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‘Emancipatory disability research’: project or process?
Author(s) -
Barnes Colin
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
journal of research in special educational needs
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.543
H-Index - 27
ISSN - 1471-3802
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-3802.2002.00157.x
Subject(s) - process (computing) , disability studies , sociology , inclusion (mineral) , disabled people , pedagogy , engineering ethics , psychology , public relations , social science , political science , gender studies , applied psychology , engineering , computer science , life style , operating system
The early 199Os witnessed the emergence of a radical new approach to researching disablement known as ‘emancipatory disability research’. This paper provides a broad‐based overview of the core principles and implications of this methodology. Drawing on research initiated and conducted by organisations controlled and run by disabled people it suggests how the emancipatory research paradigm has begun to transform the material and social relations of research production. The paper concludes by suggesting that emancipatory disability should be perceived as a process rather than a project.