Abstract
This article seeks to promote the generation of a discourse of the postmodern community work professional. A shared discourse will lead, we propose to shared capital. We argue that there is a tension between the modern and postmodern for those of us engaged in the profession of community learning and development (CL&D). We need to value reflexivity which allows the community worker to make sense of multiple discourses and to make the transition from modernism to postmodernism. We need in the CL&D profession to recognise that Marxist principles that we espoused in the 1980s may be enhanced by a new theoretical base that still values change.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 107-117 |
Number of pages | 11 |
Journal | Discourse : studies in the cultural politics of education |
Volume | 34 |
Issue number | 1 |
Early online date | 28 Jun 2012 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2013 |
Keywords
- postmodernism
- modernism
- community development
- social capital
- emancipation
- reflexivity