I think that is a great idea
anita
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From: Mairian Corker <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Sunday, September 19, 1999 5:52 PM
Subject: Re: diversity on campus
>I do wonder, though, why disability is not even in the sub-title?! Are they
>worried about a diminished readership, I wonder? I ask because I've just
>come back from a conference where there was a disability stream (poorly
>attended) and another stream where there was a disability paper which did
>not mention disability in the title or abstract (well attended). On talking
>to the author of this paper, it turned out that this was deliberate - to
>get people to listen. Has anyone else tried this strategy and what do you
>think of it?
>
>Another question. When we get situations like this in publishing,
>conferences and other 'academic' activities, where are the activists? Some
>of us have been talking about asking disability activists to picket
>'academic' conferences that should be addressing disability but don't. Is
>this a way to begin to change 'academic' cultures and to challenge academic
>elitism?
>
>Best
>
>
>Mairian
>
>>
>>However, I am happy to report that, as a result of passing on the
knowledge
>>which I gained doing disability studies, a second edition of a sociology
>>textbook on the social construction of identity includes disability as a
>>master status (it was not in the first edition). Although the subtitle
does
>>not state disabilty in its list, it is addressed in most sections of the
>>text. And the authors have assured me that the third edition will include
>>disability on the cover alongside race, sex, gender, etc. The book was
just
>>published this month. It is:
>>Rosenblum, K. & Travis, T. M. (1999). The Meaning of Difference: American
>>Constructions of Race, Gender, Sex and Sexual Orientation. New York:
>>McGraw-Hill.
>>
>>Thank you for raising the issue, Jerry. This is an excellent topic for
the
>>upcoming SDS dialogue on academia and activism. I would like to
participate
>>in a panel which addresses this topic -- one in which we can relate our
>>personal experiences about how we put theory into practice on the college
>>campus. If anyone is interested in joining me on such a panel, please
E-mail
>>me off-list.
>>
>>Best wishes,
>>
>>Beth
>>
>>Beth Omansky Gordon
>>The George Washington University and
>>George Mason University
>>E-mail: [log in to unmask]
>
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>Mairian Corker
>Senior Research Fellow in Deaf and Disability Studies
>Department of Education Studies
>University of Central Lancashire
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