Type:	Journal Article
Title:	Learning domestic violence interagency work : enacting "practice multiple"
Authors:	Stewart, Sarah
Keywords:	Interagency work;Australia;Domestic violence;Service provision
Year:	2014
Publisher:	Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Citation:	Vol. 26, no. 6/7
Notes:	"This paper aims to shed light on the complex multiplicity of domestic violence interagency work. It proposes a new conceptualisation that reflects the entangled nature of professional practice and learning. The research on which this paper draws is an ethnographic study of practice in an integrated local domestic violence initiative. Data include focussed workplace observations, semi-structured interviews and key documents. It draws on practice-based sociomaterial approaches and the conceptual framework, and methodology is informed by actor-network theory, in particular, the work of Annemarie Mol. Findings suggest that interagency work that starts from the victim and traces threads of connection outwards is able to 'hang together' as 'practice multiple' in integrated service provision. The paper argues that the learning that happens in these circumstances is a relational effect and depends on who and what is assembled in the actor-network. The research has significant implications for framing understandings of domestic violence interagency work, as it firmly anchors 'working together' to victims. Findings are expected to be of interest not only to practitioners, educators and researchers, but also to policy makers.
URI:	https://anrows.intersearch.com.au/anrowsjspui/handle/1/15587
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