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DisabilityImagery:ABastionofSocialChangeFaithPerez,ReneeStronach,withstudentsinDIS450,FacultyMentors:LizDePoyandStephenGilson
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Introduction:Inthevisualandmaterialcultureofthe21st century,imageispower.Thisinquiryusedthematicanalysistoexaminethemeaningsofdisabilityimageryonacontinuumfromtragedytoaninevitableandcelebratedpartofhumandiversityandprovocateurofsocialchange. Fivethemesemerged:disabilityastragic(exclusion,isolation,fear);disabilityasinspirationporn(disabledpeoplearebraveorspecialjustforliving);closebutnotquite(somepositiveimagerysegregationandimpairmentareforegrounded);andcelebrationofdisabilityashumandiversity(thegoalforchange).
2017UniversityofMaineStudentSymposium:Research&CreativeActivity,CrossInsuranceCenter,BangorME,April24th,2017
Tragedy
Inspirationporn
Closebutnotquite Celebrationofdisabilityashumandiversity
#disabledandcute
AlisonLapperMillionDollarBaby
AsherNash
Locusofsocialchange-imagerythatintegratesdisabilityintothefabricofhumanactivity,contexts,beauty,messiness,dailylife.
Fashion
Disabilityassport