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The Geographies of Disability: Reflections on the Development of a Sub‐Discipline
Author(s) -
Imrie Rob,
Edwards Claire
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
geography compass
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.587
H-Index - 65
ISSN - 1749-8198
DOI - 10.1111/j.1749-8198.2007.00032.x
Subject(s) - scholarship , subject (documents) , antipathy , disability studies , sociology , discipline , space (punctuation) , social science , epistemology , political science , gender studies , politics , linguistics , philosophy , library science , computer science , law
Geographers’ interest in the subject of disability has traditionally been confined to particular parts of the discipline, and usually been of marginal interest to most academics. This has mirrored a broader antipathy to the study of disability in the social sciences although, in recent years, geographical scholarship about space, place and disability has proliferated. In this review article, we outline and assess the significance of this trend, and we comment on the importance of theoretical and methodological developments in the sub‐discipline. In doing so, we anticipate the ways in which studies of geography and disability are likely to evolve.