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Wednesday, March 5, 2014

Curricular Cripistemologies, Or, Every Child Left Behind: Free Program - Chicago Disability Studies - Friday, March 14th

as shared by our colleagues at Access Living of Chicago ...

Access Living Presents

Curricular Cripistemologies, Or, Every Child Left Behind

Friday, March 14, 2014
6:30-8:00 pm


Access Living
115 W. Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL
2nd floor

http://www.accessliving.org/

Talk by David T. Mitchell, The George Washington University
Through developing educational content, Disability Studies can help restore an understanding of disability as historically pervasive, trans-national in scope, and culturally significant to the ways in which populations imagine themselves.  As a pedagogical approach, Disability Studies offers up ways of legitimating the lives of those occupying peripheral embodiments - alternative, non-normative modes of being-in-the-world.

David Mitchell and his partner Sharon Snyder co-authored four books and more than 30 essays on various aspects of disability culture, art, education, and history.  In the mid-1990s they founded the independent production company, Brace Yourselves Productions, and are the creators of 4 award winning documentary films.

Sign language interpretation and personal assistance will be provided.


This program is partially supported by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency; This program is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts.

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