I don't like to use the term stakeholder because is
not too general and is not descriptive of enough...I
prefer the more descriptive, but less elegant term,
"people living with a disability."
Bertie Mo, Ph.D., MPH
--- kenji kuno <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Thank you Patsy for suggesting me a term
> "stakeholder".
>
> But I think "stakeholder" includes all interest
> parties. I.e.,
> in the field of disability, disabled people, medical
> professionals, family members of disabled people,
> etc., and
> may not particularly refer disabled people.
> (For instance, "stakeholder analysis" means to
> analyze ALL the
> party involved in a project/programme.)
>
> In fact, perhaps a right translation of "toujisya"
> in general
> usage may be a "stakeholder", as Patsy suggested.
> And
> linguistically, "toujisya" means party involved or
> stakeholder. But in Japanese disability studies, it
> is usually
> used to refer disabled people only, and not include
> other
> stakeholders (interest parties/party involved).
> I.e., when you
> use "toujisya", it automatically means disabled
> people without
> explanation, and do not include other stakeholders.
>
> So that I wanted to find the term which may fit well
> to this
> particular usage.
>
> Or, it may be easier to think a few-words
> explanation on the
> philosophy of "nothing about us without us
> (prioritize being
> disabled people as prerequisite/primal factor to be
> an
> agency/main actor on disability)", rather than think
> about
> translation of the word "toujisya".
>
> Thank you for your help.
>
> Kenji
>
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> Hi Kenji
>
> A common term used mostly by agencies and government
> organisations in New
> Zealand is "stakeholders" which means anyone who has
> an
> interested in the
> issue or policy. I don't necessarily like it as its
> very
> "commercial" based
> term.
>
> Bye Patsy
>
>
>
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