Hisayo Katsui, Maija Koivisto, Pauli Rautiainen, Niina Meriläinen, Suvi-Maaria Tepora-Niemi, Merja Tarvainen, Päivi Raino, Heikki Hiilamo

Deaf People, Injustice and Reconciliation (eBook, ePUB)

Signed Memories

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book focuses on injustices that have taken place to deaf people and the sign language community in Finland from 1900.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. November 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040226308
• Artikelnr.: 72275145

Autorenporträt

Hisayo Katsui (PhD) is Professor in Disability Studies at the University of Helsinki, Finland.

Suvi-Maaria Tepora-Niemi (PhD) is a researcher at Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare.

Maija Koivisto is a doctoral researcher at the University of Helsinki, Finland.

Niina Meriläinen (PhD and docent in political science) is a researcher at Tampere University, Finland.

Pauli Rautiainen (PhD) is Senior Lecturer in Social Law at the Center of Law and Welfare in the University of Eastern Finland.

Päivi Rainò (PhD) is Senior Researcher at Humak University of Applied Sciences.

Merja Tarvainen (PhD) is Senior Lecturer in Social Work at the University of Eastern Finland.

Heikki Hiilamo (PhD) works as a research professor at Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare and as a professor of social policy at University of Helsinki.

Inhaltsangabe

Part One - Presentation of the Research. 1.Introduction. 2.Research
methodology. 3.Deaf people and the sign language community. Part Two -
Experiences of Injustice. 4.Eugenics and oralism as discrimination against
deaf people. 5.Perspectives on cochlear implants - the continuation of
eugenics and oralism or an essential assistive device? 6.Structural
injustices in society. 7.Manifested legacy of the historical injustices in
the 2020s. Part Three - The Truth and Reconciliation Process. 8.How should
we deal with historical injustices? 9.The struggles encountered when
initiating a truth and reconciliation process. Part Four - Conclusion.
10.Conclusions and recommendations.