Representation and Rhetoric of Disability and Disabled People: A Content Analysis of Digital Archives on Disability
Year: 2024
Type: dissertation
Abstract: This study analyzed the representation and rhetoric of disability and disabled people within three digital archives on disability: the Disability History Museum; the University of California, Berkeley’s Disability Rights and Independent Living Movement Project; and the National Federation of the Blind's Jacobus tenBroek Library. Using qualitative content analysis, I examined how disability is represented in those archives, how Brilmyer’s (2020) critical disability archival methodology shows up in those archives, and how that methodology might be further applied to archives. The data collected came from a close reading of the websites and digital repositories of the three case studies. The study aimed to further the scholarly and practical intersections of disability and archives by influencing future research regarding critical disability archival methodology.
DOI: 10.17615/qwmz-n176
Author: Zorich, River
Institution: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Language: English
Subfield: Safety Research
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Reduced inequalities
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W6887878216
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