Introduction: For an Anthropology of Cognitive Disability
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Authors
McKearney, PT
Zoanni, Tyler
Publication Date
2018-03-01Journal Title
The Cambridge Journal of Anthropology
ISSN
0305-7674
Publisher
Berghahn Journals
Volume
36
Issue
1
Pages
1-22
Type
Article
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McKearney, P., & Zoanni, T. (2018). Introduction: For an Anthropology of Cognitive Disability. The Cambridge Journal of Anthropology, 36 (1), 1-22. https://doi.org/10.3167/cja.2018.360102
Abstract
How can we study significant cognitive differences within social groups anthropologically? Attempting to do so challenges some of the discipline’s most cherished methodological, analytical and ethical commitments, raising questions about how we understand difference, both between and within societies. Such challenges both explain the neglect of the topic up until now and suggest its scholarly potential. In this article, we move to lay the groundwork for an anthropology that takes seriously cognitive differences (such as autism, dementia and intellectual disability), as well as their potentially disabling consequences. We ask: what kind of cross-cultural reality does cognitive variation have, and how problematic are such differences for those who live with them? We spell out at greater length some of the difficulties involved in developing this conversation, attempt to address these issues, and delineate some of the important benefits that follow from doing so.
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External DOI: https://doi.org/10.3167/cja.2018.360102
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