The cultural production of the 'disabled' person: constructing student difference in Bhutanese schools

Matthew Schuelka

doi:10.1111/aeq.12244

The cultural production of the 'disabled' person: constructing student difference in Bhutanese schools

Matthew Schuelka

Disability, Inclusion and Special Needs

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Abstract

The Himalayan country of Bhutan has witnessed monumental social and cultural changes in only the last fifty years with the implementation and institutionalization of mass secular schooling. This “modern” schooling has also served to newly sort, produce, and construct “disabled” persons. Through a year of ethnographic fieldwork, I explored this construction of disability through the institution of schooling and have organized these observations into four forms: physical, pedagogical, curricular, and linguistic.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	183-200
Number of pages	18
Journal	Anthropology and Education Quarterly
Volume	49
Issue number	2
Early online date	14 Mar 2018
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/aeq.12244
Publication status	Published - Jun 2018

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Bhutan
cultural production
disability
education

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