provide a useful framework for scholars and practitioners to engage in affirmative political modes of thought, challenge dominant discourses and seek transformative processes. The major are the dominant things …
E-technology and Community Participation: Exploring the Ethical Implications for Community-based Social Workers
To date, much of the work on social work, ethics and technology has been focused on clinical social work and micromorality—the ethical practices of the worker and their clients in one-on-one or therapeutic group interactions. In contrast, this article foregrounds social workers engaged in community work and the ethical implications at a macromoral level. Central to community-based social work, also known as social development work, is the princip…
Working in Complexity: Ethics and Boundaries in Community Work and Mental Health
While codes of ethical conduct are important, they do not always fit neatly in the organic community settings in which some workers engage. Professional standards from accrediting bodies are easy to sign up to, yet much more difficult to put into practice. Drawing upon community connection practice in recovery-oriented mental health work, this article names the professional boundary tensions peculiar to less structured fields of engagement. We su…
Flirting with danger: Practice Dilemmas for Community Development in Disaster Recovery
This article takes as its focus the contribution of community development to disaster recovery. It examines the experiences of community development officers employed in response to a series of devastating natural disasters within the state of Queensland, Australia. Utilizing the lens of the "dilemmatic space," the article reveals three practice dilemmas for community development workers in disaster recovery: the struggle over discourse, the diff…
The Human Search for Belonging
Belonging is a human need that is often unmet for people with significant mental health issues who typically experience high levels of exclusion. Using a case study approach, this research gives voice to people with significant mental health issues and deals with their experience of belonging, with specific reference to their relationships with ordinary citizens, their sense of identity, and their sense of meaning in life. Drawing upon a theoreti…
From bearers of problems to bearers of culture: Developing community in the community development classroom
This paper brings together the impact of two major changes in higher education: the massification of the higher education system and the accompanying increase in international student mobility. Utilising collective narrative practice (CNP) as a classroom intervention, this research demonstrates a movement from teacher-centred and student-centred pedagogy to community-centred pedagogy. In doing so, the project demonstrates ways students can overco…
In the Shadow of the Welfare State: The Role of Payday Lending in Poverty Survival in Australia
A defining characteristic of contemporary welfare governance in many western countries has been a reduced role for governments in direct provision of welfare, including housing, education, health and income support. One of the unintended consequences of devolutionary trends in social welfare is the development of a 'shadow welfare state' (Fairbanks, 2009; Gottschalk, 2000), which is a term used to describe the complex partnerships between state-b…
Exploring the role of fringe lenders in the lives of Queenslanders
The fringe lending sector in Australia has experienced considerable growth over the last decade. However, very little is known about the profile of the typical borrower or the typical lender – though much is assumed about the morality and motivation of both. Drawing upon findings from a pilot study conducted in Queensland during 2008–2009, we discuss the changing landscape of fringe lending in Australia before exploring how borrowers and lenders …
We have to go back to stories: Causal Layered Analysis and the community development gateaux
This article is a methodological exploration. It brings together three unlikely fields of knowledge: the practice field of community development, the organizational context of bureaucracy and the futures methodology known as Causal Layered Analysis (CLA). The paper begins by explaining CLA and then providing an overview of the field of community development within the organizational context of bureaucracy. It briefly describes the research proces…
In the Shadow of the Welfare State: The Role of Payday Lending in Poverty Survival in Australia
A defining characteristic of contemporary welfare governance in many western countries has been a reduced role for governments in direct provision of welfare, including housing, education, health and income support. One of the unintended consequences of devolutionary trends in social welfare is the development of a 'shadow welfare state' (Fairbanks, 2009; Gottschalk, 2000), which is a term used to describe the complex partnerships between state-b…
Becoming minor: Mapping new territories in occupational science
This paper draws upon the poststructural work of Deleuze and Guattari to outline a framework for analyzing social formations in a way that is acentred from the individual. The concepts of the major and minor, becoming minor and the rhizome provide a useful framework for scholars and practitioners to engage in affirmative political modes of thought, challenge dominant discourses and seek transformative processes. The major are the dominant things …
Working in Complexity: Ethics and Boundaries in Community Work and Mental Health
While codes of ethical conduct are important, they do not always fit neatly in the organic community settings in which some workers engage. Professional standards from accrediting bodies are easy to sign up to, yet much more difficult to put into practice. Drawing upon community connection practice in recovery-oriented mental health work, this article names the professional boundary tensions peculiar to less structured fields of engagement. We su…
Flirting with danger: Practice Dilemmas for Community Development in Disaster Recovery
This article takes as its focus the contribution of community development to disaster recovery. It examines the experiences of community development officers employed in response to a series of devastating natural disasters within the state of Queensland, Australia. Utilizing the lens of the "dilemmatic space," the article reveals three practice dilemmas for community development workers in disaster recovery: the struggle over discourse, the diff…
Radicalising Community Development within Social Work through Popular Education—A Participatory Action Research Project
This article reports upon the efforts of three social work/social science academics in partnership with social and community practitioners, at radicalising community development (CD) within social work. The project was motivated by painful political events and processes unfolding around the world in 2017 and led to the design of a participatory action research approach with thirty-three practitioners. Engaging in several cycles of research (pre- …
The Dissident Interview: A Deterritorializing Guerrilla Encounter
Drawing from the work of Deleuze and Guattari, we experimentally chart a cartography of a peculiar interview (an "off-topic" and "dissident" interview that disrupts the agenda of the interviewer). In this article, we aim to traverse the micropolitics of the interview, the entangled relations of power and resistance. We intentionally chart the intensive topography of the peculiar and re-present what was once missed (or passed over). Thinking with …
E-technology and Community Participation: Exploring the Ethical Implications for Community-based Social Workers
To date, much of the work on social work, ethics and technology has been focused on clinical social work and micromorality—the ethical practices of the worker and their clients in one-on-one or therapeutic group interactions. In contrast, this article foregrounds social workers engaged in community work and the ethical implications at a macromoral level. Central to community-based social work, also known as social development work, is the princip…
We have to go back to stories: Causal Layered Analysis and the community development gateaux
This article is a methodological exploration. It brings together three unlikely fields of knowledge: the practice field of community development, the organizational context of bureaucracy and the futures methodology known as Causal Layered Analysis (CLA). The paper begins by explaining CLA and then providing an overview of the field of community development within the organizational context of bureaucracy. It briefly describes the research proces…
Social science as social action to address inequalities
In its most recent report, the Academy of the Social Sciences Australia (ASSA, 2021: 10) identified social inequality as a “grand challenge” for the social sciences, arguing that social scientists have a pivotal role to play in “understanding, addressing and guiding us towards a narrowing of a two‐tier society.” Nevertheless, the social sciences continue to be regularly positioned as “soft” and esoteric in relation to the natural sciences, while …
Destabilising social inclusion and recovery, and pursuing 'lines of flight' in the mental health sector
People who have been diagnosed with serious mental illness have a long history of confinement, social stigma and marginalisation that has constrained their participation in society. Drawing upon the work of Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari, we have used the concepts of: assemblages , major and minor and deterritorialisation to critically analyse two pervasive and ‘taken‐for‐granted’ assemblages in mental health: recovery ( including clinical rec…
From bearers of problems to bearers of culture: Developing community in the community development classroom
This paper brings together the impact of two major changes in higher education: the massification of the higher education system and the accompanying increase in international student mobility. Utilising collective narrative practice (CNP) as a classroom intervention, this research demonstrates a movement from teacher-centred and student-centred pedagogy to community-centred pedagogy. In doing so, the project demonstrates ways students can overco…
Exploring the role of fringe lenders in the lives of Queenslanders
The fringe lending sector in Australia has experienced considerable growth over the last decade. However, very little is known about the profile of the typical borrower or the typical lender – though much is assumed about the morality and motivation of both. Drawing upon findings from a pilot study conducted in Queensland during 2008–2009, we discuss the changing landscape of fringe lending in Australia before exploring how borrowers and lenders …
Exploring the role of fringe lenders in the lives of Queenslanders
The fringe lending sector in Australia has experienced considerable growth over the last decade. However, very little is known about the profile of the typical borrower or the typical lender – though much is assumed about the morality and motivation of both. Drawing upon findings from a pilot study conducted in Queensland during 2008–2009, we discuss the changing landscape of fringe lending in Australia before exploring how borrowers and lenders …
We have to go back to stories: Causal Layered Analysis and the community development gateaux
This article is a methodological exploration. It brings together three unlikely fields of knowledge: the practice field of community development, the organizational context of bureaucracy and the futures methodology known as Causal Layered Analysis (CLA). The paper begins by explaining CLA and then providing an overview of the field of community development within the organizational context of bureaucracy. It briefly describes the research proces…
The Human Search for Belonging
Belonging is a human need that is often unmet for people with significant mental health issues who typically experience high levels of exclusion. Using a case study approach, this research gives voice to people with significant mental health issues and deals with their experience of belonging, with specific reference to their relationships with ordinary citizens, their sense of identity, and their sense of meaning in life. Drawing upon a theoreti…
From bearers of problems to bearers of culture: Developing community in the community development classroom
This paper brings together the impact of two major changes in higher education: the massification of the higher education system and the accompanying increase in international student mobility. Utilising collective narrative practice (CNP) as a classroom intervention, this research demonstrates a movement from teacher-centred and student-centred pedagogy to community-centred pedagogy. In doing so, the project demonstrates ways students can overco…
In the Shadow of the Welfare State: The Role of Payday Lending in Poverty Survival in Australia
A defining characteristic of contemporary welfare governance in many western countries has been a reduced role for governments in direct provision of welfare, including housing, education, health and income support. One of the unintended consequences of devolutionary trends in social welfare is the development of a 'shadow welfare state' (Fairbanks, 2009; Gottschalk, 2000), which is a term used to describe the complex partnerships between state-b…
Working in Complexity: Ethics and Boundaries in Community Work and Mental Health
While codes of ethical conduct are important, they do not always fit neatly in the organic community settings in which some workers engage. Professional standards from accrediting bodies are easy to sign up to, yet much more difficult to put into practice. Drawing upon community connection practice in recovery-oriented mental health work, this article names the professional boundary tensions peculiar to less structured fields of engagement. We su…
Flirting with danger: Practice Dilemmas for Community Development in Disaster Recovery
This article takes as its focus the contribution of community development to disaster recovery. It examines the experiences of community development officers employed in response to a series of devastating natural disasters within the state of Queensland, Australia. Utilizing the lens of the "dilemmatic space," the article reveals three practice dilemmas for community development workers in disaster recovery: the struggle over discourse, the diff…
E-technology and Community Participation: Exploring the Ethical Implications for Community-based Social Workers
To date, much of the work on social work, ethics and technology has been focused on clinical social work and micromorality—the ethical practices of the worker and their clients in one-on-one or therapeutic group interactions. In contrast, this article foregrounds social workers engaged in community work and the ethical implications at a macromoral level. Central to community-based social work, also known as social development work, is the princip…
The humanitarian imperative for education in disaster response
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present an argument showing the importance of education as a disaster response activity, and why it must figure more prominently in financial and material support for humanitarian disasters. Design/methodology/approach A critical review of the literature and case studies that have considered humanitarian response activities is carried out, drawing together conclusions on the varied impacts of Education in E…
Becoming minor: Mapping new territories in occupational science
This paper draws upon the poststructural work of Deleuze and Guattari to outline a framework for analyzing social formations in a way that is acentred from the individual. The concepts of the major and minor, becoming minor and the rhizome provide a useful framework for scholars and practitioners to engage in affirmative political modes of thought, challenge dominant discourses and seek transformative processes. The major are the dominant things …
Radicalising Community Development within Social Work through Popular Education—A Participatory Action Research Project
This article reports upon the efforts of three social work/social science academics in partnership with social and community practitioners, at radicalising community development (CD) within social work. The project was motivated by painful political events and processes unfolding around the world in 2017 and led to the design of a participatory action research approach with thirty-three practitioners. Engaging in several cycles of research (pre- …
Destabilising social inclusion and recovery, and pursuing 'lines of flight' in the mental health sector
People who have been diagnosed with serious mental illness have a long history of confinement, social stigma and marginalisation that has constrained their participation in society. Drawing upon the work of Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari, we have used the concepts of: assemblages , major and minor and deterritorialisation to critically analyse two pervasive and ‘taken‐for‐granted’ assemblages in mental health: recovery ( including clinical rec…
The Dissident Interview: A Deterritorializing Guerrilla Encounter
Drawing from the work of Deleuze and Guattari, we experimentally chart a cartography of a peculiar interview (an "off-topic" and "dissident" interview that disrupts the agenda of the interviewer). In this article, we aim to traverse the micropolitics of the interview, the entangled relations of power and resistance. We intentionally chart the intensive topography of the peculiar and re-present what was once missed (or passed over). Thinking with …
Social science as social action to address inequalities
In its most recent report, the Academy of the Social Sciences Australia (ASSA, 2021: 10) identified social inequality as a “grand challenge” for the social sciences, arguing that social scientists have a pivotal role to play in “understanding, addressing and guiding us towards a narrowing of a two‐tier society.” Nevertheless, the social sciences continue to be regularly positioned as “soft” and esoteric in relation to the natural sciences, while …
Political science (12 works) · Sociology (10 works) · Homelessness and Social Issues (7 works) · Law (6 works) · Law (6 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Public relations (6 works) · Mental Health and Patient Involvement (5 works) · Social Work Education and Practice (5 works) · Context (archaeology (4 works)