Black Disabled Women's Lived Experiences in Britain

英国黑人残疾妇女的生活经历

• 批准号: 2727782
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Warwick
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2022 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2727782
• 关键词: Black; Disabled; Women; Lived; Experiences

Black women's erasure from our grasp of social inequalities is a long-standing problem. As the late bell hooks (1984:92) argued, racist, sexist and classist social structures deny Black women access to "the existing ranks of the powerful", whose narratives about themselves prevail throughout our understandings of society. Within disability studies, these dynamics are also at play. Since the dominant constructions of 'disability' and 'disabled' are raceless, classless and genderless, this renders invisible a range of experiences- particularly those of Black women (Meekosha, 2011; Bell, 2006; Bailey and Mobley, 2019; Garland-Thompson, 2002). This is despite the fact that Black women face "some of the highest rates of disability in England and Wales" (Carers UK, 2011). With respect to these unexplored accounts of disability, this project aims to consider how Black disabled women view themselves, the social world, and their efforts to mobilise for justice. By addressing the overarching research question of 'How do Black disabled women negotiate hegemonic definitions of disability?', it will attempt to identify whose stories are centred within conversations about disability and at whose expense. In turn, it will seek to examine how white and male dominance excludes Black disabled women's experiences of both dehumanisation and resistance against this in our daily lives. The importance of these reflections only increases when noting how ideas about curing supposedly abnormal humans have historically involved overlaps between raced, classed, gendered, and disabled discourses (Clare, 2014; Sandahl, 2003; Dubach, 2010; Böetsch and Blanchard, 2014). As such, this study will call for homing in on these co-existing power relations and their effects on Black disabled women's realities. To this end, qualitative semi-structured interviews will enable the recovery of Black disabled women's intersectional truths. While this research method requires the researcher to compile a list of possible questions to ask each participant, it also allows the researcher to stray away from the plan, making more information available through follow-up queries. Given that these tend to be shaped by a participant's previous responses, the power balance this establishes between both parties means Black disabled women will guide these dialogues about themselves. As a result, the method's conversational tone will preserve the authenticity of such stories. At the same time, it coincides with the Black feminist appreciation for Black women as knowers of our own realities (Hill Collins, 2000). That is to say, the practices that have led to our historical erasure from knowledge will be challenged through this approach, ensuring that the voices of Black disabled women are amplified and centred within this research. In doing so, this project and its findings will add to ongoing discussions about raced, classed, gendered, and disabled experiences in Britain.

黑人妇女从我们对社会不平等的理解中消失是一个长期存在的问题。正如已故的贝尔·胡克（1984：92）所指出的那样，种族主义、性别歧视和阶级社会结构剥夺了黑人妇女进入“现有权势阶层”的机会，这些阶层对自己的叙述贯穿于我们对社会的理解。在残疾研究中，这些动态也在发挥作用。由于“残疾”和“残疾人”的主要结构是不分种族、不分阶级和不分性别的，这使得一系列经历-特别是黑人妇女的经历-变得不可见（Meekosha，2011年; Bell，2006年; Bailey和Mobley，2019年; Garland-Thompson，2002年）。尽管黑人妇女“在英格兰和威尔士残疾率最高”（Carers UK，2011年）。关于这些未被探索的残疾帐户，该项目旨在考虑黑人残疾妇女如何看待自己，社会世界，以及她们为正义而动员的努力。通过解决“黑人残疾妇女如何谈判残疾的霸权定义？“，它将试图确定谁的故事集中在关于残疾的对话中，以及谁的代价。反过来，它将寻求研究如何白色和男性的主导地位排除黑人残疾妇女的非人化和抵制这在我们的日常生活中的经验。当我们注意到治疗所谓的异常人类的想法在历史上是如何涉及种族、阶级、性别和残疾话语之间的重叠时，这些思考的重要性只会增加（克莱尔，2014; Sandahl，2003; Dubach，2010; Böetsch和Blanchard，2014）。因此，本研究将呼吁对这些共存的权力关系及其对黑人残疾妇女现实的影响进行研究。为此，定性半结构化访谈将使黑人残疾妇女的交叉真理的恢复。虽然这种研究方法要求研究人员编制一份可能的问题清单，以询问每个参与者，但它也允许研究人员偏离计划，通过后续查询获得更多信息。鉴于这些往往是由参与者以前的反应，权力平衡，这两个政党之间建立意味着黑人残疾妇女将引导这些对话对自己。因此，该方法的对话语气将保持这些故事的真实性。与此同时，它与黑人女权主义者对黑人妇女作为我们自己现实的了解者的赞赏相吻合（希尔柯林斯，2000年）。也就是说，将通过这种方法挑战导致我们从知识中被历史抹去的做法，确保黑人残疾妇女的声音在这项研究中得到放大和集中。在这样做的过程中，这个项目及其研究结果将增加正在进行的关于英国种族，阶级，性别和残疾经验的讨论。