Disability, Discourse and Technology: Agency and Inclusion in (Inter)action

238 Pages·2015·2.8 MB·English

by  Najma Al Zidjaly (auth.)

Disability, Discourse and Technology
Postdisciplinary Studies in Discourse
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Postdisciplinary Studies in Discourse engages in the exchange between discourse
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Johannes Angermuller
POSTSTRUCTURALIST DISCOURSE ANALYSIS
Subjectivity in Enunciative Pragmatics
Najma Al Zidjaly
DISABILITY, DISCOURSE AND TECHNOLOGY
Agency and Inclusion in (Inter)action
Postdisciplinary Studies in Discourse
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Disability, Discourse and
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Agency and Inclusion in (Inter)action
Najma Al Zidjaly
Sultan Qaboos University (Oman)
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To Kut, With Love

Contents
List of Figures and Tables viii
Preface x
Acknowledgments xiii
Transcription Conventions xv
1 Inclusion in (Inter)action 1
2 Methodology and Research Background 27
3 Inclusion through Microsoft PowerPoint 55
4 Inclusion through Hypothetical Narratives 88
5 Inclusion through Discourse 120
6 Inclusion through Yahoo Chatrooms 152
7 Disability and Agency Redefined 186
Notes 196
References 202
Index 215
vii
List of Figures and Tables
Figures
2.1 Cover of The Challenge (2001) 31
2.2 Cover of The Challenge (2002) 34
2.3 Bleak reality of disability 35
2.4 Bank advertisement 37
2.5 Corporate advertisement 38
2.6 Retired teacher with physical disability 39
2.7 Yahya’s story (slide show 1) 44
2.8 Yahya’s story (slide show 2) 44
2.9 Yahya’s story (slide show 3) 45
2.10 Yahya’s story (slide show 4) 45
2.11 Yahya’s story (slide show 5) 45
2.12 Yahya’s story (slide show 6) 46
2.13 Yahya’s 2012 stance (snapshot 1) 47
2.14 Yahya’s 2012 stance (snapshot 2) 48
2.15 Yahya’s 2012 stance (snapshot 3) 48
3.1 Video (Action) 1: showcasing capability 60
3.2 Video (Action) 2: car accident (slide show 1- A) 62
3.3 Video (Action) 2: car accident (slide show 1- B) 62
3.4 Video (Action) 2: car accident (slide show 2) 63
3.5 Video (Action) 3: disability and body 64
3.6 Video (Action) 4: discourse of manhood 66
3.7 Video (Action) 5: discourse of desire 67
3.8 Video (Action) 6: happy birthday 68
3.9 Video (Action) 7: happy anniversary 69
3.10 Video (Action) 8: happy new year 70
3.11 Video (Action) 9: God is just 71
viii
List of Figures and Tables ix
3.12 Video (Action) 10: request for action 73
3.13 Video (Action) 11: vow of silence 75
3.14 Video (Action) 12: precious dear self 76
3.15 Video (Action) 13: good bye 77
3.16 Video (Action) 14: misery (slide show 1) 78
3.17 Video (Action) 14: misery (slide show 2) 79
3.18 Video (Action) 15: alone but not lonely 81
3.19 Video (Action) 16: never give up 82
3.20 Video (Action) 17: the hawk is back 84
7.1 Yahya’s view of himself (2013) 194
Table
5.1 Inclusion and exclusion in interaction 148