Human Rights, Disability, and Higher Education
- Author:
- van Zyl, Mikki
- Subject:
- Social Sciences
- Institution Name:
- University of Capetown
- Collection:
- University of Capetown
- Grade Level:
- Post-secondary
- Abstract:
Over the past three decades, the discipline of Disability Studies has emerged as an independent field within the social science research and theoretical arena. Questions surrounding the nature and origin of oppressive societal responses to impairment - ranging from service installations to bureaucratic policies, linguistic conventions to exclusionary practices - are the primary concern of the field. Disability Studies attempts to examine and debunk the 'disabled' identity as one ascribed to individuals arbitrarily, yet selectively, designated as disabled. Broadly, key theoretical positions within the field assert that the negatively valued and ascribed group identity of being disabled is one which serves, through the operation of complex ideological machinery, to justify and obscure the systematic exclusion of persons, so designated, from equitable participation in the production of culture. This study looks at dynamics of human rights and disability within higher education institutions from this perspective.
- Languages:
- English
- Material Type:
- Readings
- Media Format:
- Text/HTML
- Conditions of Use:
- Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.5
- Copyright Holder:
- University of Cape Town
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