The Odyssey of Deaf Epistemology: A Search for Meaning-Making

Cue, Katrina R.; Pudans-Smith, Kimberly K.; Wolsey, Ju-Lee A.; Wright, S. Jordan; Clark, M. Diane

doi:10.1353/aad.2019.0017

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“…Through this discussion, the team pondered if the terminologies reflected participants' colonization and a reflection of where they are in their current journey rather than an eventual identity endpoint. This finding is consistent with Cue et al (2019) who investigated Deaf epistemology and how deaf people may be colonized by the system that determines labels.…”

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confidence: 88%

“…The Hauser et al (2010) finding is consistent with the Deaf epistemology article published by Cue, Pudans-Smith, Wolsey, Wright, and Clark (2019). The authors investigated epistemology among D/deaf individuals by asking the question, "What does it mean to be D/deaf?"…”

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confidence: 61%

“…Even those respondents who identified as Deaf in the surveys were mixed about the usage of the term D/deaf. As Cue et al (2019) showed, there is a journey and a sense of belonging inherent in membership within the Deaf culture and Deaf community at large, and we do not have that information about our participants. Our survey only identified participants' current opinions.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The idea of this research project was born from a prior paper on epistemology (see Cue et al, 2019) where researchers had to pause and dedicate a significant amount of time to grapple with the D/deaf nomenclature while writing the paper. This project was presented as a possible spring semester project in the Lamar University Cognition in Context doctoral research lab.…”

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To Deaf or not to deaf: That is the Question

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Names are both personal and political, as they relate to identity. Woodward's 1975 etic article first mentioned a naming convention for D/deaf and prominent scholars have debated the issue since. To evaluate current preferences, the research team used an online questionnaire to gather emic insights and opinions from the community, as well as a more etic perspective from hearing individuals for work with these issues. Data from these three self-identified groups of participants, Deaf, deaf, and hearing, were analyzed.Results found high variability among responses related to the terms, D/deaf, and whether or not certain terms should remain in the lexicon. Results are discussed and presented both to contribute and to further research in the field. It is recommended that the usage of existing term(s) be adhered to and that an individual's preferred naming conventions be respected and utilized whenever possible.

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To Deaf or not to deaf: That is the Question

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“…Hole (2007) also found that binaries of deaf/hearing and deaf/Deaf were crucial in shaping deaf women's identities and narratives about their lives. More recent work grounded in Deaf studies and Deaf epistemology by Cue et al (2019) shows that a journey and an arrival at a sense of belonging were central to narratives of finding a Deaf identity. Many of the themes appearing in the narratives we present below, though we use a sociological framing, support the results presented in Cue et al (2019) as well.…”

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They Told Me My Name: Developing a Deaf Identity

Mauldin¹,

Fannon

2020

Symbolic Interaction

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This article examines the process of deaf people coming to identify as culturally Deaf-a distinction typically made in the literature as an identity belonging to those who use sign language to communicate-and how this identity process co-occurs with other social identities, namely sexuality and race. Through pairing Goffman's work with perspectives from Feminist Disability Studies, we extend the sociological literature on both identity and disability. To do so, we analyze qualitative data collected through narrative interviews with five Deaf, gay and lesbian individuals with different racial backgrounds. Our analysis surfaces deaf people's encounters with one another and how, relatedly, becoming Deaf is shaped by Goffman's concepts of affiliation and obtrusiveness. For example, we show how shifting affiliations occur when transitioning into a minority (e.g., Deaf) culture, through interactions that demand managing the obtrusiveness of multiple intersecting, potentially discrediting, statuses. Our article also reveals a bidirectional relationship between affiliation and obtrusiveness.

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Dialogue with the deaf: The future role of psychology.

MacDougall¹

2022

Canadian Psychology / Psychologie canadienne

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As a child of deaf adults (CODA), this article traces my journey in the field of psychology and deafness, and points the way to developing a more culturally and socially responsive psychology that will be fully inclusive for deaf people. My lived experience as a CODA and the long-standing tension between the scientific, clinical, and applied aspects of psychology are described in detail. I document the early misguided conceptions about deafness which permeated my own career path involving psychology, research, teaching, administration, and advocacy. A major focus of this article is with the enduring harm that has been caused by the oral–manual debate concerning the role of hearing, speech, and sign language in the education of deaf children. I urge psychologists to contribute to the resolution of this destructive controversy. From a scientific and clinical point of view, psychologists are uniquely qualified to gather evidence and apply best practice concerning the role of various communication modalities during the early development of deaf children. In the context of equity, diversity, and inclusion and recent human rights legislation, it is of paramount importance to recruit and support students, faculty, and professionals who are themselves Deaf. This will include a commitment to intersectionality that will ensure that Deaf persons who identify with diverse ethnic groups and identities are well represented.

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The Odyssey of Deaf Epistemology: A Search for Meaning-Making

Cited by 13 publications

References 27 publications

To Deaf or not to deaf: That is the Question

To Deaf or not to deaf: That is the Question

They Told Me My Name: Developing a Deaf Identity

Dialogue with the deaf: The future role of psychology.

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