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Revista eleuthera
Print version ISSN 2011-4532
Abstract
SEPULVEDA-HERNANDEZ, Elia; UCAR, Xavier and RODRIGUEZ-FLORES, Paola. Social intervention in socio-natural disasters (SND): analysis from social work students from Coquimbo and Atacama in Chile and the challenges for disciplinary eco-training. Rev. eleuthera [online]. 2022, vol.24, n.2, pp.295-320. Epub May 18, 2023. ISSN 2011-4532. https://doi.org/10.17151/eleu.2022.24.2.15.
Objective:
To know the social representations of social work students, regarding the socio-natural disasters that occur in their territory and options for intervention/social management that they recognize.
Methodology:
Quantitative method, case study design. Students from the Atacama and Coquimbo regions in Chile who have faced recent SND such as floods, earthquakes and droughts participated.
Results:
The findings show the recognition of the anthropic influence on disasters from extractivism, the prevalence of an eco-centric notion of nature and the importance of professional action as a way to reduce risk.
Conclusions:
Relevance of including in Social Work training, theoretical, methodological and procedural eco-knowledge that problematizes the ethical dimension of the society-territory-nature link.
Keywords : environmental justice; socio-natural disasters; green social work; training in social work.