On Thu, 24 Jun 1999, Mairian Corker wrote:
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> It has worried me for a very long time that those on whom we depend as
> academics - funders, publishers and universities - support 'personalities'
> rather than good scholarship. It's the old adage 'its who you know not what
> you know and how you use it.'
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> What I want to ask disabled academics is: 'Whereas it's clear that everyone
> who gets involved with disability studies is touched by the
> institutionalised oppression of disability studies, would you say it's
> harder for those who have impairments and work in the disability studies
> field? If so, can you say why?'
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.
David
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Center on Disability Studies
University of Hawai`i at Manoa
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