Challenges and opportunities of centring the African voice in disability research.

IF 1.3 Q4 HEALTH CARE SCIENCES & SERVICES

African Journal of Disability Pub Date : 2022-10-31 eCollection Date: 2022-01-01 DOI:10.4102/ajod.v11i0.1089

Lieketseng Y Ned, Kudakwashe Dube, Leslie Swartz

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Abstract

In 2020, the African Network of Evidence to Action on Disability (also known as AFRINEAD) hosted its 10th conference in Cape Town. This paper synthesises inputs by the three authors as plenary addresses, particularly focusing on the challenges and opportunities of centring African voices in disability research. Our concern in this article is to engage with the question of exclusion as an issue not just in the everyday lives of people with disabilities but also in the world of ideas - the ideational space. We suggest that a reimagined disability study depends on the centring of African experiences, voices and knowledges. This is especially so as there are African concepts that are not rigorously pursued in research. African Renaissance thinking makes allowance not only for critically reflecting on the historical and contemporary constructs of disability but also for fashioning a higher civilisation in which people with disabilities can exist within society as worthy and valued human beings.

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在残疾研究中集中非洲声音的挑战和机遇。

2020年，非洲残疾问题证据行动网络(也称为AFRINEAD)在开普敦举办了第十次会议。本文综合了三位作者作为全体会议发言的投入，特别关注将非洲声音集中在残疾研究中的挑战和机遇。我们在这篇文章中关注的是，排斥问题不仅是残疾人日常生活中的一个问题，也是思想世界——思想空间中的一个问题。我们建议，重新设想的残疾研究取决于非洲经验、声音和知识的中心。特别是在研究中没有严格追求非洲概念的情况下。非洲文艺复兴时期的思想不仅允许对残疾的历史和当代结构进行批判性反思，而且还允许形成一种更高的文明，在这种文明中，残疾人可以作为有价值和有价值的人存在于社会中。

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African Journal of Disability HEALTH CARE SCIENCES & SERVICES-

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2.10

自引率

5.90%

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审稿时长

20 weeks

期刊介绍： The African Journal of Disability, the official journal of CRS, AfriNEAD and CEDRES, introduce and discuss issues and experiences relating to and supporting the act of better understanding the interfaces between disability, poverty and practices of exclusion and marginalisation. Its articles yield new insight into established human development practices, evaluate new educational techniques and disability research, examine current cultural and social discrimination, and bring serious critical analysis to bear on problems shared across the African continent. Emphasis is on all aspects of disability particularity in the developing African context. This includes, amongst others: -disability studies as an emerging field of public health enquiry -rehabilitation, including vocational and community-based rehabilitation -community development and medical issues related to disability and poverty -disability-related stigma and discrimination -inclusive education -legal, policy, human rights and advocacy issues related to disability -the role of arts and media in relation to disability -disability as part of global Sustainable Development Goals transformation agendas -disability and postcolonial issues -globalisation and cultural change in relation to disability -environmental and climate-related issues linked to disability -disability, diversity and intersections of identity -disability and the promotion of human development.