Abstract
In social science research, methodology plays a significant role in constructing and shaping knowledge; the domain of methodology is equally contested and politicised. Therefore, studying gender and disability has been challenging, as it carries a Western, masculine and objective context. The paper tries to argue that the notions of gender and disability demand a more contextualised and embedded methodologies, which can highlight the possibility of multiple truths and situated knowledge of the marginalised. It also voices a need for a more indigenous methodology to address the questions on gender and disability in India; however, it does neither reject the western canons of work nor the non-indigenous researchers but opens up a more embedded way of thinking.
Highlights
Researching gender, Muslim women and disability in the Indian context has always been challenging
According to Rajendra Sing (2001), the ongoing process of production and reproduction of unresolved social questions and burning issues relating to the problems of social inequalities, subordination of individuals and groups; structures of domination and rule of one over the other-of castes, classes, ethnic groups and genders give rise to social movements (Sing, 2001) there has been a link between central social conflicts and movements as it represents the dynamics of social and cultural life
A more contextualised methodology will help us in understanding multiple layers of identity politics and activism of the marginalised
Summary
Researching gender, Muslim women and disability in the Indian context has always been challenging. The core of feminist research methodology emphasises the role of gender as an analytical category and women’s experience as a valid and authoritative source of knowledge building.
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