The right to be Freepeople: Relational voluntary-assisted-advocacy as a psychological and ethical resource for decolonizing intellectual disability

Capri, Charlotte; Swartz, Leslie

doi:10.5964/jspp.v6i2.946

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“…But relationships with communities and activists are often asymmetrical and complex. To deal with this asymmetry, Capri and Swartz (2018, this section) in their model of 'voluntary-assisted advocacy', propose 'speaking with' as an option. In the context of repressive total institutions, Kronick et al (2018, this section) ask scholars to acknowledge the dilemmas when they are called to self-silence in relation to immediate injustices so that they may be allowed to continue to produce their research.…”

Section: Problematising the 'Scholar-activist' Rolementioning

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Activism in changing times: Reinvigorating community psychology: Introduction to the Special Thematic Section

Cornish

Campbell

Montenegro

2018

J. Soc. Polit. Psych.

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The field of community psychology has for decades concerned itself with the theory and practice of bottom-up emancipatory efforts to tackle health inequalities and other social injustices, often assuming a consensus around values of equality, tolerance and human rights. However, recent global socio-political shifts, particularly the individualisation of neoliberalism and the rise of intolerant, exclusionary politics, have shaken those assumptions, creating what many perceive to be exceptionally hostile conditions for emancipatory activism. This special thematic section brings together a diverse series of articles which address how health and social justice activists are responding to contemporary conditions, in the interest of re-invigorating community psychology’s contribution to emancipatory efforts. The current article introduces our collective conceptualisation of these ‘changing times’, the challenges they pose, and four openings offered by the collection of articles. Firstly, against the backdrop of neoliberal hegemony, these articles argue for a return to community psychology’s core principle of relationality. Secondly, articles identify novel sources of disruptive community agency, in the resistant identities of nonconformist groups, and new, technologically-mediated communicative relations. Thirdly, articles prompt a critical reflection on the potentials and tensions of scholar-activist-community relationships. Fourthly, and collectively, the articles inspire a politics of hope rather than of despair. Building on the creativity of the activists and authors represented in this special section, we conclude that the environment of neoliberal individualism and intolerance, rather than rendering community psychology outdated, serves to re-invigorate its core commitment to relationality, and to a bold and combative scholar-activism.

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Section: Problematising the 'Scholar-activist' Rolementioning

confidence: 99%

Activism in changing times: Reinvigorating community psychology: Introduction to the Special Thematic Section

Cornish

Campbell

Montenegro

2018

J. Soc. Polit. Psych.

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“…We will try to determine the political and ethical challenges that Colombian psychologists must face in the future. The discussion is mainly based on the reports collected from the victims' consultation (Mesa Psicosocial); on the reports by the ombudsman to the Congress of the Republic; and by the Historical Memory Center (Capri & Swartz, 2018).…”

Section: Latin American Political Psychology Starting Pointmentioning

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Historical Development of Political-Critical Thinking in Colombian Psychology

Cudina

Ossa

Millán

et al. 2023

Rev. colomb. psicol.

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The study traces the historical elements that have influenced the development of political-critical thinking in Colombian Psychology. Four historical periods have been identified and discussed: The intellectual colonialism of Colombian Psychology (1947-1960); the social Psychiatry in the years of La comisión [The commission] (1961-1980); the community Psychology and the coexistence (1980-1991); and the psychosocial studies after recent peace processes between government and armed groups (1991-2018). Colombian political Psychology did not follow a homogeneous and linear development. The reality experienced by Colombians during more than five decades of armed conflict required Psychology to abandon the direct paths of politics and opt for psychosocial studies that promise to be the most radical heirs of a generation of Latin American critical thinking as represented by Ignacio Martín-Baró, Maritza Montero and Silvia Lane.

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“…Although the self‐advocacy movement is said to have begun in Sweden in the 1960s, people with intellectual disabilities have engaged in individual advocacy long before the self‐advocacy movement was conventionally recorded (Walmsley & Central England People First History Project Team, 2014). There has been increased attention in the past decade on the many benefits of self‐advocacy groups for people with intellectual disabilities (Author, 2020); their capacity to achieve social change (Capri & Swartz, 2018); and the need for continued resourcing for the survival of such groups (Friedman, 2017).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Emerging from the shadows: Digital stories of self‐advocates with intellectual disabilities

Ellem

Harris

Strnadová

2022

Policy Practice Intel Disabi

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People with intellectual disabilities tend to be subjugated to social roles which make them feel invisible and misunderstood. This study examines the digital stories of self-advocates with intellectual disabilities and explores their experiences of becoming leaders. The digital stories of self-advocates show how people made themselves visible and heard to others through their individual questioning, forming important alliances and collective achievements. Their stories, articulated through the digital platform, were analysed using constructivist grounded theory.These digital stories demonstrated how individual self-advocates overcame adversity and found ways to have their voices heard and personal problems addressed.Each self-advocate possessed the insight to question unfair treatment and discrimination, and in turn was strengthened in their efforts to make change by becoming involved in a self-advocacy group. Self-advocacy can nurture both individual leadership capacities in people with intellectual disabilities and facilitate a safe space for people to come together, support one another and make positive change. Digital stories can illustrate how people with intellectual disabilities become self-advocates. The use of this technology has the potential to strengthen advocacy efforts.

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The right to be Freepeople: Relational voluntary-assisted-advocacy as a psychological and ethical resource for decolonizing intellectual disability

Cited by 4 publications

References 49 publications

Activism in changing times: Reinvigorating community psychology: Introduction to the Special Thematic Section

Activism in changing times: Reinvigorating community psychology: Introduction to the Special Thematic Section

Historical Development of Political-Critical Thinking in Colombian Psychology

Emerging from the shadows: Digital stories of self‐advocates with intellectual disabilities

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