Situated knowledges claims about the interferences of disability, gender, and information communication technologies

Abstract

This article presents an explorative study which aims to explore the interference of disability, gender, Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), research experience, and the accountability that comes with making knowledge claims. It draws on interviews with two women working with disability in the Sultanate of Oman and an autobiographical account by the researcher. The research contributes to the relatively sparse literature about disability, gender, and ICT in the Sultanate of Oman. The study articulates that the concept of situated knowledges and the notion of interference enable the researcher to capture the intra-actions between the researcher, the participants in the research, the research context, and knowledge production. This enables making accountable knowledge claims about the interference of disability, gender, and ICT. The article focuses on the following questions: How is interference implicated in the epistemological dimension? How are interference and situated knowledges intra-acting?1