Research and production of knowledge in Social Work

This article concerns research paths in the field of Social Work. It begins with the polemic concerning the potential and ability of Social Work as a social practice to produce knowledge. It revives the debate concerning the "war of the sciences" between physicists and mathematicians with...

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Main Author: Aldaíza Sposati
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina 2007-05-01
Series:Revista Katálysis
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Online Access:https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/katalysis/article/view/1025
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Summary:This article concerns research paths in the field of Social Work. It begins with the polemic concerning the potential and ability of Social Work as a social practice to produce knowledge. It revives the debate concerning the "war of the sciences" between physicists and mathematicians with social analysts, in which the later do not recognize the scientific dimension of research in the social realm. It analyzes the growth of scientific production in Social Work through dissertations and theses in the Graduate Social Work Program. To do so it comments on the analyses of Iamamoto, Silva and Silva and Carvalho and indicates the need to establish a research policy, orient the epistemic community in Social Work and organize a network of researchers centers.
ISSN:1414-4980
1982-0259