Guest Post By David, Incarcerated at Tomoka Correctional Institution in Daytona Beach, FL “[T]he risks associated with disability are widely understood to be merely or mostly biological, rather than, as I understand it, significantly social and political” (Hall 2016, 10). This quote lays the foundation for the argument I would like to raise about […]
In Memoriam: Dr. William J. Peace, Disability Rights Advocate and Scholar (d. July 3rd, 2019)
We lost someone this summer. The worst part is that he knew it would happen. The worst part is that his medical “care” both anticipated and allowed for his death. The worst part is that we needed him. The worst part is that he was wonderful. The worst part is that if we turned back […]
Disabling Normativities, Johannesburg, Oct. 1-3, 2019, Registration Open and Extended CFA (deadline: Aug. 30, 2019)
Because our international readership/listenership continues to grow and since the deadline for this conference CFP has been extended, I’ve reposted information about it below. Registration is open for the Disabling Normativities Conference that takes place October 1-3, 2019, at the University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, and is organized by the Wits Centre for Diversity […]
CFP: Special Issue of JCSCORE on Disability Justice, Race, and Education (deadline: Sept. 13, 2019)
The Journal Committed to Social Change on Race and Ethnicity (JCSCORE) is an interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed journal published by the National Conference on Race and Ethnicity (NCORE), a production of the University of Oklahoma Outreach. JCSCORE (ISSN 2642-2387) is committed to promoting an exchange of ideas that can transform lives, enhance learning, and improve human relations […]
CFP: Decolonise STEM: Resisting, Unlearning and Imagining, University College London, Oct. 5, 2019 (deadline: Aug. 17, 2019)
Keynote Speakers: Dr Arianne Shahvisi and Dr Christine (Xine) Yao We are pleased to announce the symposium – Decolonise STEM: Resisting, Unlearning and Imagining – taking place on Saturday October 5th 2019 at University College London, supported in part by the Department of Science and Technology Studies and the Wellcome Trust. We are welcoming applications for panellists to […]
Disabling Normativities, Johannesburg, Oct. 1-3, 2019, Registration Open and Extended CFA (deadline: Aug. 30, 2019)
Registration is now open for the Disabling Normativities Conference that takes place October 1-3, 2019, at the University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. Keynote speakers:•Prof. Boaventura de Sousa Santos•Dr. Shelley Lynn Tremain•Prof. Andre Keet•Prof. France Winddance Twine Extended Call for Abstracts closing date: 30 August 2019Visit http://www.disablingnormativities.com for more information about registration fee schedule and to register. Follow BIOPOLITICAL […]
Last Call for Abstracts: Disabling Normativities Conference, Johannesburg, Oct. 1-3, 2019 (deadline: Jun. 28, 2019)
Next Friday (Jun. 28) is the last day to submit an abstract for the Disabling Normativities Conference to take place at the University of Witwatersrand, in Johannesburg, South Africa, October 1-3, 2019! The conference is hosted by The Wits Centre for Diversity Studies (WiCDS) at the University of Witwatersrand. Confirmed keynote speakers are: Boaventura de […]
When I Was De-Platformed
For as long as I can remember, nondisabled philosophers (and disabled philosophers who seem to be grappling with the unfortunate effects of internalized ableism) have expressed some kind of hostility when I pointed out that their utterances use terms that have ableist connotations or are ableist in some other way. So, I wasn’t the least […]
What Do APDA, the Demographics in Philosophy Project, and the Publication Ethics Project Have in Common?
What do APDA, the Demographics in Philosophy project, and the Publication Ethics project have in common? All of them are projects (more or less associated with the APA) that aim to increase the diversity of philosophy. Each of their project teams seems to be composed exclusively of nondisabled philosophers. And all of their project teams […]
Game of Thrones and Disability: Doing and Undoing Ableism
In my recent post “Mystify: Michael Hutchence and Disability,” I noted that a great deal of work has been done in disability studies and philosophy of disability on ableist representations in film and literature. Critical work on representations of disabled people and disability on television and in advertisement is also a steadily fruitful field of […]
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