(Dis)ability?: Queer and Feminist Perspectives

Join us on October 18 & 19 for our workshop including a round table on disability, queer & feminist theory, guest lectures and "Crip Tease: An evening of Irreverent Art."

1 August 2012

(Dis)ability?: Queer & Feminist Perspectives

A Symposium: October 18 & 19, 2012

4th Floor Student Lounge, Education North, University of Alberta

Thursday Oct 18, 2012

3:00-3:30pm Welcome and Refreshments

3:30 - 4:45pm Building Alliances Round Table Discussion

Discussants: Alexis Shotwell, Catherine Clune-Taylor, & Joshua St. Pierre

5:00 - 6:30pm Plenary: Robert McRuer - "Austerity and Excess: Cripping the Crisis"

6:30 PM - 9:30pm Crip Tease: An Evening of Irreverent Art

Arts Based Research Studio (4-104, Education North)

Doors open at 6:30pm (vegan food and cash bar), show begins at 7pm

Friday Oct 19, 2012

11:00am to 12:30 pm Desiring Disability Round Table Discussion

Discussants: Robert McRuer, Loree Erickson, Lindsay Eales & Danielle Peers

12:30-1:30pm Catered lunch

1:30-3:00 pm Plenary: Alexis Shotwell - "Queer Desires, Complex Bodies, and Non-Identification"

Friday PM (time tba): Qmunity League Dance Party

Details tba

Sponsors & Partners for Symposium

SSHRC

Trudeau Foundation

Faculty of Physical Education & Recreation

Faculty of Arts

Department of Political Science

Women's Studies Program

Department of Philosophy

Institute for Sexual Minority Studies and Services

Living Archives on Eugenics in Western Canada (Cura / SSHRC)

Sponsors for Crip Tease

Living Archives in Eugenics (Cura / SSHRC)

Steve Loft - Trudeau Fellow

Arts Based Research Studio

Alberta Public Interest Research Group

Exposure Queer Arts and Culture Festival

Qmunity League

Locations

Symposium (October 18 & 19):

4th Floor Student Lounge, Education North, University of Alberta

(http://www.campusmap.ualberta.ca/?b=edNorth)

LRT or bus to University Terminal (North Campus)

Paid parking on east and west sides of building

Accessible Entrances midway through building on east & west sides of building.

Crip Tease Art Event (October 18):

Arts Based Research Studio. 4-104, Education North, University of Alberta

(http://www.campusmap.ualberta.ca/?b=edNorth)

Suggested Hotel - Campus Towers

11145 87 Avenue, Edmonton, AB

(1/2 a block East from Education… see it on map at URL above)

http://campustower.com/

Dance Party (October 19)

Friday October 19, 2012 9pm-2am @ Bikeworks North, 9305 111 Avenue NW Edmonton AB


"In conjunction and celebration with (Dis)Ability?: Queer and Feminist Perspectives and Crip Tease: A Night of Irreverent Art, Qmunity Leauge is proud to present a night of Irreverent Booty Shakin'!!

Come on down after the Crip Tease art show and have a second taste of some of the art projected in the space, while dancing up a storm or playing a game of radical 3D Twister!

Please check out the Crip Tease events here:

And more information about Qmunity League here:


http://qmunityleague.wordpress.com/

For accessibility information of the space:
http://spaceedmonton.blogspot.ca/

This will be an all ages, licensed event."

Accessibility

-Symposium and Art Event are both free of charge (donations accepted)

-Building, room and nearby bathrooms are wheelchair accessible

-Major transit stop directly across the street (University Station)

-Covered pay-parking, and bike racks available close to building

-Interpretation services

-For any other accessibility ideas or questions please contact criptease@gmail.com