University of Michigan Initiative on Disability Studies Fall 2020 Speaker Series: Criptographies

In conjunction with Rackham 580: Introduction to Disability Studies, UMInDS is pleased to bring outstanding scholars, activists, and scholar-activists to our campus as we explore criptographies. A word-play on terms cryptography, the study of ciphers and secret codes, and to crip, a colloquialism that assembles knowledge around nonnormative bodyminds, criptographies suggests an exploration of de-mapped ecologies of neurodivergence and nonnormative embodiment.

Alice Wong
Founder and Director, Disability Visibility Project

Alice Wong (she/her) is a disabled activist, media maker, and consultant. the Disability Visibility Project (DVP) is an online community dedicated to creating, sharing and amplifying disability media and culture created in 2014. Alice is the Editor of Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-first Century, an anthology of essays by disabled people, available through Vintage Books (2020).

Registration is required for this Zoom webinar at
https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_CJ-ktnbzREO7c3htR0R-8w

For any questions about the event or to share accommodation needs, please email (undergraduate.english@umich.edu) at least 2 weeks in advance of this event - we are eager to help ensure that this event is inclusive to you. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the department to arrange.