Biographies of Intellectual Disability in the Global South

We are currently seeking funding for a pioneering comparative study of the lives of 120 people with Intellectual Disabilities in four locations across the Global South:

• Calicut, Kerala, India
• Cape Town, Western Cape Province, South Africa
• Porto Allegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
• Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

The project will introduce a step-change to our cross-cultural understanding of intellectual disability through:

• A groundbreaking range and depth of ethnographic work
• Intensive application of participatory and inclusive research methods
• A new anthropological method for analysing cultural and intersectional variation in developmental trajectories of adults

Researchers

Professor Baby Shari, UL-Care

Professor Harsha Kathard, Inclusive Practices Africa

Professor Claudia Fonseca, Inclusive Practices Africa

Professor Claudia Fonseca

Dr Ahonaa Roy