Misfit Narratives: Exploring the Lived Experiences of Mad Social Workers

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dc.contributor.advisorEl-Lahib, Yahya
dc.contributor.authorWarner, Erin Christina
dc.contributor.committeememberCallaghan, Tonya
dc.contributor.committeememberWarria, Ajwang
dc.date2023-06
dc.date.accessioned2023-12-19T16:26:17Z
dc.date.available2023-12-19T16:26:17Z
dc.date.issued2023-12-15
dc.description.abstractThis thesis chronicles the stories of six Mad social workers in Canada, including my own story as a Mad social worker. I unsettle dominant methods for approaching lived experience research through establishing a research methodology which creates a harmony between feminist narrative inquiry and autoethnography as they are guided by teachings of Indigenous wholism and critical resistance. Grounded in a theoretical framework of critical disability studies, Mad studies, and critical feminism, I conducted five feminist narrative life history interviews – or conversations – with storytellers and critically explored my own life history through art and poetic reflection. As the story of this research unfolds, storytellers share about the masks they wear in response to sanism in both education and in the field of practice, as well as the pressure to be a “blank slate” to conform to the expectations of professional social work. Yet, in the midst of these experiences, storytellers demonstrate that it is within their Mad identities which initially brought them to the field that they find their strengths and ability to “get it” as mental health professionals. This research calls on the social work profession to build robust support systems to better respond to the psychological and emotional labour of our roles as social workers; to dismantle dominant ideas shaped by the interlocking systems of oppression which determine who gets to be a social worker; and to reimagine a social work praxis that is better aligned with our professional values of social justice and self-determination.
dc.identifier.citationWarner, E. C. (2023). Misfit narratives: exploring the lived experiences of Mad social workers (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1880/117767
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/42610
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisher.facultyGraduate Studies
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgary
dc.rightsUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.
dc.subjectSocial work education
dc.subjectSocial work
dc.subjectClinical social work
dc.subjectCritical disability studies
dc.subjectMad studies
dc.subjectNarrative inquiry
dc.subjectLived experiences
dc.subjectCritical social work
dc.subjectAdvocacy
dc.subjectCritical mental health
dc.subject.classificationPsychology
dc.subject.classificationEducation--Social Sciences
dc.subject.classificationEducation--Higher
dc.subject.classificationSocial Work
dc.subject.classificationWomen's Studies
dc.subject.classificationGender Studies
dc.subject.classificationSociology--Theory and Methods
dc.subject.classificationPsychology--Clinical
dc.titleMisfit Narratives: Exploring the Lived Experiences of Mad Social Workers
dc.typemaster thesis
thesis.degree.disciplineSocial Work
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgary
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Social Work (MSW)
ucalgary.thesis.accesssetbystudentI require a thesis withhold – I need to delay the release of my thesis due to a patent application, and other reasons outlined in the link above. I have/will need to submit a thesis withhold application.
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