Résumés
Abstract
There has been a growing interest in bringing creative arts as methods and processes into social work education and practice to enhance student learning and contribute to practices tackling issues of social justice and anti-oppression. This paper builds on the current conversation about the intersection of art and social work to propose the need for engagement with ethical considerations to guide our practice. Relying on examples of arts-informed and arts-based projects that tackle issues of ableism and racism, the discussion focuses on the need to consider issues of consent, representation, appropriation and agency of participants in these projects. Borrowing from the metaphor of photographic practice, the article concludes by proposing three ethical principles to guide arts-informed and arts-based practices in social work.
Keywords:
- Creative arts,
- ethics,
- representation,
- consent,
- agency
Résumé
L’utilisation d’activités créatives comme méthode et procédé d’enseignement et d’exercice du travail social suscite un intérêt grandissant pour enrichir l’apprentissage des étudiants et contribuer aux pratiques ciblées sur les questions de justice sociale et de lutte contre l’oppression. Le présent article s’insère dans le discours sur l’intersection entre l’art et le travail social et fait valoir l’importance des considérations éthiques pour guider notre exercice. À partir d’exemples d’initiatives artistiques et guidées par l’art qui abordent le capacitisme et le racisme, l’article s’attarde à la nécessité de tenir compte des questions de consentement, de représentation, d’appropriation et de potentiel d’action. Au moyen d’une métaphore avec la photographie, il propose trois principes éthiques pour orienter les pratiques artistiques et guidées par l’art en travail social.
Mots-clés :
- Activités créatives,
- éthique,
- représentation,
- consentement,
- potentiel d’action
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