Deadline: 31 July 2012
(Note: Aside from academic papers, the organizers are seeking proposals from artists and theatre poets who would like to participate/ present in the conference.)
Call for papers and proposals: ‘Disability’ and Citizenship - ‘From visions to action’
Conference Date: 9- 11 October 2012
Venue: University of Zimbabwe
University of Zimbabwe and its partners invites academics, students, researchers, professionals, artists, civil society and policy makers to present academic and/or policy related papers, posters, workshops and performances on disability and citizenship. In recognition of the fact that contemporary conceptions of citizenship centre around notions of human rights, responsibilities and ‘active’ participation in all spheres of human endeavours, this special conference is called to conceptualise/theorise, contextualise and proffer practical suggestions on negotiating ‘disability’ related challenges.
Cognisant of the fact that people with ‘disabilities’ have generally been perceived as marginalised and excluded from major social, political, economic and cultural practices, the conference seeks to further interrogate major barriers to the full participation of people with disabilities as citizens and to explore practical strategies of addressing identified issues and problems. We therefore encourage innovative insights and practices in the following conference thematic areas.
1. Disability, political participation and citizenship
2. Disability, law and citizenship
3. Media, disability and citizenship
4. Disability and student activism
5. Performance and Disability
6. Literature: metaphors and symbols of Disability
7. Sport, recreation and Disability: politics of participation
8. Visual Arts, disability and citizenship
9. Religion/spirituality and citizenship: past, present and future.
10. Disability, discourse/rhetoric and the politics of language
11. Education/critical pedagogy and disability
12. Historical/cultural narratives of disability: implications on citizenship
13. Disability research: politics of inclusion and exclusion
14. Medical science, disability and citizenship
15. The politics of the body and disability activism
16. Space and Environment: barriers and possibilities to participation
17. Disability, employment and the politics of empowerment
18. Gender, disability and politics of participation
Important information
- Presentations at the conference are encouraged and welcome in the following formats: academic/policy papers, posters, performances/workshops and visual exhibitions/displays. University and college students will have a special forum in which they will present
- All Proposals and Abstracts should be sent to nmuwonwa@gmail.com
- Abstracts should not exceed 300 words
- Visual displays (e.g. posters, short films, sculpture, electronic images)
- Workshops/ Performances - (e .g, dance, music, theatre poetry)
Conference Products
1) Reviewed papers will be published in a journal.
2) Policy Proposals will be presented to relevant organisations
CONTACT INFORMATION:
For inquiries/ submissions: nmuwonwa@gmail.com
Website: http://www.uz.ac.zw/