Deaf Epistemologies as a Critique and Alternative to the Practice of Science

An Anthropological Perspective

Dados Bibliográficos

ID5767752
AutoresGoedele A M De Clerck, Goedele De Clerck (0000-0002-3412-9967, Ghent University, autor correspondente)
Ano2010
Volume154
Fascículo5
Páginas435-446
Data de publicação2010-03-28
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoAmerican annals of the deaf (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0002-726X • E-ISSN: 1543-0375
EditoraProject MUSE (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1353/aad.0.0121
PMID20415278
OpenAlexW2038809986
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas23
Referências citadas27

In the last decade, and responding to the criticism of orientalism, anthropology has engaged in a self-critical practice, working toward a postcolonial perspective on science and an epistemological stance of partial and situated knowledge (Pinxten, 2006; Pinxten & Note, 2005). In deaf studies, anthropological and sociological studies employing qualitative and ethnographic methods have introduced a paradigm shift. Concepts of deaf culture and deaf identity have been employed as political tools, contributing to the emancipation process of deaf people. However, recent anthropological studies in diverse local contexts indicate the cultural construction of these notions. From this viewpoint, deaf studies faces a challenge to reflect on the notions of culture, emancipation, and education from a nonexclusive, noncolonial perspective. Deaf studies research in a global context needs to deal with cultural and linguistic diversity in human beings and academia. This calls for epistemological reflection and new research methods

Emancipation · Human science · Orientalism · Hearing Impairment and Communication · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Swearing, Euphemism, Multilingualism