1. Ginsburg, F., & Rapp, R. (2013). Disability worlds. Annual Review of Anthropology, 42, 53-68. https://doi-org.ezproxy.gvsu.edu/10.1146/annurev-anthro-092412-155502
2. Gibson, H. (2019). Living a full life. Medicine Anthropology Theory, 6(2). https://doi.org/10.17157/mat.6.2.690 
3. Durban, E. L. (2021). Anthropology and Ableism. American Anthropologist, 124(4). https://doi-org.ezproxy.gvsu.edu/10.1111/aman.13659

• Current research may use dated terminology. Article and books may be cataloged using dated terminology.
• This dated terminology may be harmful, offensive, and triggering.
• You may also find terminology that is used to reclaim dated terms.

For additional suggestions on search terms, please visit this Berkeley Library Subject Guide on Disability Studies:  https://guides.lib.berkeley.edu/disabilitystudies/tips

Using this article citation, look at references and cited by to find trends in how the topic has changed over time.

Ginsburg, F., & Rapp, R. (2013). Disability worlds. Annual Review of Anthropology, 42, 53-68. https://doi-org.ezproxy.gvsu.edu/10.1146/annurev-anthro-092412-155502
 

Directions: Look up the article in Web of Science or Google Scholar.

To help you determine trends, what might information might you look for?

• How many times was the book cited?
• Notice author: who? Are they writing from within the community?  Outside perspective?  What is their positionality?
• Who or what is absent? Whose voices or insights are not showing up?
• What language or jargon is showing up in titles, abstracts, or keywords?
  • Jargon, medical, technical, or disciplinary terminology?
  • Emotive?
  • Dated? Pejorative?
• What is the journal?  What field/discipline does it come from?
• What is publication year?
• How many times was it cited?