Document Type
Journal Article
Publication Title
International Social Work
ISSN
00208728
Publisher
SAGE
School
School of Arts and Humanities
RAS ID
32557
Funders
Business and Professional Women Australia Zonta Club of Dunsborough
Abstract
© The Author(s) 2020. The Latin American indigenous knowledge paradigm of buen vivir (‘living well’) encapsulates an equilibrium of rights of people and nature, with a ‘solidarity economy’ emphasising equities, equality and freedoms, social justice and ecological justice. In participatory research in Peru, community workers developed a love-based framework of practice that reflects features of buen vivir. Participants suggest love is values-based feeling and action aiming for a world of peace, happiness and prosperity by transforming social conditions for a system of equality through participatory and democratic processes. The findings enhance developmental social work and buen vivir literature with a localised, relationship-oriented practice approach.
DOI
10.1177/0020872820930254
Creative Commons License
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Comments
This is an author's accepted manuscript of: Godden, N. J. (2020). Community work, love and the Indigenous worldview of buen vivir in Peru. International Social Work, 64(3), 354-370. (SAGE). https://doi.org/10.1177/0020872820930254