2nd Disability Studies International Conference 2013 - THE ART OF BELONGING
Thu, 31/10/2013 - Sat, 02/11/2013
The 2nd Disability Studies Conference 'The Art of Belonging', organized by the Disability Studies in the Netherlands and VU University, will take place from 31st October until 2nd of November 2013 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Disability reflects the exchanges and collisions between personal and social worlds. The task of knowing how to be at home in both these worlds can be a daunting one.
The Second Disability Studies Conference will present a diverse programme with keynotes, presentations, workhsops, exhibitions. The theme of the conference is "the art of belonging", a focus that traverses the tensions between disability experience, the art of living and belonging. It is every person’s right to belong, but belonging is much more than a right. It is something people have to learn and develop throughout life, through their personal experiences and social participation. It is individuals with disabilities finding their places in life, without compromising themselves for the purpose of ‘fitting in’ and nondisabled people finding their places in the world of disability. Belonging is a state of mind, achieved through ongoing activity where shared spaces of interest and excitement are not only accessed, but also negotiated, and ultimately occupied. More than just being ‘at home,’ belonging requires overt, and sometimes political, action.
The art of belonging is a topic that is open to individual perspectives as well as to the exchange between personal and public perspectives. The Second Disability Studies Conference has a cross-disability perspective, aims at the participation of people with and without disabilities and their allies, and invites people from various academic and non-academic disciplines and those working in an inter or transdisciplinary setting.
The following streams will be present: Familiy Quality of Life, Social Inclusion, Social inclusion representation, Quality of Life History, policy & rights, Agency empowerment, Reciprocity friendship, Inclusive education, Inclusive employment and inclusive methods.
Keynote speakers are amongst others: Ann Turnbull, Simi Linton, Hans Reinders, Robert Maier, Beatriz Miranda and the new chair disability studies. They will highlight the art of belonging, the art of living and belonging.
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