SOCIAL POLICY/ SOCIAL WORK, IDENTITY AND THE ENVIRONMENT SOCIAL SPACE – PRIVATE SPACE – PUBLIC SPACE AND WELFARE OF THE PUBLIC THE QUESTION OF IDENTITY Hans-Jørgen Wallin Weihe H.J.Wallin.Weihe@hil.no Lillehammer University College Box 952 2604 Lillehammer Norway Thursday 1st of december 2016 The Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic The spiritual and philosophical dimension •Katherine Augusta Westcott Tingley (1847 – 1929) USA, Sweden and internationally •Thesophical Society •Social Worker in New York •Active in peace movement •Eastern and western tradtions of thought • •Famous statements « Music becomes a part of life itself, and one of those subtle forces of nature which, rightly applied, call into the divine powers of the soul»; «True drama points away from unrealities to the real life of the soul» •The Center at Visingsö in lake Vättern in Sweden •Another Centre in California •The intuitive flame burns in every child •Raja –Yoga (Indian mystisicm) Katherine Augusta Westcott Tingley (1847 – 1929) https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dc/Katherine_Tingley.003.jpg Visningsö - an isolated island in the middle of southern Sweden – historically important and a world apart https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0f/Lake_V%C3%A4ttern.png Oakforest – Visningsö has a large oakforest – planted in order to have old oak to build warships to the Swedish navy – for the Thesophical Society a connection to the spiritual and even pre-Christian Celtic https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/02/Eiche_bei_Sch%C3%B6nderling%2C_2.jpg Social Reform •Octavia Hill (1838 – 1912) •The Welfare of Working people •The Settlement Movement (Mixed living with people of different economy and background) •National Trust Preserving of places of historic interest and natural beauty for the public •Member of the Royal Commission of Poor Laws in 1905 •Founder of the Charity Organization •Housing for the poor •Museums for the public •Open spaces (parks –green places for the public Octavia Hill (1838 – 1912) https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f4/Octavia-Hill-by-Sargent.jpg Marlybone Slum Nineteenth Century https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/2a/London-slum-1880s.jpg Wicken Fenn National Trust 1899 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6b/Wicken_Lode1.JPG Hampstead Heath National Trust https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dd/Footpath_on_Hampstead_Heath_-_geograph.org.uk_- _53758.jpg London Borough of Southwalk (1887 -1890) https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/74/Octavia_Hill_%28plaque%29.jpg The Aesthetics – the beuty of nature and humans in nature •John Singer Sargent (1856 – 1925) American portrait painter who lived most of his life in Europe •Active in Social Reform in co-operation with Octavia Hill (1838 – 1912) •The preservance and influence of beauty •The emphasize upon nature as part of a shared heritage regardless of economy, class and social standing •The emphasize upon aesthetics as of crucial importance for social development John Singer Sargent (1856 – 1925) – self portrait Florence Uffizi Art Gallery https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bb/Sargent%2C_John_SInger_%281856-1925%29_-_Self-P ortrait_1907_b.jpg Moorning Walk 1888 (Private Collection) John Singer Sargent https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c4/John_Singer_Sargent_-_Morning_Walk.jpg Out-of – Doors Study (1889) The painter Paul César Helleu (1859 -1929) sketching with his wife Brooklyn Art Museum https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a9/John_Singer_Sargent_-_An_Out-of-Doors_Study_-_G oogle_Art_Project.jpg The construction of nature Charles Eliot (1859 – 1897)landscape architect (USA) https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/fc/Charles_Eliot_-_Landscape_Architect.jpg White Park Pond, Concord Masschusets https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ac/ConcordNH_WhiteParkPond.jpg Belle Isle Nature Zoo Michigan Fallow Deer (white variety) https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/33/White_deer_argonne.jpg The revolutionary approach •Alexandra Kollontai (1872 – 1952) (Russian) •Communist Revultionary •Soviet Ambassador to Norway and later Sweden •Advocay of free love (Human instincts as natural as thirst and hunger) •Humans as nature – •The biological human • • Alexandra Kolontai (1872 – 1952) https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/57/Aleksandra_Kollontaj_10.gif https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3a/Alexandra_Kollontay_-_To_dear_comrade_Louise_Br yant_from_her_friend%2C_September_1918.gif The survival and care of nature is the survival om mankind •Rachel Carson (1907 – 1964) American biologist and author •The Sea Around Us (1954) (Book) •Silent Spring (1962) (Book) •Ban of certain pestcides •US Environmental Agency Rachel Carson Rachel Carson marinbiological work https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/48/Rachel_Carson_Conducts_Marine_Biology_Research_ with_Bob_Hines.jpg Silent Spring – one of the most influential environmental books of last century First Print round 150000 copies - since then never out of print https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/ba/Silent_Spring_Book-of-the-Month-Club_edition.JPG Tidal Salt Marsh Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refugee, Maine USA https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f8/Rcnwr-6.jpg Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refugee, Maine USA https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a3/Rcnwf-4.jpg Reform and change •John Steinbeck (1902 – 1968) american author •Nobel prize in litterature (1962) •National Book Award •Pulitzer Prize •Grapes of Wrath (1939) •Cannery Row (1945) •East of Eden (1952) •Themes of Injustice •Themes of humans living from agriculture, fishing and nature •Living from nature and sharing with friends •Ecological philosophy (The Biologist Ed Ricketts – tectbook on ecology) John Steinbeck (1902 – 1968) https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e7/John_Steinbeck_1962.jpg Montery Canning – work- environment https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/28/MontereyCanneryRow.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/1f/JohnSteinbeck_TheGrapesOfWrath.jpg The biological approach – ecology in practice •Edward Flanders Robb Ricketts (1897 – 1948) American ecologist, marine biologist, author and close friend of John Steinbeck •The Log from the Sea of Cortez (1951) •Between Pacific Tides (1939) – a pioneer study of ecology •Boundless curiosity of nature •Unsucessful relationships living in his lab •The social meaning of ecology •No social boundaries in curiosity – the curiosity as the basis acknowledgmrent and change Edward Flanders Robb Ricketts (1897 – 1948) https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a9/EFRicketts.jpg Sea Slug https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3a/Nembrotha_aurea_B.jpg Blenny https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Ophioblennius_steindachneri.jpg Flatworm https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/76/Bedford%27s_Flatworm.jpg Venus- Fly – Trap Sea Anemone https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b7/Actinoscyphia_aurelia_1.jpg Saint Francis of Assisi (1181/1182 – 1226) •Italian friar and preacher •Patron saint of Italy •Founder of Order of Friars Minor, the womens Order of Saint Clare and the Third Order of saint Francis •Support and solidarity with the poor •Men should protect and be custodians of nature •The Patron Saint of Ecology •Franciscan friars Legend of the birds https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/84/Giotto_-_Legend_of_St_Francis_-_-15-_-_Sermon_t o_the_Birds.jpg Fransician friar https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ca/Bled_%285081159596%29.jpg Mendicant Orders •Lifestyle of poverty •Preaching, evangelization and ministry to the poor •Travelling the world to preach •Franciscans •Dominicans •Carmelites •Social change and care •Social responsibility Tradition of social work and the tradition of environmental work •Traditions of complexity •We acknowledge some traditions and ignore other traditions •Environmental concerns was expressed by many politicians and thinkers we hardly want to associate with. The vegetarian and teetotaler Adolf Hitler was one of them. •Humans should be acknowledged as part of the environment •We need to acknowledge that both social work and concern of the environment includes a multitude of sometimes conflicting traditions •Regardless concern of the environment is closely connected to social policy and questions of welfare • Use of the environment in social policy and in therapy •The environment as the foundation for human life •Use of parks, nature and animals as an connection to self and stimulate pro-social behavior •Horticulture therapy/nature therapy •Use of the environment as a healing process and for specific therapeutic purposes •Teaching/pedagogy – the environment crucial for the development of the cognitive and curiosity • • Feret Orhan Pamuk( 1952 - ) The cross- cultural dimension – the urban environment and nature Turkish Noble Laurate (2006) Snow (2002) Istanbul (2003) https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b1/Orhan_Pamuk3.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/77/Orhan_pamuk_u01_72.jpg Carp - Cyprinus carpio – the wisdom, adaption, interaction, invasive, problem and source of food and pride – connection to the spiritual as well as the worlderly. The farmfish of Europe as well as the Ottoman Empire. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a8/Common_carp.jpg The urban identity – the co-existing differences in interaction and conflicts •The shared pain •Guilt and responsibility •The socially rejected •Those included •The acceptabl truth •The unacceptable truth •The shared identity and the identity rejected •The past and the present •Always the land and the sea. The air and the water. The plants and other living beings •