Dear FEAST colleagues, I'm forwarding the CFP for the 25th Annual Society for Disability Studies (SDS) conference. It's a good place to find out the latest in Disability Studies perspectives, and to offer philosophical perspectives, as philosophers are under-represented in this group. It's also the most accessible conference I've ever attended, and provides a model of "best practices" for universal access. On a personal note, my highlight is always the Saturday night dance - a memorable and fabulous event where people move, celebrate, and connect in amazing ways. Best, Sophia P.S. I am not involved with the conference organizing. For more information, contact Allison Carey at [log in to unmask] or Michael Rembis at [log in to unmask] . Hi all. The Submission System for the 25th Annual SDS Conference is now open, and will remain open until December 1st, 2011. We look forward to seeing many great submissions! The call is pasted below. You may also see it on the SDS webpage with a link to the submission system, at http://disstudies.org/annual-conference/2012cfp. **** To go directly to the submission instructions and system, go to http://disstudies.org/annual-conference/2012cfp/2012-conference-call-for-proposals. On the instructions page, you will find general instructions, dowloadable templates in Word to assist you in preparing your submission, and on the bottom links to enter the submission system for each type of session. The Word templates are just a resource for you in developing your submissions. All submissions should be entered through the electronic submission system. If you have any questions regarding the CFP, the content of your submission, or the rules related to submissions please email myself at [log in to unmask] and/or Mike Rembis at [log in to unmask] If you have any technological difficulties in the submission process, please email [log in to unmask] If there are access issues with the system and/or regarding the submission process, please contact [log in to unmask] We look forward to a terrific conference!**** Allison Carey and Mike Rembis**** Program Co-Chairs, 2012 SDS Annual Conference**** ** ** Call for Proposals**** Society for Disability Studies**** 25th Annual Conference**** Denver, Colorado**** June 20-23, 2012**** **** Collaborations, Cultures, and Communities**** **** Submission system will open November 1, 2011 at www.disstudies.org Deadline for submissions: December 1, 2011**** The complete call and instructions can also be found at www.disstudies.org. ** ** The terms collaborations, cultures, and communities express many meanings on many different levels, ranging from the most intimate personal and familial relations to the broadest global and virtual arrangements. With this year's theme, we seek to challenge potential presenters to explore the rich and varied ways in which people with disabilities are shaped by and in turn form their own collaborations, communities, and cultures. At the same time, we must also be mindful of the ways in which the larger, nondisabled population has -- through common, dominant cultures and collaborations of power -- worked both to exclude and to include disabled people in community and cultural formation and development. In addition, we hope presenters will explore the ways in which disabled people themselves have sometimes restricted access to their own communities and cultures and worked to form limited collaborations with one another. We believe that this is a time for members of SDS to consider the many ways in which we might strengthen our communities and express our dynamic cultures by recognizing not only our many commonalities, but also our tremendous and incredibly valuable diversity. Our hope is that this year's theme will encourage members to foster spaces that value diverse expressions and analyses of class, race, gender, sexuality, sub-culture and national status within SDS and the broader communities of people with disabilities.**** We offer the following broad questions to foster interdisciplinary perspectives and encourage interdisciplinary collaboration:**** * What are the many ways in which disabled people have conceptualized and enacted culture, community, and collaboration? What barriers have people with disabilities faced? How have these things changed over time?**** * How have various technologies--and access to them--shaped the formation of collaborations, cultures, and communities?**** * In what ways are community formation, cultural production, and collaboration bounded or shaped by geographic location, institutional formation, identity politics, and other factors?**** * How have coalitional politics shaped momentum or barriers in disability activism?**** * How does enduring poverty, racism, sexism, and the persistence of the medical model shape / limit access to opportunities for community formation, cultural production, and collaboration? How do these factors also open possibilities? How have these factors enhanced disability rights?* *** * How have the various disciplines within disability studies explored and analyzed community, culture, and collaboration? What are the strengths and weaknesses of these approaches?**** * How have/might the various disciplines and fields within disability studies work across disciplinary boundaries to enhance the products we create?**** * How have/might scholars, activists, artists, service providers, and others collaborate for the benefit of disability studies and the larger society? What factors inhibit such collaborations?**** * How have/might disability studies reach out to local and national organizations and institutions to influence families, religious communities, service providers, political institutions, employers, etc.**** * How does a focus on collaboration, community and culture influence research methods, theory, and the underpinnings of disability scholarship and practice?**** We welcome proposals in all areas of disability studies, especially those submissions premised on this year's theme.**** The complete call and instructions can also be found at http://disstudies.org/annual-conference/2012cfp. **** For more information, contact Allison Carey at [log in to unmask] or Michael Rembis at [log in to unmask] . **** _______________________________________________ Sds-discuss mailing list [log in to unmask] http://lists.disstudies.org/mailman/listinfo/sds-discuss_lists.disstudies.org ############################ To unsubscribe from the FEAST-L list: write to: mailto:[log in to unmask] or click the following link: https://listserv.jmu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=FEAST-L&A=1