Arte e serviço social: um exercício de intervenção profissional

Abstract

This dissertation aims to analyze art as a means of professional intervention of Social Work. For this purpose it is necessary to understand its social function, based on the praxis concept and the relationship that art maintains with the conception of the generic human, because it is in this context that it constitutes a fundamental part of human life and act as a significant intercession in the job of the social worker. Building on the work of Adolfo Sanchez Vázquez e Agnes Heller to understand the concepts of praxis and generic human , we conducted an empirical study of qualitative nature, obtaining accounts of social workers who resorted to art as a resource for their professional practice. From this perspective we seek to clarify in what way art can or cannot corroborate as an intercession in the job of the social worker