Indigenous Disability Studies

Herausgeber: T. Ward, John

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book provides a comprehensive approach to the perspectives, lived experiences, and socio-cultural beliefs of Indigenous scholars regarding disabilities through a distinctions-based approach.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 334
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. August 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 173mm x 245mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 634g
• ISBN-13: 9781032643694
• ISBN-10: 1032643692
• Artikelnr.: 70150886

Autorenporträt

John T. Ward is a Métis and Non-Status Indian from the Algonquin territory of Kitchisibi. His specialization is Indigenous wholistic knowledge, ethics, disabilities, learning disabilities, and dyslexia among Indigenous people in Canada. He also works as a special advisor in disability and Indigenous knowledge in the Government of Canada.

Inhaltsangabe

0.Introduction. Part I - The power, wisdom, knowledge, and lived
experiences of Elders. 1.The colonial education system - Teaching
Indigenous children with learning differences. 2.St. Anne's Indian
Residential School - How labelling contributed to disabilities.
3.Interpreting Disabilities from a Mohawk Perspective: Elder Guidance when
navigating the dreamworld. 4.Disability Interpretation from colonial
insight to Indigenous spirituality: A Ihanktonwan Dakota and Chickasaw
realization. 5.An Eskimo's lived experience of disabilities - Elder,
advocate, leader, and dialogue builder. 6.Perspectives of disability in the
Yukpa Peoples of Venezuela and Colombia from an Indigenous psychological
perspective. Part II - Reframing the narrative - Navigating self-
representation. 7.To see or not to see: Am I blind or is that just another
colonial label. 8.Reframing the narrative - navigating self-representation:
Indigenous Deaf people. 9.Neurodiversity from an Indigenous perspective:
Honouring the Seven Grandfather Teachings. 10.Navigating my Indigeneity
through colonialism and how disabilities impacted my knowledge systems: A
Muiscas and Teusacá experience. 11.Navigating Disabilities from a Mauritius
Perspective. 12.Reframing the narratives of Indigenous person with
disabilities and creating inclusive spaces through advocacy. 13.Old meets
new - Moving forward with the colonial mindset of disability - A Kabyle
perspective. Part III - Learning from within - Including traditional
knowledge. 14.The importance of Indigenous sign languages on the cultural
empowerment of Deaf Indigenous people. 15.Learning from traditional
knowledge: Basotho Indigenous epistemology of disability. 16.Half Man of
Spring Bayou: Understanding and living with mild Cerebral Palsy through
traditional Indigenous knowledge. 17.The strength, wisdom, and resilience
of traditional knowledge as a cultural approach to modern day living in
Northern Canada an Inuk perspective. 18.From linguistic disability to
linguistic diversity case studies of Taiwanese Indigenous peoples. 19.Mushi
and Muhavu beliefs, understandings, teachings, and traditional knowledge of
disabilities. 20.Language structure or a language-based disability
(dyslexia) - how natural learning contributed to being disabled. Part IV -
Challenging colonial authority - Infusing regional ideals and concepts.
21.Disability support for Indigenous people: The Sweetgrass Method.
22.Indigenous Peoples with Disabilities in Taiwan: The Experiences of
Paiwan People. 23.Difference wisdom: Reimagining disability dialogue.
24.The birth and care of Määt Jääy in a context of structural violence,
"disability" in a Mixe town in Oaxaca. 25.We belong to you, but you don't
represent us a Javanese (Indonesian) experience of disabilities.
26.Understanding Indigenous disabilities: A cultural perspective of
Indigenous Pashtun community. 27.Intersectionalities of Indigenous
Disabilities: Breaking down colonial barriers. Part V - Interpretations,
narratives, and lived experiences of grassroots teachers and social service
providers. 28.Disabilities in Uganda: Understanding community challenges
and barriers. 29.Disabilities in Malawi: A cultural and social perspective
as influenced by colonialism. 30.Society's manner towards disabilities: A
perspective from India. 31.Taking Care of Disability People in Kenya.
32.Conditions of disabilities in Uganda. 33.Weaving a Human-Centric
tapestry: A Rwandan perspective. x.Conclusion