http://krcb.org/201202162579/
Anthony
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Good radio piece on disability culture
The local NPR affiliate, KRCB, ran a very insightful piece on the writing of "Save the Last Dance for Me" by Doc Pomus, a polio survivor. His disability experiences gave him the insight and understanding to write a universally loved song. Bruce Robinson, the reporter, really did an excellent job describing disability culture.
http://krcb.org/201202162579/
Anthony
http://krcb.org/201202162579/
Anthony
Invitation: Access Living and Bodies of Work Present Poetry Readings from Beauty is a Verb
Access Living and Bodies of Work Present Poetry Readings from:
Beauty is a Verb
Friday, March 2nd, 2012, 6:30 p.m.
Access Living, 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL
Authors:
Jennifer Bartlett
Sheila Black
Jim Ferris
Kenny Fries
Laurie Lambeth
Stephen Kuusisto
Rusty Morrison
Danielle Pafunda
Jillian Weise
The event is FREE and ACCESSIBLE: Sign Language Interpreters and
Personal Assistants will be provided
This program is partially supported by a grant from the Illinois Arts
Council, a state agency.
Cover image from Beauty is a Verb: The New Poetry of Disability,
edited by Sheila Black, Jennifer Bartlett and Michael Northen.
www.cincopuntos.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
Beauty is a Verb
Friday, March 2nd, 2012, 6:30 p.m.
Access Living, 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL
Authors:
Jennifer Bartlett
Sheila Black
Jim Ferris
Kenny Fries
Laurie Lambeth
Stephen Kuusisto
Rusty Morrison
Danielle Pafunda
Jillian Weise
The event is FREE and ACCESSIBLE: Sign Language Interpreters and
Personal Assistants will be provided
This program is partially supported by a grant from the Illinois Arts
Council, a state agency.
Cover image from Beauty is a Verb: The New Poetry of Disability,
edited by Sheila Black, Jennifer Bartlett and Michael Northen.
www.cincopuntos.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
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Advocates in Disability Awards
http://www.hscfoundation.org/
Advocates in Disability Awards
Applications must be received by: February 28, 2012 (by 5:00pm EST)
The purpose of the ADA Program is to award and encourage a young individual with a disability between the ages of 14 and 26, who has dedicated himself/herself to positively affecting the lives of individuals with disabilities and their families in the United States. The Program also supports an innovative project developed by this young person with a disability that serves and empowers individuals with disabilities.
The Advocates in Disability Award (ADA) is a program of The HSC Foundation, funded in part by the Sarah Beth Coyote Foundation. The selected recipient is awarded $3,000 in recognition of his/her past disability advocacy and will receive up to an additional $7,000 in funding support for his/her proposed project that focuses on serving and empowering individuals with disabilities.
The ADA program seeks a deserving young person who has distinguished himself/herself through contributions in the area of disability. Some examples of qualified applicants could include (but are not limited to): a student who is advocating for equal access to quality education, a young professional educating an employer about workplace accommodations, or a young person advocating for better policies and legislation for people with disabilities. This person does not have to be a “professional” advocate, but should be effectively working to make a difference. The ADA seeks to recognize and award individuals who are advocates through their deep belief and commitment to the inclusion and empowerment of all people with disabilities.
Applicants must be a citizen or permanent resident of the United States at the time of application submission and recipient selection.
The Advocates in Disability Award Program is part of The HSC Foundation’s National Youth Transitions Initiative (NYTI).
The Advocates in Disability Award Application is available at: www.hscfoundation.org/2012ADA.
Advocates in Disability Awards
Applications must be received by: February 28, 2012 (by 5:00pm EST)
The purpose of the ADA Program is to award and encourage a young individual with a disability between the ages of 14 and 26, who has dedicated himself/herself to positively affecting the lives of individuals with disabilities and their families in the United States. The Program also supports an innovative project developed by this young person with a disability that serves and empowers individuals with disabilities.
The Advocates in Disability Award (ADA) is a program of The HSC Foundation, funded in part by the Sarah Beth Coyote Foundation. The selected recipient is awarded $3,000 in recognition of his/her past disability advocacy and will receive up to an additional $7,000 in funding support for his/her proposed project that focuses on serving and empowering individuals with disabilities.
The ADA program seeks a deserving young person who has distinguished himself/herself through contributions in the area of disability. Some examples of qualified applicants could include (but are not limited to): a student who is advocating for equal access to quality education, a young professional educating an employer about workplace accommodations, or a young person advocating for better policies and legislation for people with disabilities. This person does not have to be a “professional” advocate, but should be effectively working to make a difference. The ADA seeks to recognize and award individuals who are advocates through their deep belief and commitment to the inclusion and empowerment of all people with disabilities.
Applicants must be a citizen or permanent resident of the United States at the time of application submission and recipient selection.
The Advocates in Disability Award Program is part of The HSC Foundation’s National Youth Transitions Initiative (NYTI).
The Advocates in Disability Award Application is available at: www.hscfoundation.org/2012ADA.
Article about Disability and Modernist Fiction
Some of you might be interested in my new article about disability in literary modernism, focusing on Ellen Glasgow's 1941 Pulitzer Prize winning novel. In the article, I cite Tobin, Rosemarie, Lenny, Diane (Price Herndl), Simi, David, Sharon, etc.
Here's the citation: "Disabling Modernism: Ellen Glasgow's In This Our Life." Ellen Glasgow Journal of Southern Women Writers 4 (2011): 73-100.
Best regards,
Linda
Here's the citation: "Disabling Modernism: Ellen Glasgow's In This Our Life." Ellen Glasgow Journal of Southern Women Writers 4 (2011): 73-100.
Best regards,
Linda
Monday, February 13, 2012
[UK Event] CCDS Research Forum: Will Southwell-Wright
What use is the Archaeology of Roman Britain to Disability Studies?
Will Southwell-Wright
University of Durham
Date: Wednesday 25 April 2012
Time: 2.15pm–3.45pm
Place: Eden 109, Liverpool Hope University
In recent decades the archaeological study of past human remains has
offered unique insights into understanding human interactions with the
environment, infectious organisms, and wider processes of socio-cultural
change in a variety of historical contexts. However, despite the presence
of an increasing body of palaeopathological evidence of impairments,
relatively little work has engaged with the concept of disability in a
sustained manner. This seminar will consider why archaeology has so far
only made a limited contribution to Disability Studies, and how this might
change in the future. Drawing on examples from Roman-period Europe, our
guest speaker will demonstrate how archaeological evidence of past
iconography, medical artefacts, and the skeletal remains of impaired
individuals can provide important perspectives for considering differing
attitudes toward disability through history.
For more information, please contact:
Dr. David Bolt
Director, Centre for Culture & Disability Studies
ccds.hope.ac.uk
Editor, Journal of Literary & Cultural Disability Studies
http://liverpool.metapress.
Lecturer and Recognised Researcher, Education
http://www.hope.ac.uk/boltd
Founder, International Network of Literary & Cultural Disability Scholars
http://www.facebook.com/pages/
Cultural-Disability-Scholars/
http://twitter.com/#!/INLCDS
Email: boltd@hope.ac.uk
Telephone: 0151 291 3346
Office: EDEN 128
Postal address: Graduate School, Faculty of Education, Liverpool Hope
University, Liverpool, L16 9JD.
Will Southwell-Wright
University of Durham
Date: Wednesday 25 April 2012
Time: 2.15pm–3.45pm
Place: Eden 109, Liverpool Hope University
In recent decades the archaeological study of past human remains has
offered unique insights into understanding human interactions with the
environment, infectious organisms, and wider processes of socio-cultural
change in a variety of historical contexts. However, despite the presence
of an increasing body of palaeopathological evidence of impairments,
relatively little work has engaged with the concept of disability in a
sustained manner. This seminar will consider why archaeology has so far
only made a limited contribution to Disability Studies, and how this might
change in the future. Drawing on examples from Roman-period Europe, our
guest speaker will demonstrate how archaeological evidence of past
iconography, medical artefacts, and the skeletal remains of impaired
individuals can provide important perspectives for considering differing
attitudes toward disability through history.
For more information, please contact:
Dr. David Bolt
Director, Centre for Culture & Disability Studies
ccds.hope.ac.uk
Editor, Journal of Literary & Cultural Disability Studies
http://liverpool.metapress.
Lecturer and Recognised Researcher, Education
http://www.hope.ac.uk/boltd
Founder, International Network of Literary & Cultural Disability Scholars
http://www.facebook.com/pages/
Cultural-Disability-Scholars/
http://twitter.com/#!/INLCDS
Email: boltd@hope.ac.uk
Telephone: 0151 291 3346
Office: EDEN 128
Postal address: Graduate School, Faculty of Education, Liverpool Hope
University, Liverpool, L16 9JD.
Saturday, February 11, 2012
Faye Ginsburg - Screening Disabilities in a Digital Age
Hi, everyone. I just learned about Faye Ginsburg's talk next week at NYU and am passing along the event info.
--Marty Norden
------------------------------
Martin F. Norden
Communication Dept., 409 Machmer Hall norden(at)comm.umass.edu
University of Massachusetts-Amherst fax: 413 545-6399
Amherst, MA 01003 USA vox: 413 545-0598
Home page: http://people.umass.edu/norden
------------------------------
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From: "Cinema Studies Announcements" <cinemastudies-announcements@l
Subject: Faye Ginsburg - Screening Disabilities in a Digital Age
Date: February 9, 2012 11:50:26 AM EST
To: "Cinema Studies Announcements" <cinemastudies-announcements@l
Reply-To: "Cinema Studies Announcements" <cinemastudies-announcements@l
New York University's Department of Cinema Studies presents
a talk by Faye Ginsburg
Screening Disabilities in a Digital Age
Wednesday, February 15, 6:15PM
NYU Tisch School of the Arts
Department of Cinema Studies
721 Broadway, 6th Floor, Michelson Theater
Free and open to the public.
This talk -- built on current research on cultural innovations in the screen presence and citizenship status of people with disabilities who are an estimated 17% of the population -- addresses how documentaries, narratives, film festivals and interactive digital technologies are providing unanticipated and powerful platforms for those with disabilities to communicate to a broad range of publics, asserting an alternative sense of personhood, without requiring typical others to interpret for them, while enhancing the possibilities for forming new kinds of community. At its broadest, this work asks how the digital might help us rethink the cultural parameters of humanity and the deeper discriminations of the social.
Faye Ginsburg is Director of the interdisciplinary Center for Media, Culture and History and Kriser Professor of Anthropology at NYU. Author/editor of four books, and recipient of numerous grants and awards (including a MacArthur Fellowship), her work addresses formations of cultural activism and emergent communities, from her early work on abortion activists, to her longstanding work on Indigenous media, to her current research on cultural innovation and cognitive disabilities.
NYU's Department of Cinema Studies
Tisch School of the Arts
721 Broadway, 6th Floor
New York, NY 10003
cinema.tisch.nyu.edu
--Marty Norden
------------------------------
Martin F. Norden
Communication Dept., 409 Machmer Hall norden(at)comm.umass.edu
University of Massachusetts-Amherst fax: 413 545-6399
Amherst, MA 01003 USA vox: 413 545-0598
Home page: http://people.umass.edu/norden
------------------------------
----- Forwarded message from cinemastudies-announcements@li
From: "Cinema Studies Announcements" <cinemastudies-announcements@l
Subject: Faye Ginsburg - Screening Disabilities in a Digital Age
Date: February 9, 2012 11:50:26 AM EST
To: "Cinema Studies Announcements" <cinemastudies-announcements@l
Reply-To: "Cinema Studies Announcements" <cinemastudies-announcements@l
New York University's Department of Cinema Studies presents
a talk by Faye Ginsburg
Screening Disabilities in a Digital Age
Wednesday, February 15, 6:15PM
NYU Tisch School of the Arts
Department of Cinema Studies
721 Broadway, 6th Floor, Michelson Theater
Free and open to the public.
This talk -- built on current research on cultural innovations in the screen presence and citizenship status of people with disabilities who are an estimated 17% of the population -- addresses how documentaries, narratives, film festivals and interactive digital technologies are providing unanticipated and powerful platforms for those with disabilities to communicate to a broad range of publics, asserting an alternative sense of personhood, without requiring typical others to interpret for them, while enhancing the possibilities for forming new kinds of community. At its broadest, this work asks how the digital might help us rethink the cultural parameters of humanity and the deeper discriminations of the social.
Faye Ginsburg is Director of the interdisciplinary Center for Media, Culture and History and Kriser Professor of Anthropology at NYU. Author/editor of four books, and recipient of numerous grants and awards (including a MacArthur Fellowship), her work addresses formations of cultural activism and emergent communities, from her early work on abortion activists, to her longstanding work on Indigenous media, to her current research on cultural innovation and cognitive disabilities.
NYU's Department of Cinema Studies
Tisch School of the Arts
721 Broadway, 6th Floor
New York, NY 10003
cinema.tisch.nyu.edu
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Spring Discount! Documenting Disabilities -- Films for the Educational Community
Why not celebrate Valentine’s Day with two films that are both heartwarming
and useful for training?
You will discover these award-winning films focus on people with
disabilities who make enormous impacts on their communities. The films are
trusted learning tools for higher education institutions. Both films are at
once timely and perennial and with their high content value, they provide
years of learning and teaching possibilities.
Limited time – Two DVDs are on sale!
55% percent off both films!
Purchase before Feb. 29th at $89 - use promo code “DSHUM” at:
http://www.newday.com/films/
http://www.newday.com/films/
"We bought the films for our women's studies, community health,
pre-nursing, and diversity studies programs. There are so many uses for
them. Students are fascinated by a glimpse into a world they've not
experienced." – Alice Deakins, Professor at William Paterson University,
New Jersey
The Collector of Bedford
Street<http://www.newday.com/
here <http://www.newday.com/films/
trailer!
Nominated for an Academy Award, this film features community activist Larry
Selman, a 63 year-old with an intellectual disability who collects money
for a variety of charities. When his last surviving relative's health
begins to fail, Larry's community sets up a supplemental trust to ensure he
is able to live independently in the future. To date, Larry has raised half
a million dollars and was a recipient of the 2009 Caring
Award<http://www.caring.org/
alongside Colin Powell! ****
Body & Soul: Diana &
Kathy<http://www.newday.com/
here <http://www.newday.com/films/
Diana Braun has Down Syndrome and Kathy Conour has Cerebral Palsy and is
non-verbal. The two women met at a sheltered workshop in Illinois three
decades ago and vowed to live independent, non-institutionalized lives
together. They are tireless self-advocates who expand our vision of human
capability. This award-winning documentary was most recently the foundation
of a new online course launched by the College of Direct Support, called "Film
for Thought<http://
."
****
Also available: purchase The Collector of Bedford
Street<http://newday.
and Body & Soul: Diana &
Kathy<http://newday.
for online viewing. Click titles for more info!
****
We hope you will take a moment to learn about these films, which include
people with a variety of abilities in many settings. ****
****
Thanks very much for your time.
With warm regards,
Madeleine Pryor
Outreach Director
Welcome Change Productions
107 Bedford Street, upper one
New York, NY 10014
outreach@welcomechange.org
www.welcomechange.org
212-924-7151****
and useful for training?
You will discover these award-winning films focus on people with
disabilities who make enormous impacts on their communities. The films are
trusted learning tools for higher education institutions. Both films are at
once timely and perennial and with their high content value, they provide
years of learning and teaching possibilities.
Limited time – Two DVDs are on sale!
55% percent off both films!
Purchase before Feb. 29th at $89 - use promo code “DSHUM” at:
http://www.newday.com/films/
http://www.newday.com/films/
"We bought the films for our women's studies, community health,
pre-nursing, and diversity studies programs. There are so many uses for
them. Students are fascinated by a glimpse into a world they've not
experienced." – Alice Deakins, Professor at William Paterson University,
New Jersey
The Collector of Bedford
Street<http://www.newday.com/
here <http://www.newday.com/films/
trailer!
Nominated for an Academy Award, this film features community activist Larry
Selman, a 63 year-old with an intellectual disability who collects money
for a variety of charities. When his last surviving relative's health
begins to fail, Larry's community sets up a supplemental trust to ensure he
is able to live independently in the future. To date, Larry has raised half
a million dollars and was a recipient of the 2009 Caring
Award<http://www.caring.org/
alongside Colin Powell! ****
Body & Soul: Diana &
Kathy<http://www.newday.com/
here <http://www.newday.com/films/
Diana Braun has Down Syndrome and Kathy Conour has Cerebral Palsy and is
non-verbal. The two women met at a sheltered workshop in Illinois three
decades ago and vowed to live independent, non-institutionalized lives
together. They are tireless self-advocates who expand our vision of human
capability. This award-winning documentary was most recently the foundation
of a new online course launched by the College of Direct Support, called "Film
for Thought<http://
."
****
Also available: purchase The Collector of Bedford
Street<http://newday.
and Body & Soul: Diana &
Kathy<http://newday.
for online viewing. Click titles for more info!
****
We hope you will take a moment to learn about these films, which include
people with a variety of abilities in many settings. ****
****
Thanks very much for your time.
With warm regards,
Madeleine Pryor
Outreach Director
Welcome Change Productions
107 Bedford Street, upper one
New York, NY 10014
outreach@welcomechange.org
www.welcomechange.org
212-924-7151****
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