Ditte Maria Børglum Tofteng

Theatre and action research: How drama can empower action research processes in the field of unemployment:

Action research on marginalization and exclusion often seeks to examine relations between recognition, respect, and inclusion, but addressing these topics is difficult. Theatre-based action research opens up a new way to communicate and make visible knowledge and experiences from below that have difficulties reaching the public agenda or influencing structures of power. In this article we follow the creation of a play and of scenes that address the life, sufferings, and wishes of unemployed people. The skills of actors, writers, and producers are worked into a critical utopian action research project and used to highlight and enlarge both critique and dreams in life outside the labor market. The article also discusses some of the reactions the plays received and the formation of knowledge linked to these processes.

Det tværprofessionelle samarbejde – et paradoks i skolens socialpædagogiske arbejde?

Tvaerprofessionelt samarbejde er tidens losen pa komplekse sociale problemstillinger. Den moderne velfaerdsstats borgerindsatser synes at kraeve et saerligt samkoordineret arbejde mellem professioner. Men nogle gange ser det ud til, at det tvaerprofessionelle ender med at sta i vejen for en sagsgang og indsats, der er faglig meningsfuld og foregar rettidigt. Artiklen vil – med udgangspunkt i en case fra et laengevarende aktionsforskningsforlob pa en skole i Kobenhavnsomradet – saette fokus pa, hvordan det tvaerprofessionelle samarbejde kan blive et benspaend for opgavelosningen. Artiklen viser, at det tvaerprofessionelle nogen gange ender med at blive systemets svar pa de af systemet skabte problemer.Inter-professional cooperation is often the solution for complex social problems. The social work of the modern welfare state seems to demand a specialized coordinated cooperation between professions. But sometimes it looks like, the inter-professional work end up being in the way of an administration and effort, which is timely and professional sound. Based on a long term action research project the article will, be focused on how the inter-professional work sometimes becomes a trip up for problem solving. The article shows that the inter-professional sometimes become the systems answer to problems created by the organizational structures of the system.