El ser y el hacer desde el silencio: una aproximación a la inclusión laboral de personas sordas en la ciudad de Cuenca

Abstract

This research is an ethnographic work carried out in the deaf community of the city of Cuenca. It seeks to deepen and examine the work dynamics experienced by deaf people, to question how their social relationships are structured in and out of the workplace. The experiences and conflicts that intervene in the dynamics of the Ecuadorian labor market are described, in a society that does not know sign language. This thesis also aims to enlighten the demands and expectations through the responsibilities and activities assigned to deaf people, as well as analyze the processes of integration and exclusion within their jobs. This, to understand the sense of well-being, fullness or regret that deaf people experience in the labor market. Thus, it reflects on the importance of linking critical disability studies with Anthropology as an approach that allows us to rethink and question inclusive policies from state institutions, in order to show the diversity of bodies, realities and perspectives that include the gaze of population minorities such as deaf people.