Ethnographic research in social work is extremely valuable, yet not very commonly applied. In this theoretical article, I delineate the historical bond and ethical alliance between ethnography and social work, as well as highlight the empirical value that ethnography can offer the social work profession. By so doing I render visible the affinity between ethnographic research and the discipline of social work. I conclude by examining the relations between slow scholarship and ethnographic research as a means of resistance to the corporate neo-liberal university setting, encouraging social work scholars to do more ethnographic work. Such work can make a potentially significant contribution to social work practitioners, service users, policy makers, educators and scholars and encourage social science with meaning.

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重新审视社会工作与民族志之间的联系

社会工作中的民族志研究非常有价值，但应用并不广泛。在这篇理论文章中，我描绘了民族志和社会工作之间的历史纽带和伦理联盟，并强调了民族志可以为社会工作专业提供的经验价值。通过这样做，我使人种学研究和社会工作学科之间的密切关系变得可见。最后，我考察了缓慢的学术研究和民族志研究之间的关系，作为抵制企业新自由主义大学环境的一种手段，鼓励社会工作学者做更多的民族志工作。此类工作可以为社会工作从业者、服务使用者、政策制定者、教育工作者和学者做出潜在的重大贡献，并鼓励有意义的社会科学。