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The call for contributions for the Ableism in Academia event is now open!
http://www.nicole-brown.co.uk/submission-ableism-academia/
Tickets are available here:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ableism-in-academia-tickets-38939160076
Academia prides itself on productivity, innovation and rigour. It also purports to promote inclusivity and diversity. However, as disabled, chronically ill, and neurodiverse academics know, ableism – discrimination in favour of able-bodied people – is endemic in academia.
Against this background, this interactive symposium provides a forum to discuss the pressures and challenges faced by disabled, chronically ill, and neurodiverse academics. By engaging in debate around academic ableism, including how it intersects with gender, race, class, age, and sexuality, we aim to create a policy-facing manifesto that will challenge academia’s existing notions of able-bodied perfection and provide impetus for change. The event will be live-streamed to ensure wide accessibility, and we plan to share contributions through a website.
Confirmed keynote speaker: Fiona Kumari Campbell (University of Dundee), author of Contours of Ableism.
We invite abstracts about any aspect of our theme. Presentations will be a maximum of five minutes, and we encourage a variety of formats that reflect different ways of working and communicating scholarship and experience; creativity is encouraged. As we are exploring the potential for a special journal issue, research-led work that lends itself to a written article is also welcome.
Dr Jennifer Leigh MA, BSc (Hons), PGCHE, PGCE, FHEA
Lecturer in Higher Education and Academic Practice, Centre for the Study of Higher Education, UELT, University of Kent, Canterbury, CT2 7NQ [log in to unmask]|+ 44(0)1227 816279
Recent articles:
Experiencing emotion: children’s perceptions, reflections and self-regulation Body, Movement and Dance in Psychotherapy DOI: 10.1080/17432979.2017.1303544 http://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/GhakpGBcE4anSGtC3Dan/full
An embodied perspective on judgements of written reflective practice for professional development in HE Reflective Practice Volume 17, Issue 1 pp. 72-85 | DOI: 10.1080/14623943.2015.1123688 http://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/kbR7vff6eAMws6US3GsU/full
Dear Marita,
The aim is to be inclusive, so we won't turn anyone away who is not directly affected by any of the issues!
Yours,
Jennifer
Sent from my Sony Xperia™ smartphone
---- Marita Grimwood wrote ----
Hello Jennifer
This sounds like a valuable event, thank you. Could you please clarify something? When you say it's open to all those affected by ableism do you mean those directly disadvantaged by it?
Marita
Sent from my iPhoneDear all,I would like to let you know about a free event on ableism in academia, on 23rd March 2018. The event is open to all in academia who are affected by disability, neurodiversity or chronic illness.
Please, find here the link to the Eventbrite page: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ableism-in-academia-tickets-38939160076?aff=es2
There will be a call for short talks soon, with an aim of producing a special issue after the event.
Academia prides itself on productivity, innovation and rigour. It also purports to promote inclusivity and diversity. However, as disabled and chronically ill academics know, ableism is endemic in academia. Rather than embracing difference as a reflection of wider society, academic ecosystems seek to normalise and homogenise ways of working and of being a scholar.
Against this background, this interactive symposium provides a forum to discuss the pressures and challenges faced by disabled, chronically ill, and neurodiverse academics. By engaging in debate around academic ableism, including how it intersects with gender, race, class, and sexuality, we aim to create a manifesto that will challenge academia’s existing notions of able-bodied perfection and provide impetus for change.
Confirmed keynote speaker: Fiona Kumari Campbell (University of Dundee), author of Contours of Ableism.
Dr Jennifer Leigh MA, BSc (Hons), PGCHE, PGCE, FHEA
Lecturer in Higher Education and Academic Practice, Centre for the Study of Higher Education, UELT, University of Kent, Canterbury, CT2 7NQ [log in to unmask]|+ 44(0)1227 816279
Recent articles:
Experiencing emotion: children’s perceptions, reflections and self-regulation Body, Movement and Dance in Psychotherapy DOI: 10.1080/17432979.2017.1303544 http://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/GhakpGBcE4anSGtC3Dan/full
An embodied perspective on judgements of written reflective practice for professional development in HE Reflective Practice Volume 17, Issue 1 pp. 72-85 | DOI: 10.1080/14623943.2015.1123688 http://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/kbR7vff6eAMws6US3GsU/full