一個社會工作者藝術練習的敘說之旅

A Social Worker’s Narrative Journey of Artistic Practice

本文旨在運用自我敘說方式來釐清以及再詮釋，我的藝術學習經驗以及專業助人知識學習與實作過程中的困頓及發現，透過視框移轉及詮釋循環自我敘說文本，鋪陳出個人經驗與社工專業體制以及社會結構之間交織的脈絡。首先整理自身對於藝術與助人專業的思辨過程，接著描繪台灣社會工作專業制度發展的樣貌，同時與自我經驗相互交錯比對，試圖釐清歷史的發展對個人發展所產生的影響，最後討論在社會建構之下，藝術作為助人工作實踐知識的可能發展方向。

The purposes of this paper are: 1) to clarify and re-interpret the authors’ personal art-learning experience and 2) to explicate discoveries and hardships in helping people learn and practice professional knowledge. It makes use of a self-narrative approach. Through both the horizons transference and hermeneutics circle of self-narrative texts, this paper develops an interwoven context among personal experience, professional social work systems, and social structures. First, the dialogue between art and personal experience in helping professional knowledge learning and practice is dialectically analyzed. Next, the paper outlines the development of a professional social work system and comparisons with the author’s personal experience are made with the goal of clarifying the impacts of both policy and historical transition on personal development. Finally, the paper discusses possible directions of art as practical knowledge in social construction work.