Facilitating the voice of disabled women
The biographic narrative interpretive method (BNIM) in action
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13041706 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Christine Peta (0000-0002-6103-3987, Stellenbosch University, corresponding author), Tom Wengraf (Middlesex University), Judith Mckenzie (0000-0002-2575-7718, University of Cape Town) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 3-4 |
| Pages | 515-527 |
| Publication date | 2018-03-29 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Contemporary Social Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2158-2041 • E-ISSN: 2158-205X |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/21582041.2018.1450520 |
| OpenAlex | W2795323325 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 20 |
This paper demonstrates that bringing the Biographic Narrative Interpretive Method (BNIM) to disability studies, under a qualitative narrative approach, promises to further develop the field. The article shows the effectiveness of the interviewing techniques of the method in facilitating the voice of marginalised minority groups and in particular disabled women. The approach supports inclusive research which goes beyond the practice of classifying and pathologising bodies with impairments, as is common in mainstream medical research which seeks to cure, modify and normalise people who are situated as docile and ‘abnormal’ human beings. Comments that were proffered by disabled women themselves indicate that the interviewing techniques of the BNIM create a platform for those who are located at the margins of society to play an active part in the co-construction of knowledge in academic circles, in a scenario which answers the question posed by Spivak (1988). Can the subaltern speak? Marxism and the interpretation of culture. New York, NY: Columbia University Press)
Action (physics · Disability studies · Epistemology · Interpretation (philosophy · Interview · Linguistics · Mainstream · Narrative · Narrative inquiry · Political science · Politics · Qualitative research · Situated · Social science · Sociology · Subaltern · Anthropology · Disability Rights and Representation · Gender Studies · Law · Participatory Visual Research Methods · Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics
Whose "Voice" is it Anyway?
Biographical Research
Life History Research
Qualitative Research Interviewing
On the Road to Damascus
A Biographic Researcher in Pursuit of an Aesthetic
We are Not Asexual Beings
Voices from the periphery
Contesting Practices, Challenging Codes
From Critical Research Practice to Critical Research Reporting
Qualitative inquiry and research design
Power and positionality
Disability is not asexuality
Doing sensitive research
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2025 (4) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |