Care in the middle voice

This article is part of the series: Disability from the South: Toward a Lexicon

When thinking about care, it is easy to assume an asymmetrical structure with two fixed two roles: the care-giver and the cared-for. It is likewise easy to assume that the former is active while the latter is passive (cf. Borneman 1997). In attending to the lives and worlds of Ugandans with cognitive disabilities, however, I learned that there is more …

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December 17, 2018

Disability from the South: Toward a Lexicon

By Michele Friedner and Tyler Zoanni

This article is part of the series: Disability from the South: Toward a Lexicon

In this series, we work to broaden the horizons of an emergent anthropology of disability[1] by taking two considerations as the starting point for a conversation. On the one hand, we respond to Jean and John Comaroff’s (2012) provocative call for “theory from the South,” or grounding the location of social theory-making outside dominant Euro-American spaces, assumptions, and priorities. On …

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Care in the middle voice

Disability from the South: Toward a Lexicon