Tuesday, October 20, 2015 4:00 PM EDT
The Status of Women and Equity Committee (SWEC), is excited to welcome Eli Clare to campus for an interactive talk, “A Dialogue on Cure.”
A renowned writer, speaker, scholar, and poet, Eli focuses on the intersections of gender, race, class, sexuality and disability. Eli’s most recent work challenges us to re-conceive the idea of the “cure.” The medical model of disability, with its focus on “cure” or management of conditions, is often criticized as stigmatizing and disempowering for individuals with disabilities. Eli's books, Brilliant Imperfection: Grappling with the Cure (forthcoming) and Exile and Pride: Disability, Queerness and Liberation, are both published at Duke University Press. You can learn more about Eli at eliclare.com.
Eli is an ideal speaker to address Waterloo’s culture of “innovation” by urging us to carefully consider the ways that technological, medical, and social progress play out across marginalized bodies. Exploring these concepts is important for the UW community, as students, teachers, academics and as respected contributors to social progress. This interactive talk will ask us to carefully consider how we position ourselves, our research, and our social justice commitments in relation to the monolithic notion of “cure."
The talk will take place at Federation Hall.
