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Time-Spaces of In/dependence and Dis/ability
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Abstract The article highlights the temporal construction of everyday spaces that make up the societal relevance of in/dependences and dis/abilities. Employing an account of empirical philosophy, the article links self-conducted empirical research with philosophical ideas. Introducing Heidegger's notion of `... view more
The article highlights the temporal construction of everyday spaces that make up the societal relevance of in/dependences and dis/abilities. Employing an account of empirical philosophy, the article links self-conducted empirical research with philosophical ideas. Introducing Heidegger's notion of `time-space', the proposed view tries to avoid bifurcating in/dependences and dis/abilities a priori as the effect of given realities. Rather, they appear as highly fragile mediations of heterogeneous elements that make up the times and spaces of emerging in/dependences and dis/abilities. With special reference to `visual disability', I explore how ordinary acts of `dealing with money' and `going shopping' configure multiple `blind' times and spaces of in/dependence and dis/ability.... view less
Keywords
mediation
Free Keywords
blindness; dis/ability; Heidegger; in/dependence; ready-to-hand; time-space;
Document language
English
Publication Year
2008
Page/Pages
p. 215-231
Journal
Time & Society, 17 (2008) 2-3
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1177/0961463X08093423
Status
Postprint; peer reviewed
Licence
PEER Licence Agreement (applicable only to documents from PEER project)