on 23/3/01 10:45 am, M.G.Peckitt at [log in to unmask] wrote:
> Morning all
> I have a question which I have been thinking about since I
> first heard of the social model, forgive its philosophical
> bent. The question is simple. Whilst I appreciate the
> desire or need for or reseach to fall under the umbrella of
> the social model or some variation, does that mean that a
> piece of research that does not meet this criteria is
> necessairly wrong and bad and most be rejected by the
> disability community? Whilst I agree that many negative,
> possibly dangerous ideas can appear from research tat does
> not have the SM in mind, I believe that equally negative
> can come from research with the SM in mind.
>
Since this is a philosophical question, might it not be helpful to consider
the answer in terms of whether theory should lead research practice, whether
research practice should lead theory or perhaps whether they should be
mutually informative? My guess is that what would be important to 'the
disability community' is not whether research fits or follows 'the social
model' but whether research practice is ethical and whether the outcomes of
research are emancipatory and for whom. Sometimes these emancipatory
outcomes are not clear or immediately transparent and research can be
dismissed as bad or wrong solely on those grounds. "Bad' and 'wrong' are
value judgements that are prone to subjective interpretation as well as
collective norms.
Best wishes
Mairian
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