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 ; 5.

Deaf education series ; 5

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Deaf people.

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

Identity (Psychology).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (283 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington : 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:

Cover

Title page

Copyright page

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

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

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

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

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

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

6. Deaf Identity Revisited: 21st-Century Pathways of Nomadic Deaf Citizenship

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

8. Nurturing Deaf Flourishing Sustainably in Times of Diversity

References

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781563686719

1563686716

OCLC:

965828505