KCL Sociology Discussion

It’s a critical-reflective analytical kind of essay that explores the benefits, drawbacks, challenges and limitations of autoethnography mainly referring to literatures and part of personal experience (unnecessary) .

you can choose essay title –

• The role of autoethnography in enhancing understanding of lived experience
• The relationship between autoethnography and disability studies
• The difficulty of employing autoethnography in legal contexts

Using about 5-10 sources, and please try to include literatures below.

– An introduction into ethnography and autoethnography as methods for enquiry

Ellis, C., Adams, T. E., & Bochner, A. P. (2011). Autoethnography: an overview. Historical social research/Historische Sozialforschung, 273-290.Spry, T. (2018). Autoethnography and the other: Performative embodiment and a bid for utopia. The Sage handbook of qualitative research, 627-649.

– Equality act and disability law

The focus is on the legal aspects of equality and inclusion. Using the legal framework we will explore how cultural and societal attitudes are represented in the law and how legal frameworks may or may not be conducive to fostering inclusion and equality.

Zylan, K. D. (2000). Legislation That Drives Us Crazy: An Overview of Mental Disability under the Americans with Disabilties Act. Cumb. L. Rev., 31, 79.

Bressey, C. (2016). It’s Only Political Correctness–Race and Racism in British History. In New geographies of race and racism (pp. 43-54). Routledge.

– Models of disability

Shakespeare, T., & Watson, N. (2001). The social model of disability: an outdated ideology?. In Exploring theories and expanding methodologies: Where we are and where we need to go. Emerald Group Publishing Limited.

Swain, J., & French, S. (2000). Towards an affirmation model of disability. Disability & society, 15(4), 569-582.
Wendell, S. (2001). Unhealthy disabled: Treating chronic illnesses as disabilities. Hypatia, 16(4), 17-33.- Who am I and who are you?
Explore personal biases and prejudices through an introduction to identity and the creation of identity in relation to the other.

This session also considers the context of educational settings and learning environments.

Hagström, L. (2015). The ‘abnormal’state: Identity, norm/exception and Japan. European Journal of International Relations, 21(1), 122-145.

Gilmartin, M. (2008). Migration, identity and belonging. Geography Compass, 2(6), 1837-1852.

Timotijevic, L., & Breakwell, G. M. (2000). Migration and threat to identity. Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology, 10(5), 355-372.

Bhugra, D. (2004). Migration, distress and cultural identity. British medical bulletin, 69(1), 129-141.