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Present Difference: The Cultural Production of Disability
Manchester Metropolitan University in Conjunction with BBC Northwest and the
Cultural Disability Studies Research Network
Wednesday 6th – Friday 8th January 2010
This conference seeks to address the contemporary cultural production of
disability within and across local and global contexts. Its focus is upon
representation both in the sense of the production and circulation of particular
narratives, ideas and images of disability and non-disability, and in the sense
of the participation of disabled cultural practitioners in the production of
culture.
We invite proposals from all stakeholders in the mass mediated production of
disability across a variety of themes and from a diversity of perspectives
within this disparate field of enquiry.
Submissions are invited from both disabled and non-disabled media producers
and policy makers, creative practitioners, disability activists and academics.
Suggested themes include but are not limited to:
policy and practice, television, film, radio, literature, life writing, journalism,
comedy, advertising, new media, social networking, theatre, art, popular
music, animation, gaming and marketing and publicity in the charity and
voluntary sectors.
Topics to include (but are not limited to):
How do different mediums construct the relationship between disability and
non-disability, human variation and human difference?
In what ways do and have policy makers responded to the call for inclusive
practices and representations of human variation?
What is the relationship between genre and the discursive relations of
dis/ability?
What is the role of the audience in the recognition and construction of
dis/ability?
The conference aims to be as varied and inclusive as possible so suggested
formats include but are not limited to: Roundtables, Forums, Debates, Panels,
Posters, Creative Pieces, DVDs, Websites and Media and Art projects in
progress. Sessions will be timetabled for 1hr 30mins.
Abstracts (max 250 words) and biographical notes (max 150 words) for
individual and/or group papers, panels or alternative formats to be sent by
Friday 10th April 2009 to [log in to unmask]
Enquiries to: Dr Lucy Burke, Manchester Metropolitan University,
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If you are interested in attending to conference, please contact
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