We need to build strong bridges for this to be a decent place to live

Policy, cultural sensitivity and a humanistic approach as essential when bridging and linking social capital

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ID3082708
AuthorsTina Wilchen Christensen (0000-0002-5824-3051, Aarhus University, corresponding author)
Year2024
Volume15
Issue1
Pages1-16
Publication date2024-12-16
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueNordic Journal of Social Research (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1892-2783 • E-ISSN: 1892-2783
PublisherScandinavian University Press (PUBLISHER • NO)
DOI10.18261/njsr.15.1.7
OpenAlexW4405458020
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited24

This article provides a prototypical model for how a universal welfare state can approach what have been described as ‘wicked’ problems by encouraging collaboration between majority and ethnic minority populations to overcome differences in cultural frameworks, social and political polarisation. Based on an ethnographic case study, the article investigates the impact of social work informed by cultural sensitivity in an ethnically diverse and semi-marginalised residential area in Denmark. It argues that the culturally sensitive approach of social workers, combined with their involvement in a network called the Sociocultural Village initiated by the local municipality, increase the flow of resources from the centre to the periphery. This social network seeks to promote community building at a time when society is increasingly being polarised, influenced by the far right’s framing of the minority population as ‘foreigners’ and as a threat to Danish society

Bridging (networking · Environmental ethics · Humanism · Place attachment · Political science · Public relations · Social capital · Social innovation · Social science · Sociology · Computer Science · Psychology · Social and Cultural Dynamics · Social Capital and Networks · Social Psychology · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies

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