As the editor of the issue in which Mark and Laura's article appears,
I'm thrilled to see that there's that level of interest. I'm also on the
editorial board of RDS and proud to say that we're getting better all
the time, due to remarkable contributions such as this. Both print and
online subscriptions are available.
A few weeks ago, I posted a cfp for our latest special forum, on
disability and music. My guest editor is Na'ama Sheffi, Director of the
School of Communications, Sapir Academic College, Israel. Deadline for
250-word abstracts is March 1. Please send to Alex Lubet
<[log in to unmask]> and Na'ama Sheffi <[log in to unmask]>..
Here's the complete cfp again. I stress that a professionally-trained
musical perspective is in no way a requirement or a criterion for
selection (although that is my field). Articles need to be accessible to
all regardless of musical training.
Thanks,
all for Papers
Review of Disability Studies: An International Journal (www.rds.hawaii.edu)
Dance Beneath the Diamond Sky with One Hand: Disability and Music
Alex Lubet and Na'ama Sheffi, Guest Editors
Disability studies scholars as distinguished as Simi Linton and Rosemary Garland-Thompson have spoken at length about the unique beauty and iconic cultural status of the dance that is a highlight of the annual meeting of the Society for Disability Studies. This is but one indication of the major role that music plays in the lives of our community. Sam Sullivan, the quadriplegic mayor of Vancouver, prepared himself to lead the world’s most livable city in part by founding and directing the Vancouver Adapted Music Society and leading the band Spinal Cord. And Neil Young, contemporary music’s great anti-war poetic voice, is also a disability activist.
We are honored that the theme for the special forum of The Review of Disability Studies: An International Journal will be disability and music. We implore our potential contributors to show our community’s customary fearlessness by casting aside dependence upon the all-too-often oppressive paradigms of music theory, music criticism, and musicology, and by refuting the negative disability stereotypes of popular media (such as the Black-Eyed Peas' "Let's Get Retarded"). Marginalized cultures worldwide have rich, centuries-old musical traditions to draw upon to build community. As in verbal literatures, our community is far too often defined by the dominant culture rather than by ourselves. One problem has been the inability of a broad public to eroticize disability in the manner of “Others.” If sex is sexy and race racy, where has that left disability? The nature of the music business has provided few opportunities for broad public venues for disability-positive lyrics a
nd other forms of presentation. While music has often provided employment for blind people worldwide, lyric content has been primarily in response to the demands of sighted audiences.
Traditional academic disciplines in music are cultural institutions that have so far thoroughly excluded or otherwise marginalized people with disabilities. Popular music criticism continues to portray extreme stereotypes of disability as the norm. Our project must be an entirely new paradigm, an authentic, utterly interdisciplinary disability studies of music. Thus, we urge potential contributors, regardless of their fields of training, to articulate their ideas about music and disability through heretofore unimagined and unarticulated means and methods.
Potential contributors to this Special Issue might consider:
1. Is there “disability music” and what is its nature?
2. What is the intersection of music composition and impairment?
3. How have disability and impairment been expressed lyrically?
4. How is disability represented in visual performance by PWD and able-bodied artists?
5. How has disability played a role for people choosing music as a career?
6. What has been/will be the role of technology in enabling universal participation in music?
7. What is the relationship of music with Deaf Culture and deafness?
8. How can music education transcend the limitations of music therapy?
9. How might “mainstream” repertoire (such as the line from Bob Dylan from which our title derives) serve disability culture?
10. What are the heretofore hidden stories of disability that are manifest in mainstream music? (For example, country legend Hank Williams had Spina Bifida.)
11. How does music serve the needs of those whose cognitive, neurological, and emotional disabilities and mental illnesses are rooted in political conflicts, including violent altercations and the threat and implantation of terror tactics?
We welcome contributions from all disciplines as they intersect with issues of disability and music. In the interest of accessibility, we encourage a jargon-free environment and cannot accept articles with examples in music notation. We hope to provide web access to audio examples, but at this time encourage authors to make this optional-only.
Send via email 250-word abstracts, by March 1, 2007 to Guest Editors Alex Lubet (School of Music/Center for Jewish Studies/Program in American Studies, University of Minnesota) [log in to unmask] and Na'ama Sheffi (School of Communication, Sapir Academic College, Israel) [log in to unmask] Please be sure to send abstracts to both editors.
For those abstracts that are selected, we will request completed articles of approximately 3000-5000 words. Note that an invitation to submit an article based on an abstract does not guarantee publication of that article in The Review of Disability Studies.
For more information about The Review of Disability Studies, please go to www.rds.hawaii.edu
Mark Priestley wrote:
> Hi
>
> With the usual apologies for self-promotion, a number of people were
> interested in the paper we published recently in Review of Disability
> Studies on disability issues arising from experiences of the Asian
> Tsunami and Hurricane Katrina.
>
> Hemingway, L. and Priestley, M. (2006) Natural hazards, human
> vulnerability and disabling societies: a disaster for disabled people?
> Review of Disability Studies, 2(3): 57-67
> http://www.rds.hawaii.edu/subscribers/downloads/pdf/RDS02032006.pdf
>
> I thought it would be helpful to let you know that the second paper from
> that research, which continues the story, has just been published
> here...
>
> Priestley, M. and Hemingway, L. (2006) Disabled People and Disaster
> Recovery: a tale of two cities? Journal of Social Work in Disability and
> Rehabilitation, 5(3/4): 23-42
> https://www.haworthpress.com/store/ArticleAbstract.asp?sid=ENV78739JJ1W8
> JUBLBW4MGTRD6L4245E&ID=91017
>
> I'm afraid this journal isn't freely available, although some libraries
> will have a subscription to it, but all the papers in the special issue
> are reprinted as a chapter in a new book organised in collaboration with
> the Families and Survivors of the Tsunami (FAST) project and the World
> Association of Social Workers...
>
> Asian Tsunami and Social Work Practice: Recovery and Rebuilding
> Edited by Ngoh Tiong Tan and Allison Rowlands
> http://www.haworthpress.com/store/product.asp?sid=500LH240B5Q18MUHPAMP6F
> 3R96SX24J6&sku=5958&AuthType=4
>
> For clarity I should probably add that although the journal/book are
> focused on 'social work' our paper is more about disabling barriers,
> social policies and the community involvement of disabled people's
> organisations in disaster planning and preparedness.
>
> Best wishes
>
> Mark
>
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