Social work and engineering
Lessons from a water filtration project in Guatemala
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9973501 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lenore E Matthew (University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, USA, corresponding author), Lissette M Piedra (0000-0002-5201-5170, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, USA), Chi-Fang Wu (0000-0001-7086-6609, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, USA), Anne Kramer Diaz (Wuqu’ Kawoq – Maya Health Alliance, Guatemala), Hanting Wang (0000-0003-2761-577X, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, USA), Anthony P Straub (0000-0001-7233-6839, Yale University), Thanh H Nguyen (0000-0002-5461-5233, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, USA) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 60 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 1578-1590 |
| Publication date | 2016-07-19 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Social Work (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-8728 • E-ISSN: 1461-7234 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0020872816655869 |
| OpenAlex | W2490754632 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 27 |
International service learning (ISL) programs seek to facilitate community inclusion, but such participation can prove elusive. For technical projects, such ventures can undermine local leadership, generate mistrust in communities, and even create an aversion to technological solutions. In this article, we document how social work and engineering students collaborated to bring clean water to rural Guatemala, and demonstrate how we employed social work principles to address the myriad issues encountered in the project. We contend that the inclusion of a social work perspective, with its emphasis on relationships, can help mitigate some of the challenges ISL projects tend to encounter
Economic growth · Economics · Engineering ethics · Inclusion (mineral · Pedagogy · Perspective (graphical · Political science · Public relations · Service-learning · Social engineering (security · Social science · Sociology · Work (physics · Community Development and Social Impact · Computer Science · Engineering · Service-Learning and Community Engagement · Social Work Education and Practice · Social Work
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2026 (7) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |