Disability in different cultures reflections on local concepts ; [presented and discussed at the Symposium "Local Concepts and Beliefs of Disability in Different Cultures" (21st to 24th May 1998)

How are disability and rehabilitation conceived of in different cultures? How can these concepts be made accessible? Studies from the fields of sociology, ethnology and educational science address these questions, whilst contributors from rehabilitation projects in development cooperation and from self-help movements highlight culturally different perceptions of disability. A distinctive feature of this reader is the dialogue it creates by bringing together scientific praxis and practical work. Globalisierung,Body,Culture,Disability Studies,Interculturalism,Cultural Studies Stigma Or Sacredness : Notes On Dealing With Disability In A An Andean Culture / Ina Rösing -- Everyone Has Something To Give : Living With Disability In Juchitán, Oaxaca, Mexico / Brigitte Holzer -- Defining The Role Of Religion And Spirituality In The Lives Of Persons With Disability In The Fatick Region, Senegal, And The Mono Region, Benin / Erick V. A. Gbodossou -- Folklore Based Analysis For A Culture-specific Concept Of Inclusive Education / Joseph Kisanji -- Blindness In The South And East Asia : Using History To Information Development / M. Miles -- Some Cultural Representations Of Disability In Jordan : Concepts And Beliefs / Majid Turmusani -- Bio-medical Versus Indigenous Approaches To Disability / Sophie Kasonde-ng'andou -- The Use Of Non-western Approaches For Special Education In The Western World : A Cross-cultural Approach / Friedrich Albrecht -- Meanings Of Disability For Culturallly Diverse And Immigrant Families Of Children With Disabilities / Maya Kalyanpur -- Social Welfare Or Socio-political Entitlement : Disabled People Caught Between The Poles Of Their Tunisian Origin And Acculturative Pressures / Mustapha Ouertani -- The Problems Of Special-educational Advancement Of Children From Migrant Families : Integrative Help In The Regular Schools To Prevent Multiple Processes Of Social Separation / Kerstin Merz-atalik -- Local Knowledge And International Collaboration In Disability Programs / Patrick J. Devlieger -- Possibilities For Working With Cultural Knowledge In The Rehabilitation Of Mine Victims In Luena, Angola / Ulrich Tietze -- Socio-cultural Representation Of Disability In Target Groups Of Rehabilitation Work : Examples From Handicap International Projects / Francois Dekeersmaeker -- Incorporation Of Knowledge Of Social And Cultural Factors In The Practice Of Rehabilitation Projects / Dee Burck -- The Importance Of Cultural Context In Training For Cbr And Other Community Disability Services / Sheila Wirz -- Western(ised) Personnel From The Practice Of Rehabilitation Projects Versus Local Cultures / Harry Finkenflügel -- Differing Perceptions Of The Principle Of Parent Participation : Implications For Asian Families Of Children With Disabilities / Maya Kalyanpur -- Formal Handling Routines : Child Rearing Practices In Jamaica And Their Relevance To Rehabilitation Work / Annette Van Der Putten -- Meeting Women's Needs. Women And Girls With Disabilities In The Practice Of Rehabilitation Projects / Jenny Kern -- We Don't Need To Be Cured First In Oder To Live : Self-help In Oaxaca, Mexico (an Account Of An Interview With German Perez Cruz) / Brigitte Holzer -- The Pan-african Movement Of People With Disabilities / Joshua T. Malinga -- Self-determined Living In Germany / Ottmar Miles-paul -- General Issues In The Research On Local Concepts And Beliefs About Disability / Nora Ellen Groce -- Developing Local Concepts Of Disability : Cultural Theory And Research Prospects / Patrick J. Devlieger -- Towards A Methodology For Dis-ability Research Among Ethno-cultural Minorities / Parin Dossa -- Disability Research In Cultural Contexts : Beyond Methods And Techniques / Kofi Marfo -- Some Thoughts On Definitions And A Methodology Of Cross-cultural Research Pertaining To Disability / Arthur Vreede -- Issues Of Disability Assessment In War Zones / William Boyce, Seddiq Weera -- The Participatory Rapid Appraisal Method Of Research On Cultural Representations Of Disability In Jordan / Majid Turmusani -- Using Historical Anthropology To Think Disability / Henri Jacques Stiker. Edited By Brigitte Holzer, Arthur Vreede, Gabriele Weigt ; [translations, Pat Skorge, Mary Kenney And Eva Schulte-nölle]. Contributions Presented And Discussed At The Symposium Local Concepts And Beliefs About Disability In Different Cultures (21st To 24th May 1998 At The Gustav-stresemann-institut E.v. In Bonn, Germany)--p. 9. Includes Bibliographical References. Contents Introduction Concepts and Beliefs about Disability in Various Local Contexts Stigma or Sacredness. Notes on Dealing with Disability in an Andean Culture Everyone Has Something to Give. Living with Disability in Juchitán, Oaxaca, Mexico Defining the Role of Religion and Spirituality in the Lives of Persons with Disability in the Fatick Region, Senegal, and the Mono Region, Benin Folklore Based Analysis for a Culture-Specific Concept of Inclusive Education Blindness in South and East Asia: Using History to Inform Development Some Cultural Representations of Disability in Jordan: Concepts and Beliefs Bio-Medical versus Indigenous Approaches to Disability The Use of Non-Western Approaches for Special Education in the Western World. A Cross-Cultural Approach Concepts of Disability with Regard to Migrants Meanings of Disability for Culturally Diverse and Immigrant Families of Children with Disabilities Social Welfare or Socio-Political Entitlement: Disabled People Caught between the Poles of Their Tunisian Origin and Acculturative Pressures The Problem of Special-Educational Advancement of Children from Migrant Families – Integrative Help in the Regular Schoolsto Prevent Multiple Processes of Social Separation Disability and Knowledge Transfer in the Field of Development Cooperation Local Knowledge and International Collaboration in Disability Programs Possibilities for Working with Cultural Knowledge in the Rehabilitation of Mine Victims in Luena, Angola Socio-Cultural Representation of Disability in Target Groups of Rehabilitation Work: Examples from Handicap International Projects Incorporation of Knowledge of Social and Cultural Factors in the Practice of Rehabilitation Projects The Importance of Cultural Context in Training for CBR and Other Community Disability Services Western(ised) Personnel from the Practice of Rehabilitation Projects versus Local Cultures Differing Perceptions of the Principle of Parent Participation: Implications for Asian Families of Children with Disabilities Formal Handling Routines. Child Rearing Practices in Jamaica and Their Relevance to Rehabilitation Work “Nothing about us without us.” Case Studies of Self-Help Movements Meeting Women’s Needs. Women and Girls with Disabilities in the Practice of Rehabilitation Projects “We don’t need to be cured first in order to live”: Self-Help in Oaxaca, Mexico (An Account of an Interviw with German Perez Cruz) The Pan-African Movement of People with Disabilities Self-Determined Living in Germany Towards New Approaches in the Study of Disability in an Intercultural Framework General Issues in Research on Local Concepts and Beliefs about Disability Developing Local Concepts of Disability: Cultural Theory and Research Prospects Towards a Methodology for Dis-ability Research among Ethno-Cultural Minorities Disability Research in Cultural Contexts: Beyond Methods and Techniques Some Thoughts on Definitions and a Methodology of Cross-Cultural Research Pertaining to Disability Issues of Disability Assessment in War Zones The Participatory Rapid Appraisal Method of Research on Cultural Representations of Disability in Jordan Using Historical Anthropology to Think Disability Authors This work represents the symposium "Local Concepts and Beliefs about Disability in Different Cultures", at which people with disabilities met with and discussed the implications of disability with educational professionals and others working in the disability arena.