ECOLOGICAL GRIEF IN THE CONTEXT OF GRIEF STUDIES IN SOCIAL WORK

Yıl 2023, Cilt: 25 Sayı: 3, 1008 - 1025, 15.09.2023

Şeniz Aslan , Yunus Kara

https://doi.org/10.16953/deusosbil.1181405

Cited By: 1

Öz

Ecological deterioration and its consequences are becoming more noticeable every day. In some cases, people's lives can be directly affected by the consequences of ecological deterioration due to the discipline and/or the interest of the profession (extinction of species, animal rights or taking care of plants), and in some cases, the change, loss and deterioration of habitats. Ecological grief becomes visible with a mourning response to the losses caused by ecological degradation, and it is predicted in the relevant literature that it will become widespread as ecological problems increase. There is a need for social work to add ecologically-related loss/mourning/grief issues to existing mourning and loss practices, in bringing these issues to its agenda within the scope of ecological social work and updating its practice in this direction. Based on this need, in this study, it is aimed to draw attention to the transformative and motivating power of grief for ecological benefit and ecocentrism in practice, and inferences are made for social work.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Ecological Decay, Ecological Grief, Social Work, Grief Studies

SOSYAL HİZMETTE YAS ÇALIŞMALARI BAĞLAMINDA EKOLOJİK KEDER

Öz

Ekolojik bozulma ve sonuçları her geçen gün daha çok hissedilir olmaktadır. Bazı durumlarda disiplin ve/veya mesleğin kapsamı ve bakış açısı (türlerin yok olması, hayvan hakları, bitkilerle ilgilenilmesi, bahçecilik faaliyetleri) dolayısıyla ekolojik bozulmalara dair oluşan bilgi ve farkındalık sonucu kaygı ve keder oluşmaktadır. Bazı durumlarda ise yaşam alanlarının değişimi, kaybı ve bozulması gibi nedenlerle insanların hayatları ekolojik bozulmaların sonuçlarından doğrudan etkilenmektedir. Ekolojik keder, ekolojik bozulmalar sonucu oluşan kayıplara yönelik bir yas tepkisi ile görünür olmakta ve ilgili literatürde, ekolojik sorunlar arttıkça yaygınlaşacağı öngörülmektedir. Sosyal hizmetin de ekolojik sosyal hizmet kapsamında söz konusu konuları gündemine taşımasında ve uygulamasını bu yönde güncellemesinde mevcut yas ve kayıp uygulamalarına ekoloji kaynaklı kayıp/yas/keder konularını eklemesine ihtiyaç bulunmaktadır. Bu çalışmada da söz konusu ihtiyaca dayanarak uygulamada ekolojik faydaya yönelik kederin dönüştürücü ve motive edici gücüne dikkat çekilmesi amaçlanmakta ve sosyal hizmet için çıkarımlarda bulunulmaktadır.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Ekolojik Bozulma, Ekolojik Keder, Sosyal Hizmet, Yas Çalışmaları

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