The Personal is Historical: Creating narratives through reciprocal processes
Octavian Robinson, Gallaudet University
18. Juni 2021, 3.00-4.30 pm CET
Octavian Robinson, Gallaudet University
18. Juni 2021, 3.00-4.30 pm CET
Editors: Beate Ochsner & Markus Spöhrer (University of Konstanz, Germany)
Deadline for Abstracts: 15.04.2021 (300 words)Deadline for papers: 15.09.2021
Please submit your abstracts: markus.spoehrer [at] uni-konstanz.de
The category of assistive technologies is often discussed as a political category (Alper 2017), as they invoke connotations such as “in need of help” with respect to the respective users. At this meeting, the concept of assistance will be historically situated and questioned. The aim is to problematize the question of what meanings have been attributed to the concept of assistance in the context of dis/abilities in the history of digital media and what place the term takes in current debates about bodies with varying abilities.
Medical technologies have transformed the nature of doctor-patient relationships, definitions of health an disease, and the spaces and rhythms of clinical practice. Moving beyond heroic diagnostics and therapeutic devices, this conference spotlights how ordinary objects - speculums, prothetics, hearig aids - have shaped medicine's engagement with technology.
The research project Media of Assistance, is organising its final conference in the coming summer term: "Assistance, Assistants and Assistive Media. Barriers and Interfaces of Digital Cultures" and would like to invite you to participate.
The conference will take place between 1 and 3 July, probably online. Submissions for papers should be sent to AssistiveMedia [at] leuphana.de by 30 April.
Confirmed Keynote Speaker: Mara Mills (NYU)
All further information can be found in the call for papers: Click here for more information.
The research project Media of Assistance, is organising its final conference in the coming summer term: "Assistance, Assistants and Assistive Media. Barriers and Interfaces of Digital Cultures" and would like to invite you to participate.
The conference will take place between 1 and 3 July, probably online. Submissions for papers should be sent to AssistiveMedia [at] leuphana.de by 18 April.
All further information can be found in the call for papers: Click here for more information.
Die Universitäten in Deutschland streben danach, auf den unterschiedlichen Ebenen Chancengleichheit und Barrierefreiheit herzustellen sowie die diverse Zusammensetzung aller Statusgruppen zu fördern. Das Diskussionsforum befragt diesen inklusiven Anspruch der Hochschulen in Bezug auf assistive Medien und wird ihn mit den eingeladenen Gästen und interessierten Zuhörer*innen diskutieren.
Prof. Dr. Fiona Kumari Campbell, FRSA, 10:00am-15:00pm (CET) Humboldt University of Berlin
Ableism is a system of processes and practices that vary according to time, context and location that forms understandings and tactics of interaction, exclusion, comportment of self as they pertain to humanisation and corresponding hierarchicalisation of life. In this talk I will discuss the complexity of ableist relations in order to refresh the conversation by drawing upon unfamiliar, non-western knowledges to open a new space and lift the dust (aggiornamento) of thinking about human devaluation and development of social capital for minoritised groups.
Disability Studies und Inklusive Bildung
Eigenständige Forschung und Lehre im Lehr- und Forschungsbereich Disability Studies und Inklusive Bildung. Bewerbungsfrist: 16.4.; Laufzeit 4 Jahre mit Option auf Verlängerung um 2 Jahre; gewünschter Beginn: 01.06.2021
Mehr Informationen:
https://lfuonline.uibk.ac.at/public/karriereportal.details?asg_id_in=11805