Article: Pedagogical Frameworks
Embodiment, Authenticity and Disability
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Recommendation
Jennifer Leigh makes a compelling case for embodied autoethnography as a critical research methodology and practice. Although this article isn't teaching focused, it is easy to see how autoethnographic assignments can be valuable learning tools in a variety of undergraduate and graduate courses.
My position is that embodiment incorporates a conscious self-awareness of the information, sensations, proprioception, images, feelings and emotions that arise from the body and the mind. In this chapter I briefly explore differences of understanding and conceptualisations of embodiment, reflect on how I understand and use the concept of embodiment and embodied and how this in turn impacts on the generation of knowledge and research that gives us an insight into embodied experience. I show how this is particularly relevant for those interested in researching the experiences of those with embodied differences, such as those with disability, chronic illness or neurodivergence.