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Embracing Multiple Facets of Disability Enquiry in ASEAN Societies: Learning from Critical Theory and Postmodernism
Chi Cheng, Wu; Herli Salim, and Jiraporn Chano
Keywords:
Critical theory, Disability, Postmodernism, Research methodology
Abstract:
This article aims to introduce three research methodologies (i.e., emancipatory research, disability race critical theory [DisCrit], and narrative research) to increase multiple facets of disability enquiry in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations societies. Drawing from the doctrines of critical theory and postmodernism, these methodologies focus on addressing political issues of knowledge and social mechanism. The first methodology, emancipatory research, sees researching as a political activism with an attempt of dismantling current oppressive knowledge and mechanism. Furthermore, DisCrit provides a useful framework to critically scrutinize the intersection of race and disability. Finally, postmodernism-grounded narrative research is introduced because it can provide authentic voices of disabled people and avoid the monopoly of voices by particular groups of people. Hopefully, enriching research facets of disability enquiry will lead to more comprehensive considerations on social situations of disabled people and further improve their social welfares.
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