The 2019 Stapleford Lecture

Dr. Nancy Hansen (Associate Professor of Disability Studies, University of Manitoba) presents the 2019 Stapleford Lecture, 'Disability, Art, and Activism', at the University of Regina (20 March 2019).

Disability is largely absent or invisible from the cultural artistic landscape, contends Nancy Hansen. When disability is present, disabled people often find themselves caught amongst narratives focusing on the ‘therapeutic’ benefits of artistic engagement and/or the ‘inspirational’ nature of their artistry – neither of which may be appropriate. Yet this type of discourse is endemic of the corrective condescension prominent in the traditional, medicalized, and ableist doctrine dominating our social-cultural understandings of disability. Yet, as Dr. Hansen explains, these are interesting and exciting times for disabled people, as scholars, allies and constituents alike find themselves in the midst of an ongoing cultural recovery project – discovering, uncovering creating and reshaping the artistic landscape in a very different way.

Please note that due to copyright restrictions the photographs appearing in this slide presentation have been blurred.

For more information about the annual Stapleford Lecture, visit: https://www.uregina.ca/arts/public-lectures/stapleford-lecture.html

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