ABSTRACT

Background: The co-production concept holds out the promise of forging new relationships between professionals and service users with intellectual disabilities. However, little empirical research explores the embodied practices of these projects occasion. We identify two key tensions intrinsic to such projects; the tension between expert/professional knowledge and lay/experiential knowledge, and between co-producers as different from or typical of the public they are representing.

Methods: We explored how these tensions were manifested and responded to in ongoing interactions by analysing video recordings of co-design groups where people with intellectual disabilities engaged in the production of Easy Read materials.

Results: We noticed the instability of participants’ claims to expert/professional knowledge and the challenges of attending to and mobilising participants’ experiential knowledge within the constraints of the group task.

Conclusions: Interactional dynamics were managed to preserve consensus and homogeneity within the groups, with the potential for reinforcing a limited identity associated with “intellectual disability.”

摘要

背景：联合制作概念提出了在专业人员和智障服务用户之间建立新关系的希望。但是，很少有实证研究探索这些项目场合的具体实践。我们确定了此类项目固有的两个主要压力；专家/专业知识与非专业/经验性知识之间以及与他们所代表的公众不同或典型的共同制作人之间的张力。

方法：我们通过分析共同设计小组的录像来探索在持续的互动中如何体现和解决这些紧张关系，其中智障人士从事易读材料的制作。

结果：我们注意到参与者对专家/专业知识的主张不稳定，以及在小组任务的约束范围内参与和调动参与者的经验知识所面临的挑战。

结论：互动动力学得到管理，以保持群体内部的共识和同质性，并有可能加强与“智力残疾”相关的有限身份。