Bioarchaeology of Impairment and Disability: Theoretical, Ethnohistorical, and Methodological Perspectives (Bioarchaeology and Social Theory)
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| Rating | : | 4.19 (878 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B073LRX6RQ |
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| Number of Pages | : | 595 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-11-17 |
| Language | : | English |
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Other social sciences and the humanities have far surpassed most of anthropology (with the exception of medical anthropology) in their integration of social theories of disability.This volume has three goals: The first goal of this edited volume is to present theoretical and methodological discussions on impairment and disability. Such investigations typically take a case study approach and focus on the functional aspects of impairments. The third goal of the volume is to present various methodological approaches to quantifying impairment in skeletonized and mummified remains.This volume serves to engage scholars from many disciplines in our exploration of disability in the past, with particular emphasis on the bioarchaeological con
However, these interpretations are disconnected from disability theory discourse. The second goal of this volume is to emphasize the necessity of interdisciplinarity in discussions of impairment and disability within bioarchaeology. The third goal of the volume is to present various methodological approaches to quantifying impairment in skeletonized and mummified remains. Other social sciences and the humanities have far surpassed most of anthropology (with the exception of medical anthropology) in their integration of social theories of disability. This volume serves to engage scholars from many disciplines in our exploration of disability in the past, with particular emphasis on the bioarchaeological context. This volume has three goals: The first goal of this edited volume is to present theoretical and methodological discussions on impairment and disability. Over the years, impairment has been discussed in bioarchaeology, with some scholars providing carefully contextualized explanations for their causes and consequences. Such investigations typically take a case study approach and focus on the functional aspects of impairments.
She co-organized a symposium, of which this volume is a product of, entitled Embodying Impairment: Towards a Bioarchaeology of Disability at the American Association of Physical Anthropology 2015 Annual Meeting. (2009) and Ph.D. (2015) in Anthropology from the State University of New York at Buffalo. Byrnes is an Assistant Professor in the Division of the Social Sciences at th