---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Mark & Molly Sherry <[email protected]> Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2015 01:22:52 +0000 Subject: New book: Disability and Qualitative Inquiry edited by Berger & Lorenz To: [email protected]
Congratulations toRonald Berger and Laura Lorenz on the publication of their edited collection,"Disability and Qualitative Inquiry: Methods for Rethinking an AbleistWorld." This groundbreaking textmakes an intervention on behalf of disability studies into the broad field ofqualitative inquiry. Ronald Berger and Laura Lorenz introduce readers to arange of issues involved in doing qualitative research on disabilities bybringing together a collection of scholarly work that supplements their owncontributions and covers a variety of qualitative methods: participantobservation, interviewing and interview coding, focus groups, autoethnography,life history, narrative analysis, content analysis, and participatory visualmethods. The chapters are framed in terms of the relevant methodological issues involvedin the research, bringing in substantive findings to illustrate the fruits ofthe methods. In doing so, the book covers a range of physical, sensory, andcognitive impairments. This work resonates with themes in disability studies such as emancipatoryresearch, which views research as a collaborative effort with research subjectswhose lives are enhanced by the process and results of the work. It is amethodological approach that requires researchers to be on guard againstexploiting informants for the purpose of professional aggrandizement and toengage in a process of ongoing self-reflection to clear themselves of personaland professional biases that may interfere with their ability to hear andempathize with others. Contents: Preface, Ronald J. Berger and Laura S. Lorenz;Disability and qualitative research, Ronald J. Berger and Laura S. Lorenz. Part1 Observational Methods: A bricolage of urban sidewalks: observing locations ofinequality, Valerie Leiter; Observations of a disability summer camp: themethod of phenomenological seeing, Ronald J. Berger; Ethnographies ofblindness: the method of sensory knowledge, Gili Hammer. Part 2 Interviews andFocus Groups: Staying true to their stories: interviews with parents ofchildren with disabilities, Sara E. Green; Negotiating deafness and identity:methodological implications of interviewing with hearing loss, Melissa JaneWelch; Talking about sex: focus group research with people with disabilities,Sarah Smith Rainey. Part 3 Autoethnography and Life History Methods:Institutional resistance to accessible architecture and design: a collaborativeautoethnography, Carla Corroto and Lucinda Kaukas Havenhand; ‘It’s not likeyou’re going to college anyway’: a performative autoethnography, Anjali J.Forber-Pratt; Recovery from spinal cord injury: a theorized life history,Ronald J. Berger. Part 4 Content Analysis and Visual Methods: Disability andhumor in film and television: a content analysis, Ronald J. Berger; Living withbrain injury: participatory visual methods and narrative analysis, Laura S.Lorenz; Sharing the results of visual methods research: participation, voice,and empowerment, Laura S. Lorenz and Maria Paiewonsky. References; Index. About the Editor: Ronald J. Berger is Professor Emeritus ofSociology at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. He has published more than50 journal articles and book chapters, as well as 16 books, includingIntroducing Disability Studies; Hoop Dreams on Wheels: Disability and theDedicated Wheelchair Athlete; Wheelchair Warrior: Gangs, Disability, andBasketball (with Melvin Juette); Disability, Augmentative Communication, andthe American Dream: A Qualitative Inquiry (with Jon Feucht and Jennifer Flad);and Storytelling Sociology: Narrative as Social Inquiry (with Richard Quinney).Berger has received his university’s highest awards for both teaching and research,as well as the Wisconsin Sociological Association’s William H. SewellOutstanding Scholarship Award. Laura S. Lorenz is a senior research associate and lecturer at the Institutefor Behavioral Health of the Schneider Institutes for Health Policy at BrandeisUniversity, USA. She is Program Director for the Supportive Living Inc WellnessCenter for Brain Injury Rehabilitation and Research in Lexington, MA workingwith inter-disciplinary colleagues to implement a program of research tosupport the social, cognitive, and physical rehabilitation of individualsliving with chronic brain injury. Before coming to Brandeis, Dr. Lorenz workedfor more than 20 years in international development as a writer, editor, andeducator, focused on identifying and disseminating research, managementimprovement, and program results for global audiences, for agencies such asUNICEF, World Food Program, and the US Agency for International Development.Her assignments often involved encouraging partnerships, project replication,and behavior change. She has published in peer review journals in the fields ofsociology, health, and visual studies. Reviews: ‘This edited volume is a must read for anyoneinterested in the study of disability. It offers a variety of qualitative methodologiesand methods, written in accessible language to a variety of disciplinaryaudiences, rendering it ideal for both undergraduate and graduate levelprograms. Readers will learn about interpretative ways to understand disabilityand the importance of exposing taken-for-granted disableist norms that informour social practices, thus making visible the experience of social injustice aswe re-think our relationships with each other.’ Christina Papadimitriou, Northern Illinois University, USA ‘This is an important book. It offers readers rich insights into the process ofdoing qualitative research. It opens up new research opportunities to work withdisabled people and transfer knowledge in highly accessible ways. In so doing,how students, academics, and practitioners might do qualitative inquiry,understand disability, and challenge oppressive practices is expanded.’ BrettSmith, Loughborough University, UK ‘What a gem! This book by Berger and Lorenz not only engages deeply withdisability scholarship, but it’s also full of rigorous methodological insight.This book is crucial for anyone interested in researching topics in disability,but also for anyone wanting a greater understanding of a variety of qualitativeresearch methods.’ Laura Mauldin, University of Connecticut, USA This book is the newestbook in the Ashgate Interdisciplinary Disability Studies Series. For more about theseries, see http://www.ashgate.com/default.aspx?page=5097&series_id=621&calcTitle=1 ________________End of message________________ This Disability-Research Discussion list is managed by the Centre for Disability Studies at the University of Leeds (www.leeds.ac.uk/disability-studies). 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