Hosted by the Office of Interdisciplinary Programs and Outreach at the Burton Blatt Institute and Wordgathering: A Journal of Disability Poetry and Literature—and co-sponsored by Syracuse University School of Education—the series “(Dis)courses: Interdisciplinary Disability Dialogues” returns in the spring 2022 semester with four conversations featuring luminaries who are engaged with innovative and intersectional disability cultural work.
The spring 2022 edition of (Dis)courses continues the series’ tradition of engaging events focusing on disability literature, media, and the arts and its intersection with critical reflection, teaching, and research on contemporary disability themes.
(Dis)courses | Spring 2022
Disability Justice Lessons for Our Collective Survival: A Discussion about Crip Kinship
With Professor Shayda Kafai, California State Polytechnic University at Pomona
Tuesday, March 8, 2022
3 – 4 p.m. ET via Zoom
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Ecocrip Sensibilities: Mending, Care, and Love Affairs
With Naomi Ortiz, poet, writer, and artist
Thursday, April 7, 2022
5 6:30 p.m. ET via Zoom
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Enabling and “Cripping” the Back-to-the-Land Movement
With Professor Clark A. Pomerleau, University of North Texas
Monday, April 11, 2022
Noon – 1:30 p.m. ET via Zoom
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The Ethics of Passing and Disability Disclosure in Higher Education
With Professor Joseph A. Stramondo, San Diego State University
Tuesday, April 19, 2022
5 – 6:30 p.m. ET via Zoom
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