Embodied reflections of an able‐bodied disability scholar. Issue 5 (19th June 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Jammaers, Eline
• Is Part Of: Gender work and organization. Volume 28:Issue 5(2021)
• Page Start: 1885
• Page End: 1892
• Publication Date: 2021-06-19
• Subjects: disability -- gender in academia -- self‐reflexivity -- writing differently; Sex role in the work environment -- Periodicals; Sexual division of labor -- Periodicals; Sex discrimination in employment -- Periodicals; Organizational sociology -- Periodicals; Industries -- Social aspects -- Periodicals; 306.361505
• DOI: 10.1111/gwao.12714
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0968-6673

Abstract

Abstract: This piece is written in liaison with the "writing differently" movement aimed to counter common academic writing through a non‐abstract, biographic, embodied account of 10 years as a female, able‐bodied disability, and gender researcher. The tone of the article is intentionally kept simple, while its form resembles a memoir. One day, I started to think and type about the times my body felt out of place and many months later this resulted in a timeline of "my body estranged." I warn the reader in advance: there is nothing particularly shocking about these experiences: they are mostly ordinary and privileged. Anyone interested in the ordinariness of semi‐dominant bodies might find the memories relatable. Looking back, one constant bodily ambivalence stands out: loud mind, lips sealed – an abundance of silence and an absence of speaking up. With this writing, I break the silence, in my own voice, a voice free of jargon and abstract vocabulary (Grey & Sinclair, 2006). A voice readable to a broad community and illustrated through ambivalent art work (Figure 1 ). 1