Griet Verschelden
Biographic Data
| ID | 5823396 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Griet Verschelden |
| GIVEN NAMES | Griet |
| FAMILY NAME | Verschelden |
| SIGNATURE | VERSCHELDEN G |
| AFFILIATIONS | HOGENT University of Applied Sciences and Arts |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Building Blocks. A youth participatory approach to socio-spatial quality in vertical housing landscapes
The art of Making Public
Current art mediation practices often show experimental forms of relating "art" and "public" and are navigating in non-linear ways at the intersection of art and education. In this paper we explore what these contemporary forms of art mediation may mean, both from a theoretical and from a practice-research perspective. We describe how the "educational turn in the arts' facilitated unconventional and experimental art mediation practices: artists i…
I’m actually your worst nightmare’
There is an ongoing debate about the depoliticisation of social work. In this debate, the finger of blame is pointed to the newest generation, as they are likely to be more inclined to have an individualised and controlling perspective on clients, and to be less involved in a social justice approach. In this article, we explore intergenerational dialogues as a non-formal approach to this debate. Intergenerational dialogues have a discursive value…
The Caged Bird Sings
Social work literature suggests that three depoliticisation tendencies characterise the youngest generation of social workers. First, they exhibit less interest in the structural level of social problems. Secondly, they are supposed to incline towards the idea of welfare conditionality. And thirdly, they are evolving towards increasingly shallow technical, box-ticking professionals. As such, this generation of social workers seems to conform with…
A multi-layered repertoire
All over the western world, welfare states are eroded and reshaped. Little empirical evidence have shown how these shifts in the welfare state conjunct with or are an issue for professional practices. To shed light to this matter, we will discuss a study conducted in a public welfare centre in Ghent. Particular attention has been given to the professional perspectives of the social workers. Professional perspectives serve as frameworks of referen…
Coming Up for Air
From the late 1980s until now, scholars, educators and social workers have criticised the diminution of interest in the structural level of social problems. In this lament, former social work is beguiled, while critiques are targeted at the new generation of social workers. These critiques forewarn of important issues and problems, but at the same time they portray social work in a devolutionary way. It is argued that this one-sided debate concea…
Positioning community art practices in urban cracks
This article addresses the position of community art practices and the role of practitioners in urban cracks. Community art practices raise possibilities for a reconceptualisation of the concept of community and an extension of the concept of art in public space. Urban cracks are conceptualised as spatial, temporal and relational manifestations of changing dynamics in the city, in which different logics and needs conflict. Urban cracks can be see…
Urban public space and the construction of social life
This paper addresses the question of what meaning urban public space has in relation to the process of children’s socialisation. It builds on data from qualitative research into the social-pedagogical meaning of three contrasting neighbourhoods in the city of Ghent. In this research, the neighbourhood was studied as a social and spatial context in which particular socialising practices are constantly constructed and reconstructed through the ever…
Working with volunteers in victim support
We address the role of volunteers in victim support in regard to the growing issue of specialization. We argue for a generic basis of victim services and that working with volunteers and professionals holds chances and pitfalls. Volunteers can function as camouflage or as a mirror for professional social work
The Caged Bird Sings
Social work literature suggests that three depoliticisation tendencies characterise the youngest generation of social workers. First, they exhibit less interest in the structural level of social problems. Secondly, they are supposed to incline towards the idea of welfare conditionality. And thirdly, they are evolving towards increasingly shallow technical, box-ticking professionals. As such, this generation of social workers seems to conform with…
Positioning community art practices in urban cracks
This article addresses the position of community art practices and the role of practitioners in urban cracks. Community art practices raise possibilities for a reconceptualisation of the concept of community and an extension of the concept of art in public space. Urban cracks are conceptualised as spatial, temporal and relational manifestations of changing dynamics in the city, in which different logics and needs conflict. Urban cracks can be see…
Urban public space and the construction of social life
This paper addresses the question of what meaning urban public space has in relation to the process of children’s socialisation. It builds on data from qualitative research into the social-pedagogical meaning of three contrasting neighbourhoods in the city of Ghent. In this research, the neighbourhood was studied as a social and spatial context in which particular socialising practices are constantly constructed and reconstructed through the ever…
I’m actually your worst nightmare’
There is an ongoing debate about the depoliticisation of social work. In this debate, the finger of blame is pointed to the newest generation, as they are likely to be more inclined to have an individualised and controlling perspective on clients, and to be less involved in a social justice approach. In this article, we explore intergenerational dialogues as a non-formal approach to this debate. Intergenerational dialogues have a discursive value…
Coming Up for Air
From the late 1980s until now, scholars, educators and social workers have criticised the diminution of interest in the structural level of social problems. In this lament, former social work is beguiled, while critiques are targeted at the new generation of social workers. These critiques forewarn of important issues and problems, but at the same time they portray social work in a devolutionary way. It is argued that this one-sided debate concea…
Working with volunteers in victim support
We address the role of volunteers in victim support in regard to the growing issue of specialization. We argue for a generic basis of victim services and that working with volunteers and professionals holds chances and pitfalls. Volunteers can function as camouflage or as a mirror for professional social work
Positioning community art practices in urban cracks
This article addresses the position of community art practices and the role of practitioners in urban cracks. Community art practices raise possibilities for a reconceptualisation of the concept of community and an extension of the concept of art in public space. Urban cracks are conceptualised as spatial, temporal and relational manifestations of changing dynamics in the city, in which different logics and needs conflict. Urban cracks can be see…
Urban public space and the construction of social life
This paper addresses the question of what meaning urban public space has in relation to the process of children’s socialisation. It builds on data from qualitative research into the social-pedagogical meaning of three contrasting neighbourhoods in the city of Ghent. In this research, the neighbourhood was studied as a social and spatial context in which particular socialising practices are constantly constructed and reconstructed through the ever…
Coming Up for Air
From the late 1980s until now, scholars, educators and social workers have criticised the diminution of interest in the structural level of social problems. In this lament, former social work is beguiled, while critiques are targeted at the new generation of social workers. These critiques forewarn of important issues and problems, but at the same time they portray social work in a devolutionary way. It is argued that this one-sided debate concea…
A multi-layered repertoire
All over the western world, welfare states are eroded and reshaped. Little empirical evidence have shown how these shifts in the welfare state conjunct with or are an issue for professional practices. To shed light to this matter, we will discuss a study conducted in a public welfare centre in Ghent. Particular attention has been given to the professional perspectives of the social workers. Professional perspectives serve as frameworks of referen…
The Caged Bird Sings
Social work literature suggests that three depoliticisation tendencies characterise the youngest generation of social workers. First, they exhibit less interest in the structural level of social problems. Secondly, they are supposed to incline towards the idea of welfare conditionality. And thirdly, they are evolving towards increasingly shallow technical, box-ticking professionals. As such, this generation of social workers seems to conform with…
I’m actually your worst nightmare’
There is an ongoing debate about the depoliticisation of social work. In this debate, the finger of blame is pointed to the newest generation, as they are likely to be more inclined to have an individualised and controlling perspective on clients, and to be less involved in a social justice approach. In this article, we explore intergenerational dialogues as a non-formal approach to this debate. Intergenerational dialogues have a discursive value…
The art of Making Public
Current art mediation practices often show experimental forms of relating "art" and "public" and are navigating in non-linear ways at the intersection of art and education. In this paper we explore what these contemporary forms of art mediation may mean, both from a theoretical and from a practice-research perspective. We describe how the "educational turn in the arts' facilitated unconventional and experimental art mediation practices: artists i…
Building Blocks. A youth participatory approach to socio-spatial quality in vertical housing landscapes
Sociology (8 works) · Political science (7 works) · Social Work (5 works) · Social Work Education and Practice (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Social Policy and Reform Studies (4 works) · Geography (3 works) · Healthcare innovation and challenges (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Psychology (3 works)