Gerald Gold
Biographic Data
| ID | 90040 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gerald Gold |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gerald |
| FAMILY NAME | Gold |
| SIGNATURE | GOLD G |
| AFFILIATIONS | York University in Toronto, Canada |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 23 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1974 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Disability Culture and the Internet
Rediscovering place: Experiences of a quadriplegic anthropologist
Cyberspace is an ‘archetypal place’(Lifchez) for disabled fieldworkers enhancing opportunities for fieldwork. This article uses a concept of place similar to that used in French‐speaking Louisiana. In this approach, ‘place’ overcomes barriers of accessibility through extended ‘weak’ networks and transnational diaspora. In cyberspace, ‘invisible’ communities are defined only by text and narrative. Yet the boundaries of cyberspace communities are c…
Meaning of a Disability: The Lived Experience of Paralysis by Albert B. Robillard
Constructing Ethnicity: Myth of Return and Modes of Exclusion among Israelis in Toronto
Drawing upon data from ninety intensive interviews and from participatory observations of various social gatherings of Israelis living in Toronto, this study explores the role of the desire to return to the mother‐country in the production of a distinctive ethnic community. Although plans to return rarely materialize, they do contribute to both the individual’s psychological well‐being and the group’s need to defy assimilation. On a personal leve…
Caretakers in a Miniaturized World: Encounters Between Para-transit Drivers and a Disabled Anthropologist
Toward an Enabling Profession: Voices from the San Francisco Meeting of the AAA Commission on Disability
Livres reçus
Constructing Ethnicity: Myth of Return and Modes of Exclusion among Israelis in Toronto
Drawing upon data from ninety intensive interviews and from participatory observations of various social gatherings of Israelis living in Toronto, this study explores the role of the desire to return to the mother‐country in the production of a distinctive ethnic community. Although plans to return rarely materialize, they do contribute to both the individual’s psychological well‐being and the group’s need to defy assimilation. On a personal leve…
Rediscovering place: Experiences of a quadriplegic anthropologist
Cyberspace is an ‘archetypal place’(Lifchez) for disabled fieldworkers enhancing opportunities for fieldwork. This article uses a concept of place similar to that used in French‐speaking Louisiana. In this approach, ‘place’ overcomes barriers of accessibility through extended ‘weak’ networks and transnational diaspora. In cyberspace, ‘invisible’ communities are defined only by text and narrative. Yet the boundaries of cyberspace communities are c…
Caretakers in a Miniaturized World: Encounters Between Para-transit Drivers and a Disabled Anthropologist
Disability Culture and the Internet
Livres reçus
Toward an Enabling Profession: Voices from the San Francisco Meeting of the AAA Commission on Disability
Caretakers in a Miniaturized World: Encounters Between Para-transit Drivers and a Disabled Anthropologist
Constructing Ethnicity: Myth of Return and Modes of Exclusion among Israelis in Toronto
Drawing upon data from ninety intensive interviews and from participatory observations of various social gatherings of Israelis living in Toronto, this study explores the role of the desire to return to the mother‐country in the production of a distinctive ethnic community. Although plans to return rarely materialize, they do contribute to both the individual’s psychological well‐being and the group’s need to defy assimilation. On a personal leve…
Meaning of a Disability: The Lived Experience of Paralysis by Albert B. Robillard
Rediscovering place: Experiences of a quadriplegic anthropologist
Cyberspace is an ‘archetypal place’(Lifchez) for disabled fieldworkers enhancing opportunities for fieldwork. This article uses a concept of place similar to that used in French‐speaking Louisiana. In this approach, ‘place’ overcomes barriers of accessibility through extended ‘weak’ networks and transnational diaspora. In cyberspace, ‘invisible’ communities are defined only by text and narrative. Yet the boundaries of cyberspace communities are c…
Disability Culture and the Internet
Sociology (5 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Art (2 works) · Diaspora (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · The Internet (2 works) · World Wide Web (2 works)