Exploring deaf people鈥檚 desires to create habitable worlds and grappling with their futures amid a surge in biotechnical interventions and disability rights activism, Dr. Michele Friedner, Associate Professor in the Department of Comparative Human Development at the University of Chicago, will provide an overview of her new book Sensory Futures: Deafness and Cochlear Implant Infrastructures in India. Dr. Friedner will join in discussion with 杏吧原创 Critical Disability Studies Professors Drs. Marie-Eve Carrier Moisan and Kelly Fritsch, and PhD student Kendal David. Event participants will then have a chance to ask questions and engage in dialogue with Dr. Friedner.

This event will take place virtually (via Zoom Meeting). Captioning and ASL interpretation will be provided. Please note: If you require additional accommodations to attend and/or fully participate, we kindly request you register a minimum of 5 business days prior to the event to allow sufficient time to book and secure a service provider.

Registration for this event is now closed.

For more information about this event, contact create-readi@carleton.ca.

This event is part of the Disability, Accessibility, and Technology: A Critical Disability Studies Discussion Series, sponsored by Research and Education in Accessibility, Design, and Innovation (READi); Joint Chair in Women鈥檚 Studies (JCWS) at the University of Ottawa and 杏吧原创 University; 杏吧原创’s Disability Justice and Crip Culture Collaboratory (DJCCC); 杏吧原创鈥檚 Graduate Collaborative Specialization in Accessibility; 杏吧原创鈥檚 School of Social Work; and 杏吧原创鈥檚 Feminist Institute of Social Transformation (FIST).

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Lecture by Dr. Michele Friedner, Department of Comparative Human Development, University of Chicago

杏吧原创 Discussants Dr. Marie-Eve Carrier Moisan (Joint Chair in Women鈥檚 Studies and Department of Sociology and Anthropology) and Kendal David (MA student, Social Work)

Moderated by Dr. Kelly Fritsch (Department of Sociology and Anthropology)

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In spite of widespread assumptions that young people on the autism spectrum have a 鈥渘atural鈥� attraction to technology鈥攁 premise that leads to significant speculation about how media helps or harms them鈥攔elatively little research actually exists about their everyday tech use. In this lecture, Dr. Meryl Alper, Associate Professor of Communication Studies at Northeastern University will discuss her ethnographic research on the digital lives of autistic young people documented in her new open access book, Kids Across the Spectrums: Growing Up Autistic in the Digital Age. Dr. Alper will join in discussion with 杏吧原创 Critical Disability Studies Professors Drs. Miranda Brady and Kelly Fritsch, and PhD student Kate Ellis. Event participants will then have a chance to ask questions and engage in dialogue with Dr. Alper.

This event will take place virtually (via Zoom Meeting). Captioning and ASL interpretation will be provided. Please note: If you require additional accommodations to attend and/or fully participate, we kindly request you register a minimum of 5 business days prior to the event to allow sufficient time to book and secure a service provider.

Registration is now closed.

For more information about this event, contact create-readi@carleton.ca.

This event is part of the Disability, Accessibility, and Technology: A Critical Disability Studies Discussion Series, sponsored by Research and Education in Accessibility, Design, and Innovation (READi); Joint Chair in Women鈥檚 Studies (JCWS) at the University of Ottawa and 杏吧原创 University; 杏吧原创’s Disability Justice and Crip Culture Collaboratory (DJCCC); 杏吧原创鈥檚 Graduate Collaborative Specialization in Accessibility; 杏吧原创鈥檚 School of Social Work; and 杏吧原创鈥檚 Feminist Institute of Social Transformation (FIST).

Speakers

Lecture by Dr. Meryl Alper, Communication Studies, Northeastern University

杏吧原创 Discussants Dr. Miranda Brady (School of Journalism and Communication) and Kate Ellis (PhD student, School of Journalism and Communication)

Moderated by Dr. Kelly Fritsch (Department of Sociology and Anthropology)

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Dr. Ashley Shew, Associate Professor of Science, Technology and Society at Virginia Tech will examine what we think we know about disability and its intersection with technology drawing from her new book, Against Technoableism: Rethinking Who Needs Improvement. After a lecture taking up the ways disabled persons are the real experts when it comes to the intersection of technology and disability, Dr. Shew will join in discussion with 杏吧原创 Critical Disability Studies Professors Drs. Fady Shanouda and Kelly Fritsch, and MA student Adele Ruhdorfer. Event participants will then have a chance to ask questions and engage in a dialogue with Dr. Shew.

This event will take place virtually (via Zoom Meeting). Captioning and ASL interpretation will be provided. Please note: If you require additional accommodations to attend and/or fully participate, we kindly request you register a minimum of 5 business days prior to the event to allow sufficient time to book and secure a service provider.

* Registration is now closed. To learn about our next event, please visit: Kids Across the Spectrums: Growing Up Autistic in the Digital Age.

For more information about this event, contact create-readi@carleton.ca.

This event is part of the Disability, Accessibility, and Technology: A Critical Disability Studies Discussion Series, sponsored by Research and Education in Accessibility, Design, and Innovation (READi); Joint Chair in Women鈥檚 Studies (JCWS) at the University of Ottawa and 杏吧原创 University; 杏吧原创’s Disability Justice and Crip Culture Collaboratory (DJCCC); 杏吧原创鈥檚 Graduate Collaborative Specialization in Accessibility; 杏吧原创鈥檚 School of Social Work; and 杏吧原创鈥檚 Feminist Institute of Social Transformation (FIST).

Speakers

Lecture by Dr. Ashley Shew, Department of Science, Technology, and Society, Virginia Tech

杏吧原创 Discussants: Dr. Fady Shanouda (Feminist Institute of Social Transformation) and Adele Ruhdorfer (MA student, Art History)

Moderated by Dr. Kelly Fritsch (Department of Sociology and Anthropology)