Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin - Sign Language Pedagogy and Audio Pedagogy

Doing friendship - friendship practices in the context of `disabilities`

 

Friendships between children with and without impairments are often used in (inclusion) research as an indication of successful pedagogical concepts and structures or are considered in their function for or as a result of developmental and socialization processes in the context of impairments. In this context, a psychologically connoted construct of friendship is usually used, which, moreover, rarely distinguishes between friendship concepts of children and adults. Furthermore, mainly children's friendships in institutional contexts in daycare centers and schools are examined.

But what do friendship practices in the context of 'disabilities' look like, on the one hand, in their action between children themselves and, on the other hand, in their interpretation on the part of the children - and what role does embodied difference play in this? What is the significance of institutions and structures that see themselves as inclusive in these contexts? And to what extent and in what way are adults involved in the creation of children's friendships between children with and without impairments or between children with impairments among themselves?

Our interdisciplinary collaboration aims to examine the state of research using the example of studies on friendships in the context of hearing impairments and to conceive a study design with which we approach the above questions.

 

Project managers and institutional affiliation:

  • Humboldt University Berlin, Prof. Dr. Claudia Becker
  • Catholic University of Applied Sciences Berlin, Prof. Dr. Birgit Behrisch

 

Assistants:

  • Stefanie Klingner, Humboldt University of Berlin
  • Carlotta Ziegler, Catholic University of Applied Sciences Berlin

 

A project of the Center for Inclusion Research Berlin (ZfIB), Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin