Subverting Ableism Through Methodological Praxis: The Case for Critical Discursive Psychology

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Abstract

This paper introduces Critical Discursive Psychology (CDP), a qualitative methodology for analyzing the sociopolitical consequences of language use and interaction. In response to calls for centering disability in critical qualitative inquiry, we argue this approach can uniquely illuminate the mundane ways ableism and its subversion manifest in educational settings. To demonstrate the possibilities of CDP, we present an illustrative analysis video recordings of teaching development meetings for medical educators. We use the discursive action model, an analytical framework commonly used in discursive psychological research, to demonstrate how CDP analyses, in conversation with Critical Disability Studies, can reveal features of discursive practices that reproduce narrow conceptions of (dis)ability. Overall, we contend that this perspective can advance methodological praxis toward subverting ableism.

Authors

• Francesca A. Williamson, University of Michigan
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• Darcy E. Furlong, Indiana University
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• Chutavion Walker, Indiana University
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• Jessica Nina Lester, Indiana University Bloomington
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