via Disability Cultural Center:
Midterm Meet-Ups
Undergrads: Weds., March 16, 4-5 pm
Grad students: Thurs., March 17, 4-5 pm
Faculty/Staff: Fri., March 18, 4-5pmRSVP: https://go.uic.edu/DCCMeetUps
Access info: CART (live captions) will be provided. For ASL or any other access requests, contact dcc@uic.edu or 312-355-7050.
Communities of sick and disabled folks have been meeting online for years–on Skype, Zoom, Tumblr, Twitter, and social media spaces. The pandemic’s huge shift in how we are usually social has been tricky for many of us to navigate, but this series is all about framing virtual socializing as survival strategies with a long track record of giving joy, care, and connection.
Want to meet other people? Join us for an informal gathering to meet one another & build disability community!
DCC Meet-Ups are intentional spaces, set aside for people who identify as disabled or are exploring their relationship to disability. We define disability and disability experience broadly to include any kind of body or mind that doesn’t fit into cultural norms about what a bodymind should be and do. This can include physical disabilities, sensory disabilities, psychological and/or mental health conditions, traumatic brain injury, chronic illness, chronic pain; it can include Crohn’s, dyslexia, neurodiversity, madness, et cetera. And we welcome those in our community who think they may have a disability but aren’t sure. Whether you have an official diagnosis or not, this space is yours.
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via Disability Cultural Center:
Representational Conundrums: Disability & Dramaturgy with Dr. Carrie Sandahl, Professor of Disability & Human Development at UIC
Monday, March 14, 4-5pm CST
https://go.uic.edu/InclusiveTheatre
Access info: CART (live captions) an d ASL will be provided. Contact dcc@uic.edu or 312-355-7050 with any other requests!
We’re excited to welcome Dr. Carrie Sandahl, Director of UIC DHD’s Program on Disability Art, Culture and Humanities, for a virtual talk! They’ll speak from their experience and expertise with disability and theatre to identify some of the most pressing issues in theatre, disability art, and dramaturgy in this cultural moment.
Dr. Sandahl’s talk is a public meeting of a 1-credit think-tank course called “Making Inclusive Theatre: RICHARD III as Disability Art.” This course supports a collaboration between the UIC Disability Cultural Center, the Department of Theatre, Bodies of Work, and Babes with Blades Theatre Company (BWBTC), as BWBTC puts on a production of Shakespeare’s Richard III (scheduled for Fall 2022). Our inquiry is focused around the questions: "What does it mean to do inclusive, disability-culture informed theater? How might a performance speak and even make an argument?" This work is supported by a UIC Creative Activity Award.
