Main description:

In Approaches to Social Research: The Case of Deaf Studies, Alys Young and Bogusia Temple explore the relationship between key methodological debates in social research and the special context of studies concerning d/Deaf people(s). The book is organized around 7 topics: being d/Deaf as a site of contested identity and representation; epistemology and the boundaries of claims for population specific and plural epistemologies; ethics and the implications of
collective identity on standard ethical principles and practices; populations and sampling given the highly heterogeneous nature of d/Deaf people(s); narrative methodologies re-examined in light of the visual nature of signed languages; interpretation, translation and transcription and the context of
multiple modalities; and information and communication technologies as transformative epistemologies. Through these themes, new aspects of old debates within social research become evident, and the authors challenge specialist field of studies by, with, and about d/Deaf people. Throughout the volume, the authors also show how the field provides challenges to established ways of thinking and working. The book is of interest to scholars within and outside of research concerning d/Deaf
people(s), as well as practitioners in the fields of deaf education, social work and allied health professions.

Contents:

Chapter 1: Introduction to the Book: Its Scope and Approach ; Chapter 2: Definitions and Transgressions ; Chapter 3: Epistemology, Methodology and Method in Research with d/Deaf People ; Chapter 4: Ethical Research Practice in Studies Which Involve Deaf People ; Chapter 5: Populations and Sampling ; Chapter 6: Narrative, Epistemology and Language ; Chapter 7: Interpretation, Transcription and Translation: Representation in Research ; Chapter 8: The Impact of Information and Communication Technologies on Research with Deaf People ; Chapter 9: (in)Conclusion