UCSB Disability Studies Initiative

(NEW ACCOUNT) The UCSB DSI strives to destigmatize impairment and illness by examining the political, social, and cultural constructions of disability.

[UCSB Disability Studies Initiative @UCSB_Disability]

Today at 1:30 in UCSB Education Building, Room 1205!

The Mediation is the Message:
Respecifying Stenographic Neutrality through an Ethnography of Real-Time Classroom Captioning

Dr. Yelena Gluzman

Co-sponsored by the Language, Interaction, and Social Organization unit at UCSB

[UCSB Disability Studies Initiative @UCSB_Disability]

We're so excited for this event, happening today in less than two hours!

[UCSB IHC @ihcucsb]

RFG TALK: UNDERSTANDING LATDISCRIT CONTOURS
Alexis Padilla will focus on defining and showing the significance of LatDisCrit as a transdisciplinary sub-field in this Disability Studies Initiative RFG talk.
3/13, 3 PM | Zoom

Learn more: https://t.co/ZFZiWGlQoT

[UCSB Disability Studies Initiative @UCSB_Disability]

This event has been moved from hybrid to Zoom only. Please register here for the link: https://t.co/q0qMA8A6uX.

[UCSB Disability Studies Initiative @UCSB_Disability]

Tomorrow, 2/13, from 3-5 p.m., on Zoom and in South Hall 2510, the DSI will meet to discuss Eva Feder Kittay’s “The Ethics of Care, Dependence, and Disability” and Laura Davy’s “Philosophical Inclusive Design." For more info, go to: https://t.co/nIOEtubVzi.

[UCSB Disability Studies Initiative @UCSB_Disability]

Tomorrow, 2/13, from 3-5 p.m., on Zoom and in South Hall 2510, the DSI will meet to discuss Eva Feder Kittay’s “The Ethics of Care, Dependence, and Disability” and Laura Davy’s “Philosophical Inclusive Design." For more info, go to: https://t.co/nIOEtubVzi.

[UCSB Disability Studies Initiative @UCSB_Disability]

Learn more here: https://t.co/clGex6AWM8

[UCSB Disability Studies Initiative @UCSB_Disability]

On Mon. (11/7) @ 3:30 via Zoom:

Disability studies often focuses on the Global North, ignoring questions of neoliberalism, colonialism, and racialization. We will explore how scholars might expand conversations by including Latin American and US Latinx perspectives on bodyminds.

[UCSB Early Modern Center @EMC_Imprint]

Happening tomorrow!

[UCSB Early Modern Center @EMC_Imprint]

Happening this Thurs. (10/27) from 9:30-11 a.m. PT!

Dr. Alice Equestri will present on "Intellectual Disability, the English Law, and the Fools of Shakespeare and his Contemporaries."

This is a hybrid event (attend via Zoom or in person). For more info: https://t.co/pzntWN8Alf

[UCSB Disability Studies Initiative @UCSB_Disability]

The Disability Studies Initiative is excited to announce our first event, a fall meet and greet, on 10/10 from 3-5 p.m. PT. This event will be hybrid, with in-person and Zoom attendance options available. See this link for more details: https://t.co/dfhoiJb5Hd.

[UCSB Disability Studies Initiative @UCSB_Disability]

6/3 @ 10 am PST

Buddhism Crip - Queered Variabilities with Bee Scherer

From their experience in academia and as a Tibetan Buddhist teacher, Prof. Scherer will discuss strategies of inclusion and give examples of liberatory practices.

Learn more here: https://t.co/M3CAzmyEOh

[UCSB Disability Studies Initiative @UCSB_Disability]

End of Year Membership Meeting
Monday, 5/23 @ 5 p.m. PDT

Join the DSI as we brainstorm for future projects. We will discuss feedback on past events and ideas for future events.

Please email [email protected] or DM us for more information!

[UCSB Disability Studies Initiative @UCSB_Disability]

Today at 3:30 pm PT!

Aimi Hamraie will discuss the emerging field of Critical Access Studies, which engages with the methodologies and political commitments of accessibility from the perspectives of Disability Justice and disability culture.

Learn more: https://t.co/M3CAzmyEOh.

[Elizabeth Guffey @elizguffey]

Really looking forward to @AimiHamraie on Critical Access Studies @ihcucsb @AccessUc @DisStdUCLA @UCSBHistory register for zoom talk: https://t.co/g6XRbmlSw8

[UCSB Disability Studies Initiative @UCSB_Disability]

Happening Today!

[UCSB Disability Studies Initiative @UCSB_Disability]

Happening this Tuesday, February 22, from 5-6 p.m. PT:

A Black Parent's Response to Special Education: A Research Talk with Stephanie Keeney Parks

For more information and registration information, visit this link: https://t.co/3NFbqLUUJJ.

[UCSB Disability Studies Initiative @UCSB_Disability]

Happening this Tuesday, February 22, from 5-6 p.m. PT:

A Black Parent's Response to Special Education: A Research Talk with Stephanie Keeney Parks

For more information and registration information, visit this link: https://t.co/3NFbqLUUJJ.