For our next meeting, we will have Meadow Jones, a doctoral student in Art Education at the University of Illinois (and GSLIS alum!), join us to discuss her blog post on The Feminist Wire website, The Able-ist Gaze: Imagining Malingering. The event will be held on Wednesday, April 2, 2014 at 12:00-1:00 p.m. in GSLIS 46, and virtually via http://go.illinois.edu/gslis_meeting.

Main Reading:

Jones, M. (2013, November 25). The Able-ist gaze: Imagining malingering [web log post]. Retrieved from http://thefeministwire.com/2013/11/the-able-ist-gaze-imagining-malingering/

Supplementary Readings

Solis, S. (2006). I’m “Coming Out” as Disabled, but I’m “Staying In” to Rest: Reflecting on elected and imposed segregation. Equity & Excellence in Education, 39(2), 146-153.

McLean, M. A. (2011). Getting to know you: The prospect of challenging ableism through adult learning. New Directions For Adult & Continuing Education, (132), 13-22. doi:10.1002/ace.427