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James Gordon Rice - Professor

James Gordon Rice

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School of Social Sciences

James Gordon Rice

Professor

Professor - Anthropology

Email
james [at] hi.is

Unit
Faculty of Sociology, Anthropology and Folkloristics
Website
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/James_Rice20

Consultation hours
Office hours by appointment
ORCID site
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6723-7243
Research portal – James Gordon Rice
Under construction throughout the autumn semester 2023

Published works

2023

Through an Intersectional Lens: Prevalence of Violence Against Disabled Women in IcelandViolence Against Women
Enabling measures for independent living and community inclusion: strategies and guidance - IcelandEuropean Commission
“Alleged Disabilities”: The Evolving Tactics of Child Protection in a Disability Rights EnvironmentLaws
Striving for an inclusive labour market in Iceland.European Commission
‘We Got Lucky with the Judge’: Access to Justice for Disabled Women in IcelandLaws

2022

Appropriate Measures? Supporting Parents with ID in the Context of the CRPDScandinavian Journal of Disability Research
Multidisciplinary Approaches to Disability in Iceland (Late 9th–Early 20th Century)Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research
Weapons and tactics: A story of parents with learning disabilities maintaining family integrityBritish Journal of Learning Disabilities
Digitalisation and digital transformation in Iceland: Implications for persons with disabilitiesEuropean Commission
IntroductionUnderstanding Disability Throughout History: Interdisciplinary Perspectives in Iceland from Settlement to 1936 - Routledge/Taylor & Francis
Understanding Disability Throughout History: Interdisciplinary Perspectives in Iceland from Settlement to 1936Routledge/Taylor & Francis
Incorporating a Reflexive Ethnographic Sensitivity in Child Protection WorkRehabilitation in Practice

2021

Child Protection, Disability and Obstetric Violence: Three Case Studies from IcelandInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
COVID-19 and people with disabilities: Assessing the impact of the crisis and informing disability-inclusive next steps - IcelandEuropean Commission

2020

“Our way of working is very different from that of the big nations down there”: The Icelandic Coast Guard, Exceptionalism and Fortress Europe.Mobility and Transnational Iceland: Current Transformations and Global Entanglements. University of Iceland Press
The weight of history: child protection and parenting with a disability in 20th Century IcelandThe History of the Family
Anthropology, Disability and the CRPDRecognising Human Rights in Different Cultural Contexts - Palgrave Macmillan

2019

Charities under austerity: ethnographies of poverty and marginality in Westernnon-profit and charity associations Journal of Organizational Ethnography
ANED Task 2017-18 Disability assessment: IcelandANED - Academic Network of European Disability Experts
Ambiguous spaces: the charity-NGO nexus in IcelandJournal of Organizational Ethnography
Serving neglect: Foodways in child protection casesFood and Foodways
Balancing the scales: Custody deprivation and fostering in IcelandInternational Social Work
Shifting the Balance of Power: The Strategic Use of the CRPD by Disabled People’s Organizations in Securing ‘a Seat at the Table’Laws
(ANED) European Semester 2018/2019 shadow fiche on disability – IcelandANED- Academic Network of European Disability Experts
ANED: Living independently and being included in the communityANED - Academic Network of European Disability Experts

2018

ANED 2016-17-Task Social Pillar (focus topics) Country report Country: IcelandAcademic Network of European Disability Experts (ANED)
‘Evidence’ of Neglect as a Form of Structural ViolenceSocial Inclusion
Achieving disability equality: Empowering disabled people to take the leadSocial Inclusion
Social networks, recruitment strategies and the ambiguities of employment activation programmesYouth, Diversity and Employment: Comparative Perspectives on Labour Market Policies
Achieving Disability EqualitySocial Inclusion
Notifying neglect: Child protection as an application of bureaucratic power against marginalized parentsHuman Organization
Trading autonomy for services: Perceptions of users and providers of services for disabled people in Iceland,L'autonomie négociée. Les perceptions des usagers et des prestataires de services pour personnes handicapées en IslandeAlter
Evidence of neglect as a form of structural violence: parents with intellectual disabilities and custody deprivationSocial Inclusion
ANED European Semester 2017/2018 shadow fiche on disability: Iceland.ANED- Academic Network of European Disability Experts
“Being Number One is the Biggest Obstacle”Nordic Welfare Research

2017

European Semester 2016/2017 shadow fiche on disability: Iceland
‘Framed’: Terminating the Parenting Rights of Parents with Intellectual Disability in IcelandJournal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities
How can states ensure access to personal assistance when service delivery is decentralized? Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research
ANED Country report on Social Protection and Article 28: IcelandAcademic Network of European Disability Experts
Kosningar, lýðræði og fatlað fólkStjórnmál & Stjórnsýsla
The Inclusion of the Lived Experience of Disability in PolicymakingLaws
‘It’s not complicated’: Physical disability and farming in rural IcelandDisability and Rurality: Identity, Gender and Belonging - Routledge

2016

Are Cutbacks to Personal Assistance Violating Sweden’s Obligations under the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities?Laws
European Semester 2015/2016 shadow fiche on disability (Iceland)
Negotiating independence, choice and autonomyDisability and Society
Stigmatic representation of intellectual disability and termination of parental custody rightsIntellectual Disability and Stigma: Stepping Out from the Margins - Palgrave Macmillan

2015

Spaces of indifference: Bureaucratic governance and disability rights in IcelandDisability Research Today: International Perspectives - Routledge

2014

Welcome to 2004 (no that's not a typo...)Reykjavík Grapevine
‘Now is necessity’: Icelandic charity during the crisis yearsCrisis in the Nordic Nations and Beyond: At the Intersection of Environment, Finance and Multiculturalism
ANED 2014 Task 3 - Accessibility to Healthcare Country: Iceland
ANED 2014 Task 4 - Accessibility of Healthcare - Iceland
Charity in pre-and post-crisis icelandGambling Debt: Iceland's Rise and Fall in the Global Economy - University of Colorado Press

2012

“I’m not enough of a loser”: A crip interpretation of disability and charity in Icelandlambda nordica
Vulnerability at the intersection of poverty and disabilityVulnerable Groups & Inclusion
ANED 2012 Task 4 - National Accessibility Report: Country: IcelandAcademic Network of European Disability Experts

2011

Maintaining the status quo: Charity in the context of disabilityRannsóknir í félagsvísindum XII: Félags- og mannvísindadeild
Fátækt og félagslegar aðstæður öryrkja: Rannsókn unnin í tilefni af Evrópuári gegn fátækt og félagslegri einangrun
Fátækt, fötlun og velferðStjórnmál & Stjórnsýsla
Exceptional waves: Parents of disabled children negotiating 30 years of Icelandic social policyTímarit um menntarannsóknir

2010

Eligibility for disability benefits in European countries: Country – IcelandAcademic Network of European Disability Experts
Never Give Up: The Grapevine talks with Freyja Haraldsdóttir about disability rights in IcelandReykjavík Grapevine
ANED Flash Report: economic crisis and pensions Country: IcelandAcademic Network of European Disability Experts
Questions of disempowerment in disability specific entitlements in IcelandRannsóknir í félagsvísindum XI
ANED country report on equality of educational and training opportunities for young disabled peopleAcademic Network of European Disability Experts

2009

ANED Report on the employment of disabled people in European countries: Revised 2009Academic Network of European Disability Experts
ANED Report on the social inclusion and social protection of disabled people in European countries: Revised 2009 – Iceland.Academic Network of European Disability Experts
The operationalization of disability in policy and practiceRannsóknir í félagsvísindum X
ANED country report on the implementation of policies supporting independent living for disabled people – Iceland
“We only help women with children here”: Male clients at an Icelandic material aid charity.Norma: Nordic Journal for Masculinity Studies

2008

Report on the employment of disabled people in European countries – IcelandAcademic Network of European Disability Experts
Report on the social inclusion and social protection of disabled people in European countries – IcelandAcademic Network of European Disability Experts

2007

The Charity Complex: An Ethnography of a Material Aid Agency in Reykjavík, Iceland
Icelandic charity donations: Reciprocity reconsideredEthnology
Charity in the Land of PlentyReykjavík Grapevine
Subject to classification: the practices of charity in Reykjavík, IcelandRannsóknir í Félgasvísindum VIII

2002

‘Community’ and Contradictions: The Role of a Community Centre in a St. John’s Housing Project

Keywords for Specialisation:

Child protection

Intersectionality

Urban anthropology

Economic anthropology