Inaccessible Accessibility: An Ethnographic Account Of Disability And Globalization In Contemporary Russia
Journal: Carolina Digital Repository (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
Year: 2019

Based on over twelve months of fieldwork in Russia, this dissertation explores what an ethnographic approach offers disability studies as a global, interdisciplinary, justice-oriented field. Focused on the personal, embodied narratives and experiences of five adults with mobility impairments in the regional capital city of Petrozavodsk, the dissertation draws on methods including participant observation, ethnographic interviews, performance ethnography, and analysis of public documents and popul