Naming Children: the power-laden process of representing other’s identity(ies)
Location
1054
Format Type
Paper
Start Date
January 2015
End Date
January 2015
Abstract
Drawing from an ethnographic study of the everyday practices of children with disability labels and a participatory action research project with Latino/a high school students and their teacher, we describe the process of inviting children to participate in selecting a pseudonym and generating descriptions of their identity(ies). We highlight how a relational ethic might be generated within this process and call for reflexivity when representing others' identity(ies) and ways of being.
Naming Children: the power-laden process of representing other’s identity(ies)
1054
Drawing from an ethnographic study of the everyday practices of children with disability labels and a participatory action research project with Latino/a high school students and their teacher, we describe the process of inviting children to participate in selecting a pseudonym and generating descriptions of their identity(ies). We highlight how a relational ethic might be generated within this process and call for reflexivity when representing others' identity(ies) and ways of being.
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