RDS v14i2 Release - The Crip, The Fat and The Ugly in an Age of Austerity: Resistance, Reclamation and Affirmation
Posted on 2018-06-01
“Welcome to this special forum, The Crip, The Fat and The Ugly in an Age of Austerity: Resistance, Reclamation and Affirmation. Our original desire in putting out this call was to critically explore the processes and politics of austerity upon diverse and marginalized embodiments in neoliberal and advanced capitalist times. Global austerity has a far reach, often into, around, behind, beyond and alongside the body. Global austerity routinely categorizes body-minds[i] in terms of productivity, value, cost, ability and aesthetics. Body-minds are positioned vis-a-vis global austerity as a site for social order, economic possibility, progression, and big business...”
Forum Research ArticlesMy Infectious Encounters as an Autistic EpidemicJessica L. Benham, MA, University of Pittsburgh - United States, PennsylvaniaRead article at http://bit.ly/RDSJ_808
Reclaiming the Margins in The Face of The Quantified SelfGabi Schaffzin, University of California, San Diego-Department of Visual Arts - United States, California Read article at http://bit.ly/RDSJ_813
Working to Feel Better or Feeling Better to Work? Discourses of Wellbeing in Austerity Reality TVRowan Voirrey Sandle, Katy Day, PhD, & Tom Muskett, PhD, Leeds Beckett University, School of Social Science, Psychology - United Kingdom Read article at http://bit.ly/RDS_821
NoBody’s Perfect: Charm, Willfulness and ResistanceMaria Tsakiri, PhD -Cyprus Read article at http://bit.ly/RDSJ_823
Editorial -RDS Commitment to Honoring DiversityMegan Conway, PhD, Center on Disability Studies, College of Education, University of Hawaii at Manoa - Hawaii Read article at http://bit.ly/RDSJ_875
Creative Works -A Conversation about film, activism and social media with Disability Activist/Filmmaker Dominick M. EvansRaphael Raphael, PhD, Center on Disability Studies, College of Education, University of Hawaii at Manoa - Guatemala Read article at http://bit.ly/RDSJ_865
Notes from the Field - Online Professional Development: 'Talking With Pictures': Photovoice - June 2-10, 2018Genesis Leong, Center on Disability Studies, College of Education, University of Hawaii at Manoa - United States, Hawaii Course registration http://bit.ly/CDSphotoRead article at http://bit.ly/RDSJ_868
Disability Studies 2018 Fall Online CoursesGenesis Leong, Center on Disability Studies, College of Education, University of Hawaii at Manoa - United States, HawaiiRead article at http://bit.ly/RDSJ_869
Call for Presentations: Disability Studies 2019 Pacific Rim International Conference on Disability & DiversityGenesis Leong, Center on Disability Studies, College of Education, University of Hawaii at Manoa - United States, HawaiiRead article at http://bit.ly/RDSJ_872
Dissertations and Abstracts -Dissertation & Abstracts v14i2Jonathon Erlen, PhD & Megan Conway, PhD United States, Pennsylvania & HawaiiRead article at http://bit.ly/RDSJ_870