Illustrating the experiences of students with learning disabilities in higher education

Comics-based representation of fieldwork findings

Bibliographic Data

ID2257962
AuthorsV Chetan (0000-0002-5045-8007, Department of Liberal Arts Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad Hyderabad India), S V Chetan (Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, corresponding author)
Year2025
Volume56
Issue1
Publication date2025-03-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAnthropology & Education Quarterly (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0161-7761 • E-ISSN: 1548-1492
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/aeq.12524
OpenAlexW4401088871
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited21

Comics-based /arts-based research is increasingly employed in anthropology and other social science disciplines. As part of my ongoing doctoral research on the experiences of young adults with learning disabilities in India, I have engaged in researcher-produced drawings/comics to depict my fieldwork findings. In this paper, I present three single-panel comics that illustrate experiences of "the invisibility of learning disability," "ableism in classrooms," and "negotiating the disability identity." I then present three corresponding counter-comics with alternative visualizations to depict inclusive practices in higher education. Through these, I aim to demonstrate the utility of comics in research and their potential in disability advocacy and pedagogy

Ableism · Aesthetics · Art · Comics · Disability studies · Invisibility · Literature · Pedagogy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Visual arts · Digital Storytelling and Education · Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy · Gender Studies · Multimodal Machine Learning Applications

Tools

Open DOI