This is a superlative and critically important post by disability campaigner, Susan Archibald:
http://blogs.sundaymail.co.uk/susanas/2012/11/a-message-from-the-heart.html
Monday, November 5, 2012
Call For Papers on Austerity
Austerity
Welcome are contributions that theoretically engage the referential and
figural use of austerity. What is austerity? What are the social,
political, economic and intellectual dimensions of austerity? Who is the
paradigmatic subject of austerity? Is its meaning transhistorical and
transcultural? Or is it imbued in ideology and thus irremediably
discursive and historically contingent? Whose austerity is acknowledged
and whose is ignored? Is austerity an ontological concern? Does austerity
have an aesthetics? Can an inquiry into austerity ever be disentangled
from neoliberalism? How have austerity measures affected contemporary
academic culture?
Deadline: 15 August 2013
For submission details consult <www.symploke.org>.
Send papers to:
Jeffrey R. Di Leo
School of Arts and Sciences
University of Houston-Victoria
Victoria, TX 77901-5731
dileo@symploke.org<mailto:dile
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Keri Farnsworth
Assistant Editor, symplokē
Assistant Director, SCE
Publishing Department
UW 206B
University of Houston-Victoria
3007 N. Ben Wilson
Victoria, TX 77901
Phone: 361-570-4339
Fax: 361-580-5507
email: farnsworthkl@uhv.edu<mailto:fa
Welcome are contributions that theoretically engage the referential and
figural use of austerity. What is austerity? What are the social,
political, economic and intellectual dimensions of austerity? Who is the
paradigmatic subject of austerity? Is its meaning transhistorical and
transcultural? Or is it imbued in ideology and thus irremediably
discursive and historically contingent? Whose austerity is acknowledged
and whose is ignored? Is austerity an ontological concern? Does austerity
have an aesthetics? Can an inquiry into austerity ever be disentangled
from neoliberalism? How have austerity measures affected contemporary
academic culture?
Deadline: 15 August 2013
For submission details consult <www.symploke.org>.
Send papers to:
Jeffrey R. Di Leo
School of Arts and Sciences
University of Houston-Victoria
Victoria, TX 77901-5731
dileo@symploke.org<mailto:dile
------------------------------
Keri Farnsworth
Assistant Editor, symplokē
Assistant Director, SCE
Publishing Department
UW 206B
University of Houston-Victoria
3007 N. Ben Wilson
Victoria, TX 77901
Phone: 361-570-4339
Fax: 361-580-5507
email: farnsworthkl@uhv.edu<mailto:fa
Thursday, October 25, 2012
Help for friend bringing class to London
A friend who is a social work prof. is bringing a small group to London
and would like them to have some experience related to disability.
Here's what she wrote me, and if anyone has a good idea, please contact me
off-list. Thanks.
Thanks for your offer to make some connections for my social work students
in London this January. I don't have any site visits or programming in
disabilities yet, and would welcome an opportunity to take a look at what
is going on in the UK in that arena. disability studies has not been an
area of experience or study for me, and I welcome the opportunity to become
more aware and conversant.
The course is designed to expose students to social work services in the
UK-various organizations and service providers, meet with professional
social workers, visit relevant museums, historical sites, and providers.
Most of the programming so far is in the mental health and social care
areas, but I hope to also have some opportunity to look at social justice
and community organizing,criminal justice, substance abuse, domestic
violence, immigration, and disabilities services. we are looking for
speakers/ lecturers who can present on these issues as well as current
trends and policy issues in social care, and make a comparison to the
united states.
We are a small group, 5 students, so the opportunity for casual , intimate
conversations and visits is quite manageable.
so far we will be visiting Toynbee hall, the diversity and immigration
museum, the freud museum, touring the east end looking at street art and
community organizing, and I am trying to arrange a visit to the Tavistock
Clinic. I have a few social workers lined up who my students will meet with
and perhaps shadow.
--
Lennard J. Davis
Distinguished Professor, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Department of English
Department of Disability and Human Development
Department of Medical Education
Director, Project Biocultures
www.biocultures.org
Mailing Address:
Department of English (MC 162)
University of Illinois at Chicago
601 South Morgan Street
Chicago, Illinois 60607-7120
Office: UH 2020
Phone: 312 413 8910
Fax: 347-346-6619
e-mail: lendavis@uic.edu, lennard.davis@gmail.com
Website: www.lennarddavis.com
Obsession: A History--website:
http://www.press.uchicago.edu/
Go Ask Your Father--website:
http://www.randomhouse.com/
Editor, Routledge Series Integrating Science and Culture
http://www.routledge.com/
and would like them to have some experience related to disability.
Here's what she wrote me, and if anyone has a good idea, please contact me
off-list. Thanks.
Thanks for your offer to make some connections for my social work students
in London this January. I don't have any site visits or programming in
disabilities yet, and would welcome an opportunity to take a look at what
is going on in the UK in that arena. disability studies has not been an
area of experience or study for me, and I welcome the opportunity to become
more aware and conversant.
The course is designed to expose students to social work services in the
UK-various organizations and service providers, meet with professional
social workers, visit relevant museums, historical sites, and providers.
Most of the programming so far is in the mental health and social care
areas, but I hope to also have some opportunity to look at social justice
and community organizing,criminal justice, substance abuse, domestic
violence, immigration, and disabilities services. we are looking for
speakers/ lecturers who can present on these issues as well as current
trends and policy issues in social care, and make a comparison to the
united states.
We are a small group, 5 students, so the opportunity for casual , intimate
conversations and visits is quite manageable.
so far we will be visiting Toynbee hall, the diversity and immigration
museum, the freud museum, touring the east end looking at street art and
community organizing, and I am trying to arrange a visit to the Tavistock
Clinic. I have a few social workers lined up who my students will meet with
and perhaps shadow.
--
Lennard J. Davis
Distinguished Professor, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Department of English
Department of Disability and Human Development
Department of Medical Education
Director, Project Biocultures
www.biocultures.org
Mailing Address:
Department of English (MC 162)
University of Illinois at Chicago
601 South Morgan Street
Chicago, Illinois 60607-7120
Office: UH 2020
Phone: 312 413 8910
Fax: 347-346-6619
e-mail: lendavis@uic.edu, lennard.davis@gmail.com
Website: www.lennarddavis.com
Obsession: A History--website:
http://www.press.uchicago.edu/
Go Ask Your Father--website:
http://www.randomhouse.com/
Editor, Routledge Series Integrating Science and Culture
http://www.routledge.com/
[UK Event] Cultural Rights public lecture series: Unity in Diversity
Cultural Rights public lecture series: Unity in Diversity
Monday 12th November, 2012, 6.00pm - 7.30pm.
At “The Light” Rights and Humanity’s venue at The Royal Liver Building, Pier
Head, Liverpool, L3 1HU, UK.
Culture and Disability: Theorising the Social Encounter
In this public lecture Dr David Bolt provides an introduction to the
interdisciplinary field of cultural disability studies. In doing so he
demonstrates the educational value of diversity and explores the impact of
culture on people who have impairments, the way in which the widely
represented myths of disability are rehearsed and reinforced in social
encounters.
Dr Bolt is Director of the Centre for Culture & Disability Studies at
Liverpool Hope University. He is founding editor of the Journal of Literary
& Cultural Disability Studies (Liverpool University Press). He is co-editor
of The Madwoman and the Blindman: Jane Eyre, Discourse, Disability (Ohio
State University Press, 2012) and his monograph, The Metanarrative of
Blindness, is forthcoming in Corporealities: Discourses of Disability
(University of Michigan Press).
Admission Prices £8 per lecture in the series
Student Series Rate: £5 per lecture
Refreshments will be available on arrival.
Book the Series via events@rightsandhumanity.org or direct on 0151 236 2426
Monday 12th November, 2012, 6.00pm - 7.30pm.
At “The Light” Rights and Humanity’s venue at The Royal Liver Building, Pier
Head, Liverpool, L3 1HU, UK.
Culture and Disability: Theorising the Social Encounter
In this public lecture Dr David Bolt provides an introduction to the
interdisciplinary field of cultural disability studies. In doing so he
demonstrates the educational value of diversity and explores the impact of
culture on people who have impairments, the way in which the widely
represented myths of disability are rehearsed and reinforced in social
encounters.
Dr Bolt is Director of the Centre for Culture & Disability Studies at
Liverpool Hope University. He is founding editor of the Journal of Literary
& Cultural Disability Studies (Liverpool University Press). He is co-editor
of The Madwoman and the Blindman: Jane Eyre, Discourse, Disability (Ohio
State University Press, 2012) and his monograph, The Metanarrative of
Blindness, is forthcoming in Corporealities: Discourses of Disability
(University of Michigan Press).
Admission Prices £8 per lecture in the series
Student Series Rate: £5 per lecture
Refreshments will be available on arrival.
Book the Series via events@rightsandhumanity.org or direct on 0151 236 2426
Saturday, October 20, 2012
[Chicago, Illinois event] ACCESS LIVING & BODIES OF WORK present: Third Annual Battle of the Bands: A NIGHT OF MUSIC & SONGS
ACCESS LIVING & BODIES OF WORK present:
Third Annual Battle of the Bands: A NIGHT OF MUSIC & SONGS
Nov. 16, 2012
6:30~8:00 pm
FREE Admission
Access Living, 115 W Chicago
Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/
Hear these bands showcase their distinctive musical styles
DHF EXPRESS' signature blend of power pop covers and off-beat
originals will make you sweat...but also make you think. These
talented musicians have eclectic tastes and a unique sound and are
members of Project Onward, which supports the creative growth of
artists with mental and developmental disabilities.
The Arts of Life Band
makes danceable party music with a rock edge. It is an ongoing
collaborative project between disabled and non-disabled artists in the
Chicago area, based out of the Arts of Life community of artists.
Personal Assistants and Sign Language Interpreters will be provided
"This program is partially supported by a grant from the Illinois Arts
Council, a state agency." "This project is partially supported by a
CityArts grant from the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs
and Special Events.
Website: http://www.
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/
--
Sandie Yi
Graduate Assistant
Bodies of Work: A Network of Disability Arts and Culture
http://www.
Ph D Student, Disability Studies and Human Development
University of Illinois at Chicago
E-mail: cyi9@uic.edu
Personal Artist's Website: http://cripcouture.org
Third Annual Battle of the Bands: A NIGHT OF MUSIC & SONGS
Nov. 16, 2012
6:30~8:00 pm
FREE Admission
Access Living, 115 W Chicago
Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/
Hear these bands showcase their distinctive musical styles
DHF EXPRESS' signature blend of power pop covers and off-beat
originals will make you sweat...but also make you think. These
talented musicians have eclectic tastes and a unique sound and are
members of Project Onward, which supports the creative growth of
artists with mental and developmental disabilities.
The Arts of Life Band
makes danceable party music with a rock edge. It is an ongoing
collaborative project between disabled and non-disabled artists in the
Chicago area, based out of the Arts of Life community of artists.
Personal Assistants and Sign Language Interpreters will be provided
"This program is partially supported by a grant from the Illinois Arts
Council, a state agency." "This project is partially supported by a
CityArts grant from the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs
and Special Events.
Website: http://www.
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/
--
Sandie Yi
Graduate Assistant
Bodies of Work: A Network of Disability Arts and Culture
http://www.
Ph D Student, Disability Studies and Human Development
University of Illinois at Chicago
E-mail: cyi9@uic.edu
Personal Artist's Website: http://cripcouture.org
Friday, October 19, 2012
TUC march tomorrow south London meeting point
Tomorrow, Saturday 20 October
£10 billion more cuts announced last week! Austerity isn’t working!
Say No to cuts in jobs and services! It’s time to make the bankers pay!
10.30am.
South London Assembly
Outside Imperial War Museum
in Geraldine Mary Harmsworth Park (Map)
March via Blackfriars Bridge to join an estimated half-a-million demonstrators going from the Embankment to Hyde Park.
Getting there:
Tubes: Lambeth North (Bakerloo Line), Elephant & Castle (Northern Line). No Victoria Line running tomorrow.
Buses: 3, 12, 53, 148, 453, C10, 344, 360, 59, 159
Come along, tell people you’re going and persuade them to go as well
Forward this email to everyone you know
Talk to, phone or text your friends, union members, work colleagues etc
Send your friends the Facebook event link at http://tinyurl.com/
Re-tweet messages from @southwarkSOS
More details from the TUC at http://afuturethatworks.
Volunteer to help us on Saturday -
distributing leaflets, collecting names of new supporters &
donations for the local campaign to save our services: email us now at southwarksos@gmail.com
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Oct20 South London.pdf 96K View Download |
Monday, October 15, 2012
Merry Cross Will Interview Mo Stewart Tomorrow Afternoon On Her Radio Show
(Letter posted with Mo Stewart's permission, with some editing)
It seems I am the last
person to find out about the very welcome activities of Merry Cross, who has a 2
hour window on local radio, every week, that's transmitted across the Internet
and which covers disability issues.
It seems Merry has been
exposing the activities of Unum Insurance for a while, in
relation to this ongoing gvt attack on disabled people, and I am to be
interviewed on air, tomorrow afternoon, from about 2.30pm. The radio show
is on air from 2pm - 4pm every Tues afternoon - but no doubt you already know
about it?
Let's hope I can remember
to remind Linda that the DWP have confirmed, in writing, that the Atos
£100million per annum contract HAS NEVER BEEN AUDITED, and
that COHPA are the greatest influence on gvt regarding
these bogus assessments that few people know about.... Just ask Dame Carol
Black....
Perhaps I'll remember to
remind her that Iain Duncan Smith stood up at the Tory Party Conference and
complained about the 'interference' of the European Court of Human Rights, and I
could tell her that the UK gvt has already been reported to the United
Nations for atrocities against our most vulnerable people?
I may even remember to
remind her that the BBC TV News report back in 2007, (attached) that
exposed UNUM Insurance as a bogus operation, was suddenly removed from
the BBC website and the reporter suddenly developed amnesia when
questioned... Happily, disability activists smelled a rat and downloaded
it BEFORE the BBC could hide it...
Then again, my short-term
memory is poor so I may well forget all of these things... I could
remember to remind Merry that the entire national press have been
compromised and all, without exception, refuse to expose the
involvement of this dangerous and discredited corporate US insurance giant,
behind the scenes, with the UK gvt. claiming that they fear possible litigation
BUT Private Eye have been exposing Unum since 1994, see
attached, and the Disability News Service have exposed Unum Insurance at least 8
times, in the past 12 months, without any consequences.
The national press are
silenced by gvt control and nothing else. Unum can't in all credibility
threaten litigation if everything reported is confirmed by evidence and court
cases.
Merry has had access to my
reports etc but I have no idea where the interview will lead as I'm not in
control of the questions/interview.....
At the moment, there is no
opportunity to 'listen again' so the possible audience may not be too large but
the potential audience, over the Internet, is huge.
I hope you may have the
opportunity to listen, to advise if I sounded OK and said the right things as,
at this moment in time, I have no idea what I will be talking about apart from
the fact that this ongoing protest against Atos, by the disability
groups, is a welcome distraction for the gvt.... Atos
are rewarded for taking all ther flack with gvt contracts now
worth a reported £3BILLION - that's gotta be worth some angry
protesters distracting the press from the real culprits as the UK gvt move our
welfare system to the American system, to be funded by private insurance....
just ask the new Health Sec... his book back in 2005 talked about
'privatising' national insurance... !!
Whilst concentrating their
direct actions, these protests by the disability groups are playing
directly into the gvt's hands.
It was no doubt anticipated
and expected, whilst no-one is exposing the real enemy which is, of
course, the dangerous influence of UNUM
Insurance.... as aided and abetted by Mansel Aylward.... who has
now changed his mind about the BPS model of disability.... SEE attached
press release that no national press have reacted to ...
" In times of tyranny and injustice when law oppresses
the people, the outlaw takes his place in history."
Robin Hood - directed by Ridley
Scott
Mo
Mo Stewart
Disability researcher
Disabled veteran
(WRAF)
Retired healthcare
professional
www.whywaitforever.com/
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 | WELFARE REFORM TYRANNY DIRECT FROM THE USA - feature article.pdf 65K View Download |
| BBC NEWS transcript - UNUM.pdf 23K View Download |
| PRIVATE EYE - UNUM view_issue.pdf 153K View Download |
| PRESS RELEASE - Aylward - 3rd Oct.pdf 19K View Download |
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