David wrote:
> There is scholarship and then there is funded publication (most of
>which is very poor scholarship). I am surprised that Mairian would ask the
>question because it is inherent in society (am I a Marxian, you bet) that
>people who speak truth to power do not receive funding. It has taken me 37
>years, but for the last two years I have not had to rely upon the
>University for funding although the U of Hawai`i has provided some things
>(including travel funds) for me. It is a liberating experience, but to
>wait 35 years is too long.
I asked the question, David, because you and others had to wait that long
and because I have only seen individual 'campaigns' to do something about
it. My second email may clarify things a bit. Where is the disability
movement in supporting those of us in academia? I sometimes ask these
questions also because part of my oppression is that a lot of the
experiences of disabled academics pass around in informal conversation that
I have no access to, and those that are published represent the views of
those who have already 'made it'. And there are a lot of non-disabled
academics who, when I try to raise these things, retort 'It's the same for
me!' I'm asking 'Is it?' I get burnt out, stressed and depressed too often
because when I'm trying to achieve change, I turn round and there's no-one
there! And please don't tell me that's life!
Cheers
Mairian
Mairian Corker
Senior Research Fellow in Deaf and Disability Studies
Department of Education Studies
University of Central Lancashire
Preston PR1 2HE
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