Decolonial Theory and Disability Studies: On the Modernity/Coloniality of Ability

Decolonial Theory and Disability Studies: On the Modernity/Coloniality of Ability

This paper applies a decolonial approach to hegemonic psychological science by engaging marginalized knowledge perspectives of Disability Studies (DS) to reveal and disrupt oppressive knowledge formations associated with standard understandings of ability. In the first section of the paper, we draw...

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Main Authors: Thomas P. Dirth, Glenn A. Adams
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PsychOpen GOLD/ Leibniz Institute for Psychology 2019-04-01
Series:Journal of Social and Political Psychology
Subjects:
ability
coloniality
decolonial theory
denaturalization
disability
disability studies
global disability
neoliberalism
positive psychology
social model
Online Access:http://jspp.psychopen.eu/article/view/762

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