action-research through videos: reporting the anthropological trajectories of intellectually...
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Action-research
through videos:
Reporting the Anthropological Trajectories of
Intellectually Disabled Adults
in a process of community and residential integration
Context
Rise of the self-advocacy movement
Deinstitutionalization in the world’s richer nations
Housing situation in Ottawa
Lessons and pitfalls related to dispersed housing
schemes and clustered housing schemes
LiveWorkPlay OOOT project
Research
Questions
What methodology can we use to gain knowledge about the lives of adults with ID?
How can we use videos to solve the problems raised by the group?
How can we use videos as a means for data collection?
Research
Questions
What methodology can we use to gain knowledge about the lives of adults with ID?
How can we use videos to solve the problems raised by the group?
How can we use videos as a means for data collection?
Talking to others
about ID
Getting paid
employment and
keeping it
PROBLEMS RAISED
BY THE GROUP
Methodology
Collaborative action-
research
SAS2 techniques
Ten adults with ID with
the will to succeed
8 months to devote to the
project
Videography
1.Making a living with art
2.Playing guitar
3.Surfing the Internet
4.Networking on Facebook
5.Getting around on the bus
6.Making travel plans
7.Making nachos
8.Preparing tea
9.Working at the lost & found
The creation
of the videos
Activity Mapping: What are our priorities?
Socratic Wheel: What are we good at, how do we
want to improve?
Stakeholder Identification: Who can we involve?
What are the variables? ‣ difficult, moderate, easy to talk to
‣ depends on us, depends on others
Listing: What sort of videos could we do?
Sorting: Can we find themes?
Ranking: Which videos are most important?
Rating: Where do we start?
Outcomes & Limitations
5,000$ for “Maybe one day”
20,000$ for “Project Cooking” from Telus Ottawa Community Board
More people moving in condos and more people getting paid employment
However, participants cannot solve their problems on their own...
Conclusions
The distinction between self-advocacy and
instructional videos emerged from the experience
The methodology used for this research is deemed
useful for institutions who work with people with
intellectual disabilities
The videos showed a gap between self-advocacy
discourse and action
To think about getting paid employment and to
imagine scenarios is the first step to making these
ideas real.