揭开社区工作论述的面纱:从福柯的知识权力论谈起

Discourse of Community Social Work:From Foucault's Theory of Power-Knowledge

本文从福柯的知识权力论出发,试图厘清"社区工作"作为社会工作的知识论述在不同国家和地区的演变轨迹,并思考不同"社区工作"论述背后的权力关系。回顾中国社区工作论述的发展,社区工作虽是一套西方舶来的知识论述,但在中国本土社会中经历了不同的更迭。目前管理主义基调下所发展的购买服务式的社区工作论述背后凸显了政府对于治理性的美好期待,从而使社区走向现代化和精细化的专业治理道路。但是购买服务式的社区工作论述自身不可避免带有西方中心主义的色彩,当这种论述成为主流论述时,往往会排斥原先就存在的本土论述,简化我们对于社区工作的不同想象,在现实中也会遭遇嵌入不足和水土不服的境遇。重新检视购买服务式的社区工作论述以及背后的权力关系,同时汲取原先本土社区工作论述中的养分,使得购买服务亲近社区、契合社区、扎根社区,从而发展出更为丰富的本土化社区工作论述。

Using Foucault＇s theory of power-knowledge,we can examine the power relations behind the current mainstream community work discourse, and whether we exclude other different discourses. At present,under the tone of market economy and managementism,purchase professional community service become the mainstream of community work discourse in China. We shall rethink this discourses of community and the power relations behind it. This discourse reflects the governmentality of the state. At the same time,it is necessary to learn from the nutrition of Chinese local community work discourse,and consider the context of local community. After that,we can build up a common life imagination of the community,and then enrich the meaning of indigenous community work discourse.