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Disability and citizenship

Feminist ethic of care in academic knowledge production: Reflections from disability researchers

Constanza López Radrigán, Andrés Aparicio y Marcela Tenorio

Points of interest:

  • This article reflects on care in research. The authors propose that care is an ethical foundation of academic production.
  • Feminist disability studies include the ethics of vulnerability and care. They also discuss the pressure to produce that is placed on people with diverse bodies.
  • Twenty postgraduate students were interviewed.
  • Participants mention a need to include the ethics of care in research. They intend to transform how researchers and participants relate to one another.
  • The results help define the ethics of care as based on experience with disability. This type of ethics seeks to create the conditions for sharing emotions and reflecting on the power dynamic between participant and researcher, in order to foster shared learning.

 

Grades:

  • The following summary was prepared by the Millennium Nucleus DISCA and is based exclusively on the publication. Therefore, it cannot be used for citations or references.
  • This article was originally published in English.

López Radrigán, C., Aparicio, A., Tenorio M. (2025). Feminist ethic of care in academic knowledge production: Reflections from disability researchers. Feminism & Psychology 25(2), pp. 1-21. https://doi.org/10.1177/09593535241306536

https://doi.org/10.1177/09593535241306536