Rupturing Concepts of Disability and Inclusion

CHAPTER 2
research quilt will feature six bars - three sets of two bars. These represent various
aspects of inclusion named as Profound Exclusion, Technical Inclusion and
Legislative Inclusion, and the shadow-tones representing ambivalences found in
each construction. The six bars are defined, surrounded and contained by the
patriarchal and kyriarchal Selvedges of Definition. A small surrounding border
representing ‘A Transformatory Ethic of Inclusion’, an instrument of rupture to the
patriarchal boundedness of the bars, links the external fabric constituting Ethical
Inclusion by rupturing the Selvedges of Definition. (See Figure 2)
The piecing and design of a quilt is imagined and constructed by an individual,
while the finishing is often a corporate activity when individuals gather in groups
for the pleasures and mutual support of the ‘quilting bee’. 157 So it is with the
presentation of this research. I imagine the piecing and design to form the pattern
of the patchwork surface of the top layer.
The rest of the research is committed to this activity, which will include
examining the structure of socio-ethical fabrics of the Judeo-Christian context in
which inclusion is embedded. However, the scope of this research is also limited to
the preparation of the top layer. The quilting, as embellishment and counterpoint,
must be a communal activity as the quilt is subjected to the scrutinies of other
interested parties. Therefore, this work will conclude as an unfinished quilt, ready
for corporate involvement and engagement, both for finishing and usefulness.
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Figure 2: A Metaphorical Quilt – ‘A Transformatory Ethic of Inclusion’ .158