ANT 3701 A Disability Justice
This course offers an introduction to Critical Disability Studies to consider how individuals, cultures, and institutions 'dis-able' people systemically and socially. It will highlight experts' voices, especially disabled activists, as they seek to advance disability justice, a framework that highlights intersectionality and the lived experiences of disabled people of color, specifically disabled queer women, trans, and gender non-conforming individuals, who have been excluded, silenced, and ignored by the mainstream disability rights movement. Concepts explored will include self-care, collective liberation, interdependence, and the ways in which ableism is rooted in white supremacy. Through readings, films, guest speakers, written assignments, group presentations, and discussions, students will gain familiarity with critical disability studies approaches to analyze ableist cultural attitudes and practices and envision forms of activism that center people with disabilities in the larger quest for social justice.
Course Types
Society, Advanced Studies, Public Health Studies: Socio-Cultural Focal Area
Offered
Fall 2022