Disability Justice and the Politics of Inclusive Design
NYU Center for Disability Studies The ACLS Scholars & Society Program NYU Big Ideas Series co-sponsors The NYU Office of Global Inclusion/NYU WOMXN 100 Initiative Disability Justice and the Politics of Inclusive Design Sara Hendren (designer/activist, Olin College) + Regine Gilbert (designer/activist, NYU Tandon) discussing their recent books: Sara Hendren, What Can a Body Do? …
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Autistic Self-Advocacy, Neurodiversity, and Disability Culture
NYU Center for Disability Studies The ACLS Scholars & Society Program NYU Big Ideas Series co-sponsors The NYU Office of Global Inclusion/NYU WOMXN 100 Initiative Autistic Self-Advocacy, Neurodiversity, and Disability Culture Lydia X. Z. Brown (Advocate, Scholar-Activist, Lawyer; Georgetown University, Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network, Fund for Community Reparations for Autistic People of Color's Interdependence, …
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Deafness and Hearing in the History of Science
Deafness and Hearing in the History of Science Friday, February 12, 12-1:30 p.m. (ET) Reading, discussion, and celebration of two new books: Jaipreet Virdi (University of Delaware), Hearing Happiness: Deafness Cures in History (Chicago, 2020) Viktoria Tkaczyk (Humboldt University of Berlin), Mara Mills (NYU), and Alexandra Hui (Mississippi State), eds. Testing Hearing: The Making of …
Screening and Discussion: Vision Portraits (Rodney Evans, 2019)
A Screening and Discussion with filmmaker Rodney Evans and performance artist/dancer Kayla Hamilton This feature-length documentary chronicles the creative paths of blind and visually impaired artists -- photographer John Dugdale, dancer Kayla Hamilton, writer Ryan Knighton and the director, award-winning filmmaker Rodney Evans. Co-sponsors: ACLS Scholars & Society Program; Center for Media, Culture & History; …
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Golem Girl: A Memoir (Riva Lehrer, 2020)
*Please note time change* Friday, March 12th, 4-5:30 PM, (ET) A Reading & Conversation with authors/artists/disability activists Riva Lehrer and Sunaura Taylor Riva Lehrer's memoir is a vivid portrait of her life, growing up disabled and Jewish, discovering her sexuality and her place as an artist in the emerging world of Disability Culture. Co-sponsors: ACLS …
Joseph Grigely and Emily Watlington in Conversation
Joseph Grigely “Fourteen Untitled Conversations” 2002 Artist and writer Joseph Grigely and critic and curator Emily Watlington in conversation on art, disability, apologies and other matters. Moderator: Mara Mills (C0-Chair NYU CDS) Joseph Grigely is an artist and writer. He has had solo exhibitions at the Whitney Museum of American Art; the MCA, Chicago; the Musée …
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La Marr Jurelle Bruce and Fred Moten in Conversation
How to Go Mad Without Losing Your Mind: Madness & Black Radical Creativity (Duke, 2021) Reading by author LA MARR JURELLE BRUCE (University of Maryland, American Studies) How to Go Mad Without Losing Your Mind: Madness & Black Radical Creativity (Duke, 2021) Followed by a conversation with FRED MOTEN (NYU, Performance Studies) Moderator: MARA MILLS …
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Katherine Standefer and Neta Alexander in Conversation
Reading by author KATHERINE STANDEFER Lightning Flowers: My Journey To Uncover The Cost Of Saving A Life (Little, Brown Spark, 2020) Followed by a conversation with NETA ALEXANDER (Colgate University, Film and Media Studies) Friday, October 8. 4:00 - 5:30 p.m. Katherine Standefer is the author of Lightning Flowers: My Journey To Uncover the …
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Bojana Coklyat, Shannon Finnegan and Thomas Reid Discuss Alt-Text and Audio Description
Image Description: A blue postcard with blue, uneven, handwritten capitals spelling, “Artists for Alt-Text.” Disabled Creators BOJANA COKLYAT, SHANNON FINNEGAN and THOMAS REID discuss ALT-TEXT and AUDIO DESCRIPTION Moderator: KEVIN GOTKIN, Disability artist/activist Friday, November 5. 4:00 - 5:30 p.m. Alt-text and audio description are part of a suite of access practices that aim …
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Impossible Enterprise: CETA, Ron Whyte, and The National Task Force for Disability and the Arts
Join Us for A Conversation With PATRICK McKELVEY (Assistant Professor of Theatre Arts, University of Pittsburgh) Image Description: Patrick McKelvey, a half-smiling scruffy white queer with teal glasses standing before a deep blue background. and ROBERT McRUER (Professor of English, The George Washington University) Image Description: This is an outdoor headshot of Robert McRuer. …