Disability, technology, and Michel Foucault

Xi Chen

doi:10.58210/fprc3597

Autores

Xi Chen Graduate School for Social Research, Polish Academy of Sciences

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.58210/fprc3597

Palavras-chave:

Disability and Technology, Foucault’s Theories, Epistemic Injustice, Biopower, Governance of Disability, Normalization Practices

Resumo

This article hopes to produce insights via a close and deep examination of disability and technology. Through this analysis integrated with both Foucault’s theories and empirical studies, the author wishes to expound whether epistemology injustice is manifested in discourses of disability and technology, whether governance of disability is realized through technological plannings and normalization programmings, and whether technologies enact biopower over disabled individuals by identifying their disadvantages, sorting them based on biological, psychological, and behaviour features.

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