Ladd CH 2 pages 90-92 Kevin Clark (6:45)

Ladd Ch. 2 pages 88-90 Jenny Cantrell (11:50)

Ladd CH2 pages 86-87 Ella Mae Lentz (9:03)

Discusses research on the Others as being framed almost entirely within existing discursive systems. Discusses “liberal ideologies” and some problems with them. Contrasts them with “liberation ideologies.” Explores a bit on academic research’s influence on policy changes and the importance of challenging the ruling hegemonies especially in the academia. Finally, points out the inherited cultural attitudes towards the Others in Western cultures have influenced the British Deaf community (and other Deaf communities) throughout history.

Ladd page 86 Ella Mae Lentz (4:28)

This section discusses the importance of lay discourses in the Deaf (and the Others’) history as well as their relevance for future developments of democratic strategies that the Others and lay people can utilize. Interesting point is there’s no recognition of lay discourses and no academically proper name has been given for that. Important point made that it’s necessary for studies aspiring to academic objectivity to deconstruct the complex relations between lay people and the Others.