Laughing matters: humour as advocacy in education for the disabled

Anesi, Juliann

doi:10.1080/09687599.2018.1453782

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“…), Mesmer-Magnus, Glew, and Viswesvaran (2012) found in their meta-analysis that employee and supervisor use of humor in the workplace was positively related to performance, satisfaction, cohesion, and well-being, and negatively related to burnout, stress, and withdrawal behaviors. Because relationship maintenance and impression management are common interpersonal goals (Bolino & Turnley, 2003), the strategic use of humor has been documented across a broad range of identities such as racio-ethnic, disability, obesity, pregnancy, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, and religion to achieve these goals (Anesi, 2018;Bingham & Green, 2016;Puhl & Brownell, 2006;Roberts, Cha, & Kim, 2014). Next, we highlight some examples of how individuals might use humor.…”

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“…The last time I traveled, I almost suffocated sitting in that basic coach window seat and that tiny economy car rental!" Additional research has revealed that disabled people often strategically employ humor to make people comfortable with their disability and to curtail the bias and discrimination they might experience (Anesi, 2018;Bingham & Green, 2016). Despite the gratuitous nature of the information, in her TED talk, Sheena Iyengar, who is blind, evoked laughter from her audience when she told them to raise their hands in response to her questions only if they wanted to burn off calories.…”

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A Review of Compensatory Strategies to Mitigate Bias

Holmes¹,

Lopiano²,

Hall³

2019

PAD

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Experiences of bias and discrimination remain pernicious obstacles for many individuals. Both micro-and macro-level interventions are necessary to eliminate and/or mitigate these negative experiences. This review focuses on micro-level interventions, specifically, five types of compensatory strategies that targets can use to eliminate and/or mitigate the bias and discrimination they experience. In this manuscript, we synthesize the research on humor, avoidance, affiliation, enhancement, and social category label switching strategies; describe identities with which the strategies could be used; and highlight strengths and weaknesses of each of the strategies. Finally, we propose actionable directions for future research for each of the compensatory strategies.

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Section: Compensatory Strategy Theoretical Modelmentioning

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A Review of Compensatory Strategies to Mitigate Bias

Holmes¹,

Lopiano²,

Hall³

2019

PAD

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“…Aligning with the conceptualisation of humour as multifarious, Anesi (2018) observes that indigenous people's deliberate uses of humour in art, comedy shows, dance, and songs concurrently entertain and unsettle.…”

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“…Hay (1995) argues that different nationalities have different styles of humour and the evidence in these extracts suggest Samoans are no exception. The Samoan culture has both very old and modern components to it (Sinavaiana, 1992;Anesi, 2018).…”

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The communicative competence of Samoan seasonal workers under the Recognised Seasonal Employer (RSE) scheme

Salanoa¹

2022

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The Recognised Seasonal Employer (RSE) scheme is New Zealand’s first contract labour migration programme aimed at enhancing development in the Pacific and assisting employers in New Zealand (Gibson & McKenzie, 2010). The RSE is an important, distinct and arguably unrecognised workplace setting for participating Pacific Island countries. A focus on the communication within the teams in this setting has the potential to offer useful information to organisations to enhance practicalities, as well as to understand the role of culture in the communication practices of the sojourner groups. To capture a holistic understanding of the communication patterns of the Samoan seasonal workers, this study centres on workplace competence (including transactional and relational features of talk) specifically as it relates to the communication skills of seasonal workers from Samoa under the RSE scheme. The qualitative design of the study encompasses an ethnographic approach, which embraces in-depth semi-structured interviews alongside workplace observations and audio-recordings, in the context of horticultural work. It makes use of and extends Pacific methods by adopting the Fatugātiti model (a developing methodology that recognizes the subtleties and nuances of a Pacific context) and putting this model into practice, which I argue, is relevant to both analysis and to data collection methods where participants are co-researchers and equality is prioritised. Fieldwork involved two phases and was carried out for 8 months between February and December 2017. Following the established seasonal movement of workers (February-May in Samoa) and (June-December in New Zealand), Phase 1 was carried out in Samoa, where seasonal workers from two groups were interviewed in their villages prior to their travel to New Zealand. The second data collection phase (Phase 2) involved observations, recordings and debriefs and was carried out in New Zealand, in the Hawkes Bay and the Bay of Plenty, where the seasonal workers from the participating groups are contracted for employment. Drawing on data collected from participants in (1) an established and (2) a novice group of Samoan seasonal workers, this research explores transactional and relational practices in workplace discourse. My analysis indicates that these practices are community driven, that is, the ways in which the participants enact task-based and people-focussed interactional strategies in the workplace are shaped and motivated by the cultural norms they bring with them. These practices are employed as a means to encourage productivity, accomplish workplace goals and simultaneously support relationships and contribute to team culture. Despite being in a foreign country and working in unfamiliar conditions, the data provides evidence of participants adapting to new contexts, seeing the benefit in the work they do and finding a collective routine to negotiate working life while in New Zealand. Findings from this study exemplify strong Samoan cultural traditions that people integrate into day-to-day customs and practices. The inherent relationships, the multifaceted layers of interactive solidarity, the group dynamics and the dimensions of hierarchy are a manifestation of culture enacted in ways that are specific to the particular workplace. For these groups of seasonal workers, their practices illustrate activities that are deep-rooted in the cultural norms of families, churches and village communities. The use of transactional and relational practices and the emphasis on working together as a group serves to conserve and stabilise the community in the field. This study aims to make a contribution to the use of culturally appropriate research methods for workplace communication, especially in the under researched area of blue-collar work environments. It also addresses the need for greater engagement with analytic frameworks that take account of Pacific knowledge and skills, embedded in the context of Samoa. The research strengthens the current dialogue in the workplace context, especially around issues of mobility as well as intercultural and multilingual interaction.

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“…Many audience members refuse to laugh at disability comics and argue that it is an infringement on their rights (Coogan & Mallett, 2013). Humor is being used to promote positive attitudes towards PWDs (Anesi, 2018;Shain, 2013).…”

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Humor in Disabilities and Impairments

Venkatesan¹

2022

PIJR

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The theme of comedy, humor, laughter, and disability has a long, complex, and uneasy relationship. There are many jokes, narratives, images, and limericks that denigrate the disabled. Sometimes, the affected people have themselves taken to humor for showcasing their experiences, constructing or deconstructing the several stereotypes that are held by unaffected people.Many disability conditions ranging from sensory,physical,and developmental are misunderstood or doubted whether these persons are capable of understanding or producing humor at all.This thematic review covers a bibliography of nearly 75 peer-reviewed published research papers on humor in disability. The coverage extends from the 1980s when deaf humor vis-a-vis sign language was the focus, change in the 1990s to doubts about whether disability conditions like autism are capable of humor production or appreciation at all. The narration concludes that disability humor needs to be further explored as a therapeutic device to debunk stereotypes or stigma and ameliorate the well-being and quality of life of the affected people,their carers as well as professionals working with them.

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Laughing matters: humour as advocacy in education for the disabled

Cited by 11 publications

References 19 publications

A Review of Compensatory Strategies to Mitigate Bias

A Review of Compensatory Strategies to Mitigate Bias

The communicative competence of Samoan seasonal workers under the Recognised Seasonal Employer (RSE) scheme

Humor in Disabilities and Impairments

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