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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | The walking interview: An ethnographic approach to understanding disability |
Author: | Butler, M. Derrett, S. |
Citation: | Internet Journal of Allied Health Sciences and Practice, 2014; 12(3):1-8 |
Publisher: | Nova Southeastern University |
Issue Date: | 2014 |
ISSN: | 1540-580X |
Statement of Responsibility: | Mary Butler, Sarah Derrett |
Abstract: | The purpose of this paper is to describe a method of interviewing where walking is explicitly the focus. The interviews were one element of a qualitative study, which was part of a multi-method prospective outcomes of injury study. Four participants were purposively chosen for follow up because they had an injury following a pre-existing disability. The results of this study indicate walking as a method of interviewing has the capacity to add depth and richness to the kind of information obtained. The process of walking lends itself a range of affordances, including shifting the power balance implicit in the research relationship; situated cognition describing being in place and time; performativity; and the way that the disabled body is rendered visible through this embodied process. In conclusion, the potential for engaging in activity as a method has not been explored outside of ethnography. It is suggested that this form of interviewing has particular resonance in understanding the world view of people with disability. It is a particularly appropriate method to apply in occupational therapy, which has activity as a prime focus of therapeutic engagement. |
Rights: | © The Internet Journal of Allied Health Sciences and Practice, 2014. Open access. Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs. CC BY-NC-ND |
Published version: | https://nsuworks.nova.edu/ijahsp/vol12/iss3/6/ |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 4 Medicine publications |
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