|
|
Negotiation of the power(lessness) between blind and partially sighted people and sighted people
Džurdženiková, Lucie ; Zandlová, Markéta (advisor) ; Ezzeddine, Petra (referee)
This anthropological research is about people with visual impairment, focusing primarily through the perspective of power and empowerment (Bourdieu, 1986; Foucault, 2000; Chamberlin, 1997), stigmatization (Goffmann, 2003) and standard on ways in which individuals with visual impairment negotiate and redefine their position in different areas of life. Impairment is by the majority perceived as a disease, which is not easy to define. It is a kind of spectrum (Holčík, Koupilová, 2004) and this thesis is based on the premise that the concepts of health, illness and impairment (and disability) are all cultural products that are partly determined by structures and shaped by both economic, social and political factors as well as historical development of the company (Craddock, 2000). For the purposes of this work, there are differentiated areas of family, partnership, interests, work and education. The research sees language as a part of the symbolic power (Bourdieu, 1991) and methods of empowerment (Chamberlin, 1997) of individuals with visual impairment. Mainly with the help of the concept of biopower (Foucault, 2000) and symbolic order and violence (Bourdieu, 2000), it shows the strategies of negotiating the power hierarchy in society. It turns out that a main role in negotiating between a visually...
|
guest ::
