Podcast TCCR #018 - Toward a social science of human relationships – The future of Social Work with the TCCR

This episode concludes the series dedicated to the "Cognosystemic Theory of Human Psychosocial Relational Construction" (TCCR) with an invitation to look toward the future of Social Work through a critical, rigorous, and deeply transformative lens.

What Fundamental Problem Gave Rise to the TCCR?

The absence of a unified, discipline-specific theory has long been a major void in Social Work. This lack has limited its recognition as a science, its capacity to generate autonomous knowledge, and its ability to structurally impact social problems. The TCCR emerges as a radical and systematic response to this historic need.

What Does the TCCR Propose?

The TCCR is not merely a theory for intervention—it is a proposal for the epistemological refoundation of Social Work. It redefines:

Its object of study: the relational psychosocial construction of human reality. Its method: narrative, cognitive, systemic, and situated. Its professional role: as a facilitator of symbolic, relational, and structural transformation.

What Does It Mean to Conceive Social Work as a Social Science of Human Relationships?

It means recognizing Social Work as an applied discipline specialized in understanding and intervening in the narrative and relational systems that shape human experience. This represents a shift from an assistential or technical outlook toward a scientific, ethical, and emancipatory practice.

What Are the Distinctive Contributions of the TCCR?

This episode revisits the core concepts developed by the theory:

- Cognosystem

- Cognosystemic narrative

- Cognosystemic meme

- Narrative frictions and hierarchies

- Symbolic displacements

It also highlights its transdisciplinary foundation, integrating phenomenology, hermeneutics, systems theory, narrative psychology, memetics, and the bioecological model into a coherent and original theoretical architecture.

Where Is the TCCR Headed?

The theory presents significant research challenges: it must be empirically validated as both an explanatory and operational framework. This involves developing tools to analyze, predict, and transform psychosocial dynamics through: Qualitative and quantitative methods. Narrative and computational methodologies. These approaches aim to examine symbolic trajectories, social crises, memetic shifts, and collective transformation processes.

A Final Invitation

This episode closes with an open call: Whether you are a professional, researcher, educator, or student, you can be an active part of this disciplinary transformation. The TCCR is not a theoretical endpoint—it is a starting point for a social science of human relationships with its own voice, ethical foundation, and scientific rigor.

Listen and discover how the TCCR can radically renew the way we understand and practice Social Work in the contemporary world.

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