Learning outcomes

- know how to use the anthropological method of immersion

- be able to analyse the field diary with the theoretical knowledge gained from the course/readings

- be able to propose a relevant research question

Goals

Two objectives are pursued :

1. To experience the encounter with the other (with disabilities) through the process of immersion in a reception area;

2. Decolonising / renew our vision of the other and of cultures / disabilities

Content

After a presentation of the problematic of disability, 2 classes will be devoted to the immersion approach and its critique, 2 classes to the presentation of concepts proposing a renewed vision of disability, 2 classes to the proposal of research questions concerning the care of people with disabilities and the political anthropology and communication. 


 

Exercices

Three practical sessions based on compulsory assignments submitted in advance and marked by the assistant. 

Teaching methods

Students will spend 20 hours volunteering in a centre for people with disabilities. At the same time, six class sessions will provide the elements needed to implement the anthropological immersion approach and analyse the results. Three practical sessions will be devoted to group work on parts of the final work corrected by the teacher. Texts will be read to enrich the analysis of the field experience.




Assessment method

Based on extracts from the field diary, the course and readings of articles, a final paper will propose an analysis by the student of his/her self-positioning in the field, the conceptions of disability that he/she observed there and a proposal for a relevant research question.

Language of instruction

French