Sitpoint theory

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"A critical positionality called sitpoint theory, a neologism I can offer that interrogates the ableist assumptions underlying the notion of standpoint theory (Harstock 1983)",

Rosemarie Garland-Thomson (2002), "Integrating Disability, Transforming Feminist Theory", NWSA Journal, 14(3): 1-32.


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