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Record Nr.

UNISA996308794403316

Titolo

Disability in Different Cultures : Reflections on Local Concepts / Brigitte Holzer, Arthur Vreede, Gabriele Weigt

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bielefeld, : transcript Verlag, 2015

ISBN

3-8394-0040-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (384)

Collana

Kultur und soziale Praxis

Disciplina

305.90816

Soggetti

Globalisierung; Body; Culture; Disability Studies; Interculturalism; Cultural Studies

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter    1  Contents    5  Introduction    9  Stigma or Sacredness. Notes on Dealing with Disability in an Andean Culture    27  Everyone Has Something to Give. Living with Disability in Juchitán, Oaxaca, Mexico    44  Defining the Role of Religion and Spirituality in the Lives of Persons with Disability in the Fatick Region, Senegal, and the Mono Region, Benin    58  Folklore Based Analysis for a Culture-Specific Concept of Inclusive Education    78  Blindness in South and East Asia: Using History to Inform Development    88  Some Cultural Representations of Disability in Jordan: Concepts and Beliefs    102  Bio-Medical versus Indigenous Approaches to Disability    114  The Use of Non-Western Approaches for Special Education in the Western World. A Cross-Cultural Approach    122  Meanings of Disability for Culturally Diverse and Immigrant Families of Children with Disabilities    135  Social Welfare or Socio-Political Entitlement: Disabled People Caught between the Poles of Their Tunisian Origin and Acculturative Pressures    146  The Problem of Special-Educational Advancement of Children from Migrant Families - Integrative Help in the Regular Schools to Prevent Multiple Processes of Social Separation    154  Local Knowledge and International Collaboration in Disability Programs    169  Possibilities for Working with Cultural Knowledge in the Rehabilitation of Mine Victims in Luena, Angola    178  Socio-Cultural Representation of Disability in Target Groups of Rehabilitation Work: Examples from Handicap International Projects    192  Incorporation of Knowledge of



Social and Cultural Factors in the Practice of Rehabilitation Projects    199  The Importance of Cultural Context in Training for CBR and Other Community Disability Services    208  Western(ised) Personnel from the Practice of Rehabilitation Projects versus Local Cultures    222  Differing Perceptions of the Principle of Parent Participation: Implications for Asian Families of Children with Disabilities    234  Formal Handling Routines. Child Rearing Practices in Jamaica and Their Relevance to Rehabilitation Work    242  Meeting Women's Needs. Women and Girls with Disabilities in the Practice of Rehabilitation Projects    251  "We don't need to be cured first in order to live": Self-Help in Oaxaca, Mexico (An Account of an Interviw with German Perez Cruz)    268  The Pan-African Movement of People with Disabilities    274  Self-Determined Living in Germany    277  General Issues in Research on Local Concepts and Beliefs about Disability    285  Developing Local Concepts of Disability: Cultural Theory and Research Prospects    297  Towards a Methodology for Dis-ability Research among Ethno-Cultural Minorities    303  Disability Research in Cultural Contexts: Beyond Methods and Techniques    314  Some Thoughts on Definitions and a Methodology of Cross-Cultural Research Pertaining to Disability    323  Issues of Disability Assessment in War Zones    332  The Participatory Rapid Appraisal Method of Research on Cultural Representations of Disability in Jordan    343  Using Historical Anthropology to Think Disability    352  Authors    381

Sommario/riassunto

How are disability and rehabilitation conceived of in different cultures? How can these concepts be made accessible?  Studies from the fields of sociology, ethnology and educational science address these questions, whilst contributors from rehabilitation projects in development cooperation and from self-help movements highlight culturally different perceptions of disability.      A distinctive feature of this reader is the dialogue it creates by bringing together scientific praxis and practical work.