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Disability studies as ethnographic research and text: research strategies and roles for promoting social change
- Author:
- DAVIS John M.
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 15(2), March 2000, pp.191-206.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This paper problatises the notion of research production within disability studies by comparing literature on emancipatory research with concepts of reflexivity, authority and empowerment employed within ethnographic research. It critically examines a number of proposals within disability studies on how researchers can stimulate or contribute to processes which improve their respondents life conditions. A variety of strategies for change are discussed within the context of how ethnographers do fieldwork, and write up and disseminate their findings.