>Hi Hazel
I think so. Marked and unmarked categories. West is unmarked, east
(Other) is marked. White is unmarked, coloured (!) is marked. Man is
unmarked, woman is marked. Western binary systems of classification,
the old taxonomy stuff.
Axes of social difference locate the unmarked as socially favoured
and the marked as socially unfavoured. What I think is impt. here for
disability studies as an academic discipline is that the theoretical
frameworks used to try and not only explain social difference but
endeavour to do something about it, take this western binary system
into account, or at least try and explain why they don't.
Carol
>Hi there,
>
>I may be completely barking up the wrong tree and I'm sure I'm about
>to use all the wrong terminology but bear with me.. This idea
>seems to be a kind of parallel with the binary position of a
>"western world" versus "majority world" context where we hear it
>said that "we don't want to create dependency" in the "majority
>world", while ignoring the fact that people in the "West" are
>completely dependent on the "majority world" to provide most of our
>food and manufactured goods, while working for a low wage and in
>infair conditions etc. I guess the theory that you're talking about
>would then say that the dependency of the "west" would be seen as
>normative, as the favoured binary position, and therefore the
>perspective from which the "rules" are made?
>
>Does that even make sense in English? Dunno, it was just an idea I had.
>
>Hazel
>
>
>
>On 27 Aug 2006, at 18:22, Carol Hamilton wrote:
>
>>>Hi there
>>
>>I'd also be interested in any research in this area.
>>
>>I'm trying to explore Van Houten et al's idea at the moment: - of
>>the (normative) 'ideal citizen who does not require support' as the
>>more favoured binary position in an abled/disabled series of binary
>>comparatives. Seems to me that this idea citizen image ensures
>>that the nature and form of support those on the abled side of the
>>binary comparative need to appear to make it on their own don't
>>feature as being outside the ordinary on the social landscape.
>>
>>What factors make requests for assistance normative, ie able to be
>>requested without embarrassment or shame? What degree of
>>conformation to Van Houten's 'ideal citizen' image does an
>>individual need to display for assistance to become an expected,
>>and given, aspect of their life?
>>
>>cheers Carol
>>
>>>Hi there, I didn't see if you had any replies to this, sounds
>>>interesting. I remember a friend with physical disabilities in
>>>the UK saying one time that she was so used to being patronised
>>>that sometimes she wondered that at other times when she
>>>experienced people as being "harsh" they might not have been being
>>>so at all, they just weren't patronising her! I don't know of any
>>>research on it though, be interesting to hear if you have come up
>>>with anything.
>>>
>>>Hazel
>>>
>>>
>>>On 18 Aug 2006, at 07:29, Curry, Paul wrote:
>>>
>>>>Hi,
>>>>
>>>>I'm doing some work on our Disability Equality Scheme (required
>>>>in the UK for public bodies under the Disability Discrimination
>>>>Act 2005). The Disability Rights Commission guidance suggests
>>>>that a suitable outcome of action we take to address disability
>>>>inequality in our services, where it exists, is that disabled
>>>>people report the same level of satisfaction with the service as
>>>>non disabled people.
>>>>
>>>>I remember conversations, when I was studying, about disabled
>>>>people being, almost, conditioned to be grateful for the help
>>>>that we get whatever that help is. Is there the chance that
>>>>acting to achieve satisfaction levels that are the same may not
>>>>actually show that the inequality has been fully addressed? Has
>>>>any work been done to asses if there are differences in levels of
>>>>satisfaction between disabled people and non disabled people when
>>>>the same actual level of customer service has been achieved? As
>>>>the Scheme will look at differences between disability types has
>>>>any work been done around that, for example do physically
>>>>disabled people tend to be less grateful than a person with a
>>>>learning disability for the same services, and if so why?
>>>>
>>>>thanks
>>>>
>>>>Paul Curry
>>>>Disability Policy and Access Officer
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