Deaf epistemologies, identity, and learning : a comparative perspective / Goedele A.M. De Clerck.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

De Clerck, Goedele, author.

Series:

Deaf education series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Deaf people--Education--Cross-cultural studies.

Deaf people.

Deaf people--Services for--Cross-cultural studies.

Identity (Psychology).

Deaf people--Education.

Deaf people--Services for.

Genre:

Cross-cultural studies.

Physical Description:

v, 276 pages ; 27 cm.

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : Gallaudet University Press, 2016.

Summary:

"Goedele A.M. De Clerck presents cross-cultural comparative research that examines and documents where deaf flourishing occurs and how it can be advanced. She spotlights collective and dynamic resources of knowledge and learning; the coexistence of lived differences; social, linguistic, cultural, and psychological capital; and human potential and creativity. Deaf Epistemologies, Identity, and Learning argues for an inclusive approach to the intrinsic human diversity in society, education, and scholarship, and shows how emotions of hope, frustration, and humiliation contribute to the construction of identity and community. De Clerck also considers global to local dynamics in deaf identity, deaf culture, deaf education, and deaf empowerment. She presents empirical research through case studies of the emancipation processes for deaf people in Flanders (a region of Belgium), the United States (specifically, at Gallaudet University in Washington, DC), and the West African nation of Cameroon. These three settings illuminate different phases of emancipation in different contexts, and the research findings are integrated into a broader literature review and subjected to theoretical reflection. De Clerck's anthropology of deaf flourishing draws from her critical application of the empowerment paradigm in settings of daily life, research, leadership, and community work, as she explores identity and well-being through an interdisciplinary lens. This work is centered around practices of signed storytelling and posits learning as the primary access and pathway to culture, identity, values, and change. Change driven by the learning process is considered an awakening--and through this awakening, the deaf community can gain hope, empowerment, and full citizenship. In this way, deaf people are allowed to shape their histories, and the result is the elevation of all aspects of deaf lives around the world"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1 Deaf Flourishing: A Framework for Developing Deaf People's Identity and Empowerment 9

2 Contributing to an Era of Epistemological Equity: A Critique and an Alternative to the Practice of Science 34

3 Deaf Ways of Education Leading to Empowerment: An Exploratory Case Study 56

4 Translated Deaf People Moving toward Emancipation: A Case Study of International Deaf People at Gallaudet University 77

5 The Challenge of "Serious" Scholarship: A Case Study of the Cameroonian Deaf Community 104

6 Deaf Identity Revisited: 21st-century Pathways of Nomadic Deaf Citizenship 126

7 Reflections of a Deaf Scholar: Toward an Anthropology of Deaf Flourishing 173

8 Nurturing Deaf Flourishing Sustainably in Times of Diversity 215.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781563686702

1563686708

OCLC:

949987184