Transformative Difference: Disability, Culture and the Academy, Centre for
Culture and Disability Studies, Liverpool Hope University
www.ccds.hope.ac.uk
Wednesday 7th and Thursday 8th September 2011
It is now widely recognised that a critical engagement with disability has the
power to transform how we research and teach in a range of disciplinary areas –
from education to medicine to the humanities and beyond. At the same time,
conceptions of disability (and ability) are constantly changing, with shifting
attitudes, new models, and the work of activists and educators to create a more
equal society. This multidisciplinary conference seeks to explore how
disability may function as a “transformative difference” in the academy, as well
as how changing attitudes towards disability might have an impact on a range of
subject areas. In particular, the conference will explore the following issues:
* How might an engagement with the difference of disability challenge,
enrich, or transform work in particular disciplines?
* How do changing attitudes towards and perceptions of disability affect
research, teaching, and scholarship in different fields?
* How does the inclusion of a Disability Studies perspective transform
disciplines which have not traditionally embraced this standpoint?
* What are the challenges of, or barriers to, engaging with disability
(and Disability Studies) in disciplines that have not traditionally done
so?
We welcome submissions for research strands or panels, group or individual
papers and presentations in alternative formats.
Suitable topics may include, but are not limited to:
Disability and education (including teacher education, early years,
further/higher education, and teaching and learning in Disability Studies)
Disability and the humanities
Disability in the sciences and social sciences
Disability studies, medicine and health sciences
Abstracts (max 250 words) with a brief biography (max 150 words) are invited for
submission by April 4th 2011.
Papers from postgraduate students are especially welcome.
Enquiries to Irene Rose at Hope University: [log in to unmask]
________________End of message________________
This Disability-Research Discussion list is managed by the Centre for Disability Studies at the University of Leeds (www.leeds.ac.uk/disability-studies).
Enquiries about list administration should be sent to [log in to unmask]
Archives and tools are located at:
www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/disability-research.html
You can VIEW, POST, JOIN and LEAVE the list by logging in to this web page.
|