The experience of disability activism through the development of the disability movement: how do disabled activists find their way in politics?
This paper reflects critically upon part of the findings of research about key activists’ experience of disability politics in Cyprus from 1966 to 2004. Disabled activists’ experience of politics is conceptualized through a critical analysis of the different stages they went through while struggling...
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Stockholm University Press
2009-04-01
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| description | This paper reflects critically upon part of the findings of research about key activists’ experience of disability politics in Cyprus from 1966 to 2004. Disabled activists’ experience of politics is conceptualized through a critical analysis of the different stages they went through while struggling to develop the disability movement in the given social, cultural, political and historical context. Having located this research in the theoretical sphere of feminism and postmodernism I have developed a model to illustrate the strength of feminism and postmodernism in understanding disability, the contribution of feminism in explaining disability politics and the limitations of postmodernism in guiding powerful disability politics. Finally, I use this model to reflect critically on the need for theory to guide disability activism. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-67490d83c5e34435bce8f281e6291ea92023-09-02T08:43:14ZengStockholm University PressScandinavian Journal of Disability Research1501-74191745-30112009-04-01111173410.1080/15017410802461905253The experience of disability activism through the development of the disability movement: how do disabled activists find their way in politics?Simoni Symeonidou0Department of Education, University of Cyprus, CyprusThis paper reflects critically upon part of the findings of research about key activists’ experience of disability politics in Cyprus from 1966 to 2004. Disabled activists’ experience of politics is conceptualized through a critical analysis of the different stages they went through while struggling to develop the disability movement in the given social, cultural, political and historical context. Having located this research in the theoretical sphere of feminism and postmodernism I have developed a model to illustrate the strength of feminism and postmodernism in understanding disability, the contribution of feminism in explaining disability politics and the limitations of postmodernism in guiding powerful disability politics. Finally, I use this model to reflect critically on the need for theory to guide disability activism.https://www.sjdr.se/articles/324disability movementexperiencefeminismpostmodernismCyprus |
| spellingShingle | Simoni Symeonidou The experience of disability activism through the development of the disability movement: how do disabled activists find their way in politics? Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research disability movement experience feminism postmodernism Cyprus |
| title | The experience of disability activism through the development of the disability movement: how do disabled activists find their way in politics? |
| title_full | The experience of disability activism through the development of the disability movement: how do disabled activists find their way in politics? |
| title_fullStr | The experience of disability activism through the development of the disability movement: how do disabled activists find their way in politics? |
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| title_short | The experience of disability activism through the development of the disability movement: how do disabled activists find their way in politics? |
| title_sort | experience of disability activism through the development of the disability movement how do disabled activists find their way in politics |
| topic | disability movement experience feminism postmodernism Cyprus |
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