Epistemología crítica del trabajo social y de las estéticas emancipatorias

Abstract

This article delves into the epistemology of social work from an aesthetic standpoint. An epistemological and phenomenological approach to aesthetics offers a different understanding of what constitutes reality and of the human being. Thus, stemming from this conceptual evolution of aesthetics in poststructuralist theories and in the artistic context, we find the idea of emancipation essential to the constitution of autonomous and critical individuals. We intend to study and reflect on the meaning of emancipation for social work, relating epistemology, critical theory and aesthetics. For this interdisciplinary dialogue, the historical method of analysis and criticism of the theoretical sources is used. From the interpretation of these sources we have built a theoretical reasoning that offers an ontological and epistemological basis for the validation of aesthetics and its practices as models of learning and action for social work.