Between Aristotelian and Galilean paradigms: Which do Chilean social workers publish?

Abstract

Evidence indicates that the discipline of Social Work has historically focused on the scientific intervention of social and has neglected the purely investigative. This situation has probably resulted from the existence of different disciplinary hierarchies in the scientific world. However, in the crisis of the subsidiary model, it has been increased academic spaces for this type of scientific production. This article seeks to approximate how Chilean Social Workers carry out their scientific production and dissemination processes through a descriptive exploratory study of documentary nature. Information collected on the epistemological paradigms used, methodologies, and data collection techniques, among other dimensions. There is an absolute predominance of qualitative approaches in scientific production and high barriers of entry so that professionals can allocate time and skills to research, this space that remains strongly centralized in the academy.

Keywords:
Social Science Epistemology; Discipline; Research Methodology; Social Work; Scientific production