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Paper prepared for the Canadian Women’s Studies Association Conference, Western University,
London, Ontario. May 29th – 31st 2005
Panel Title: 'Bricoleurship/ Multimethods/ Joy-of-chaos/ Cultural Studies Approaches to Research'.
London, Ontario. May 29th – 31st 2005
Panel Title: 'Bricoleurship/ Multimethods/ Joy-of-chaos/ Cultural Studies Approaches to Research'.
Session title: Cultural studies, creativity, and other funky additions to our social work assets!
Topic Area(s): Classroom/Teaching and Field Education
Canadian Association of Schools of Social Work,May 29th–June 1st, 2005
Conference Theme: Re-Imagining Social Work: Seeing both Forest and Trees
Session Organized by: Si Transken
Topic Area(s): Classroom/Teaching and Field Education
Canadian Association of Schools of Social Work,May 29th–June 1st, 2005
Conference Theme: Re-Imagining Social Work: Seeing both Forest and Trees
Session Organized by: Si Transken
Critical Social Work, 2002 Vol. 3, No. 1
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Who
Editors - Si Transken
– UNBC Associate Professor, Social Work/Women's Studies & Lynn Box – UNBC Alumina 2003
What – new book
“Making
Noise: Northern Women, Caring, and In/Visible Dis/Abilities”
When
Available now at the
UNBC Bookstore, from the editors, or the UNBC Women’s
Centre.
Why
This book expresses the thoughts
and feelings of twenty-six women who experience health issues in their
own bodies/lives and / or struggle to care for those who have health
issues here in northern British Columbia. Most women are vulnerable
to encountering some aspects of these health problems at some time in
our lives. Our contributors here have shared their experiences with:
MS, migraines, IBS, heart attacks, menopause, schizophrenia, clinical
depression, carpel tunnel, bipolar disease, healing from drug/alcohol
addictions, insomnia, high blood pressure, asthma, fibromyalgia/ chronic
fatigue syndrome, HIV/AIDs, horrible malfunctions of the bowel, witnessing
& caring for a dying loved one.
We are hopeful that this book
honors the creativity, resilience, complexities, courage, sense of humor,
and righteous anger /disappointments that northern women confronting
these life challenges manifest. We are also hopeful that this book will
help the world understand the nuances and range of experiences we live
with/ through. Our belief is that Making Noise will serve a vital
purpose: to teach the wider community about ways to enhance and respect
the lives of those who encounter these diseases/dis-eases. There may
be other books out there which speak to these health and oppression
concerns but our book, we believe, is more interesting, fresh, polyvocal
– irresistibly Northern British Columbia flavored and distinctive.
This book is also coming out at a time when privatization and ‘outsourcing’
and ‘downloading’ of health care costs are in the forefront. Women like
us in this book – we aren’t the ones who’ll be invited into the real policy
making and funding allocation discussions! |

Si and Dahne just finished their presentation at the Ottawa AGM for the Association for Bibliotherapy & Literature for Life, 2009