Dear Anthropology Matters colleagues,
Re EASA MAGic conference 2015., University of Sussex, UK, 9-11 September 2015.
Panel 29 Disability: theory, policy and practice in global contexts
Call for papers closing on 27th April
Convenors of the panel on disability Dr Mary Wickenden and Dr Maria Kett – University College London
invite you submit your disability related papers. We look forward to a lively and critical discussion.
Short Abstract
The lives of disabled people are under-researched both in anthropology and global health. Despite much theorising about and changes in conceptualisations of disability, mainly in the global north, the topic is poorly integrated into global health discourse. The panel aims to redress this imbalance.
Long Abstract
The lived experiences of disabled people have rarely been investigated from anthropological or global health perspectives. When they have been a focus, it is often assumed that disability is a purely health or medical issue and emphasis is usually placed on exploring the impact of impairments (differences in body or mind), rather than on broader aspects of people's lives. Disabled people themselves say that their concerns are more likely to be about ontological matters related to the nature of difference and the myriad of ways in which they experience stigma and social exclusion, as well as about more prosaic aspects such as being denied equal access to a range of mainstream services such as health and education or to employment, leisure and community involvement.
Anthropologies of disability have begun to explore core aspects of being human such as: identity, body and mind sameness or difference, self versus others' perceptions, the concept of 'normality', relationships between impairment illness health and wellbeing, caring independence and dependence, as well as life-course dilemmas including antenatal screening, euthanasia and the judgements about quality of life. However, these have almost exclusively been examined in global north contexts. There is an urgent need for in-depth analysis of the lives of disabled people in the global south and a better understanding of how and if, theories of disability developed (largely) in the north may apply in a diversity of realities.
The panel welcomes papers on the themes above or other aspects of disability theory and practice.
submission:http://nomadit.co.uk/easa/magic2015/panels.php website:http://www.easaonline.org/networks/medical/events/magic2015/index.shtml
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