Involvement and detachment in intellectual disability studies

Marcel Calvez

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Involvement and detachment in intellectual disability studies

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Marcel Calvez

Laboratoire d’anthropologie et de sociologie, UFR Sciences sociales, Université Rennes 2, CS 24306 , 6 av Gaston Berger, F 35043 Rennes Cedex

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Marcel Calvez is Lecturer of sociology in the department of social administration University Rennes 2, France. In addition to research on intellectual disability, he has been involved in research on Aids since 1988 and has published excencively on respones to risks.

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Attention given to the role of researchers in qualitative methods questions the conditions of production of knowledge on the experience of persons with intellectual disabilities. The involvement of researchers has to be discussed regarding their interactions with members of a muted group labelled as having social and communicative incompetence. The article discusses the interest of first person researchers’ texts in the approach to the social experience of intellectual disability. It advocates a reasonable use of personal accounts of research to explain the conditions of production of knowledge and develop comparability between studies.

How to Cite: Calvez, M., 2009. Involvement and detachment in intellectual disability studies. Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research, 3(2), pp.41–55. DOI: http://doi.org/10.1080/15017410109510775

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Beck , U (1992). . . Risk society. Towards a new modernity. , [city: London]: : Sage. .
Calvez , M (1990). . . Les handicaps mentaux et l'intégration en milieu ordinaire: une analyse culturelle. . Handicaps et inadaptations , 50–51: : 31.–.
Calvez , M (1991). . . La construction sociale du handicap. Une approche de 1'intégration des handicapés mentaux dans le milieu ordinaire. . Handicaps et inadaptations , 55–56: : 87.–.
Calvez , M (1993). . . Social interactions in the neighborhood. Cultural approach to social integration of people with mental retardation. . Mental retardation , 31((6)): : 419.–.
Calvez , M (1994). . . Le handicap comme situation de seuil: éléments pour une sociologie de la liminalité. . Sciences Sociales et santé , 12((1)): : 61.–.
Calvez , M (1998). . . “Les carrières d'intégration sociale de handicapés mentaux: l'enjeu biographique. ”. In L'insertion professionnelle des persoimes hamlicapées en France. , Edited by: Blanc , A and Stiker , HJ . [city: Paris]: : Desclée de Brouwer. .
Calvez , M (2000). . . La liminalité comme cadre d'analyse du handicap. . Prévenir , 39: : 83.–.
Devereux , G (1967). . . From anxiety to method in the behavioural sciences. , [city: Paris ‐ The Hague]: : Mouton & Ecole pratique des hautes etudes. .
Douglas , M (1966). . . Purity and danger. An analysis of concepts of pollution and taboo. , [city: London]: : Routledge and Kegan Paul. .
Douglas , M (1978). . . Culturul bias. , Occasional paper 35[city: London]: : Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland. .
Douglas , M (1986). . . How institutions think. , [city: Syracuse], [state: NY]: : Syracuse University Press. .
Elias , N (1956). . . Problems of involvement and detachment. . British journal of sociologv , 7: : 226.–.
Elias , N and Scotson , J (1994). . . The established and the outsiders. A sociological inquiry into community problems. , [city: London]: : Sage publications. .
Murphy , R (1987). . . The body silent. A journey into paralysis. , [city: New York]: : Henri Holt and Company. .
Murphy , R , Sheer , J , Murphy , Y and Mack , R (1988). . . Physical disability and social liminality: a study in the rituals of adversity. . Social Science and Medicine , 26((2)): : 235.–.
Olivier de Sardan , JP (2000). . . Le ≪je≫ méthodologique. Implication et explication dans l'enquête de terrain. . Revue française de sociologie , 41((3)): : 417.–.
Sennett , R (1977). . . The fall of public man. , [city: New York]: : A. Knopf Inc.. .
Van Gennep , A (1909/1960). . . Les rites de passage. , [city: Paris]: : Picard. .
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Research programm funded by the CTNERHI (). . (Centre technique national d'études et de recherches sur les handicaps et les inadaptations), [city: Paris]:

[CIT0001] Beck , U (1992). . . Risk society. Towards a new modernity. , [city: London]: : Sage. .

[CIT0002] Calvez , M (1990). . . Les handicaps mentaux et l'intégration en milieu ordinaire: une analyse culturelle. . Handicaps et inadaptations , 50–51: : 31.–.

[CIT0003] Calvez , M (1991). . . La construction sociale du handicap. Une approche de 1'intégration des handicapés mentaux dans le milieu ordinaire. . Handicaps et inadaptations , 55–56: : 87.–.

[CIT0004] Calvez , M (1993). . . Social interactions in the neighborhood. Cultural approach to social integration of people with mental retardation. . Mental retardation , 31((6)): : 419.–.

[CIT0005] Calvez , M (1994). . . Le handicap comme situation de seuil: éléments pour une sociologie de la liminalité. . Sciences Sociales et santé , 12((1)): : 61.–.

[CIT0006] Calvez , M (1998). . . “Les carrières d'intégration sociale de handicapés mentaux: l'enjeu biographique. ”. In L'insertion professionnelle des persoimes hamlicapées en France. , Edited by: Blanc , A and Stiker , HJ . [city: Paris]: : Desclée de Brouwer. .

[CIT0007] Calvez , M (2000). . . La liminalité comme cadre d'analyse du handicap. . Prévenir , 39: : 83.–.

[CIT0008] Devereux , G (1967). . . From anxiety to method in the behavioural sciences. , [city: Paris ‐ The Hague]: : Mouton & Ecole pratique des hautes etudes. .

[CIT0009] Douglas , M (1966). . . Purity and danger. An analysis of concepts of pollution and taboo. , [city: London]: : Routledge and Kegan Paul. .

[CIT0010] Douglas , M (1978). . . Culturul bias. , Occasional paper 35[city: London]: : Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland. .

[CIT0011] Douglas , M (1986). . . How institutions think. , [city: Syracuse], [state: NY]: : Syracuse University Press. .

[CIT0012] Elias , N (1956). . . Problems of involvement and detachment. . British journal of sociologv , 7: : 226.–.

[CIT0013] Elias , N and Scotson , J (1994). . . The established and the outsiders. A sociological inquiry into community problems. , [city: London]: : Sage publications. .

[CIT0014] Murphy , R (1987). . . The body silent. A journey into paralysis. , [city: New York]: : Henri Holt and Company. .

[CIT0015] Murphy , R , Sheer , J , Murphy , Y and Mack , R (1988). . . Physical disability and social liminality: a study in the rituals of adversity. . Social Science and Medicine , 26((2)): : 235.–.

[CIT0016] Olivier de Sardan , JP (2000). . . Le ≪je≫ méthodologique. Implication et explication dans l'enquête de terrain. . Revue française de sociologie , 41((3)): : 417.–.

[CIT0017] Sennett , R (1977). . . The fall of public man. , [city: New York]: : A. Knopf Inc.. .

[CIT0018] Van Gennep , A (1909/1960). . . Les rites de passage. , [city: Paris]: : Picard. .

[CIT0019] The rites of passage. , [city: London]: : Routledge and Kegan Paul. .

[CIT0020] Thompson , M , Ellis , R and Wildavsky , A (1990). . . Cultural theory. , [city: Boulder Co]: : Wetsview Press. .

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Laboratoire d’anthropologie et de sociologie, UFR Sciences sociales, Université Rennes 2, CS 24306 , 6 av Gaston Berger, F 35043 Rennes Cedex

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