Jori De Coster
Biographic Data
| ID | 887390 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jori De Coster |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jori |
| FAMILY NAME | De Coster |
| SIGNATURE | DE COSTER J |
| AFFILIATIONS | KU Leuven |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3107-1675 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
On Footwear and Disability
In order to explore what an anthropological material culture approach to disability would comprise, we take Tim Ingold’s morphogenetic approach to life as continuously unfolding, a result of things engaged in a dance of animacy, and in processes of ‘making’ as our central point of departure. This approach allows for a continued understanding of disability’s constructed nature; however, this approach is one that has a material, and not a discursiv…
Beadwork and the Plasticity of Disability
Plastic beads have recently become of importance in the lives of women with disabilities in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo). Using a materialist approach that focuses on such specific items, this article deviates from most materialist approaches to disability that are focused on the built environment, medical objects, or assistive technology. Rather, the focus is on “things” (this term is to be understood as items being aliv…
Culture works
Disability in African films
In Xala (1975) of Sembene Ousmane, Wend Kuuni (1982) of Gaston Kaboré, Gombele (1994) of Falaba Issa Traore, Keita (1995) of Dan Koyate, La Petite Vendeuse de Soleil (1998) of Djibril Diop Mambeti, and Khorma (la bêtise) (2002) of Saadi Jilaani., we analyze the multiple meanings of "sexual impotence," "albinism," "blindness," "deafness," and "mobility disabilities." We analyze how context, stigmatization, and impact on the story invite a reflecti…
Beadwork and the Plasticity of Disability
Plastic beads have recently become of importance in the lives of women with disabilities in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo). Using a materialist approach that focuses on such specific items, this article deviates from most materialist approaches to disability that are focused on the built environment, medical objects, or assistive technology. Rather, the focus is on “things” (this term is to be understood as items being aliv…
Disability in African films
In Xala (1975) of Sembene Ousmane, Wend Kuuni (1982) of Gaston Kaboré, Gombele (1994) of Falaba Issa Traore, Keita (1995) of Dan Koyate, La Petite Vendeuse de Soleil (1998) of Djibril Diop Mambeti, and Khorma (la bêtise) (2002) of Saadi Jilaani., we analyze the multiple meanings of "sexual impotence," "albinism," "blindness," "deafness," and "mobility disabilities." We analyze how context, stigmatization, and impact on the story invite a reflecti…
Disability in African films
In Xala (1975) of Sembene Ousmane, Wend Kuuni (1982) of Gaston Kaboré, Gombele (1994) of Falaba Issa Traore, Keita (1995) of Dan Koyate, La Petite Vendeuse de Soleil (1998) of Djibril Diop Mambeti, and Khorma (la bêtise) (2002) of Saadi Jilaani., we analyze the multiple meanings of "sexual impotence," "albinism," "blindness," "deafness," and "mobility disabilities." We analyze how context, stigmatization, and impact on the story invite a reflecti…
Culture works
Beadwork and the Plasticity of Disability
Plastic beads have recently become of importance in the lives of women with disabilities in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo). Using a materialist approach that focuses on such specific items, this article deviates from most materialist approaches to disability that are focused on the built environment, medical objects, or assistive technology. Rather, the focus is on “things” (this term is to be understood as items being aliv…
On Footwear and Disability
In order to explore what an anthropological material culture approach to disability would comprise, we take Tim Ingold’s morphogenetic approach to life as continuously unfolding, a result of things engaged in a dance of animacy, and in processes of ‘making’ as our central point of departure. This approach allows for a continued understanding of disability’s constructed nature; however, this approach is one that has a material, and not a discursiv…
Sociology (4 works) · History (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Art (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · History (2 works) · Literature (2 works) · Animacy (1 work)