- Disability Studies, Critical Disability Studies, Cultural Disability Studies, Disability Cultural Studies, Performance and Disability, Interactive Arts, and 46 moreCreativity, Autoethnography, Resilience, Equality Studies, Ableism and Ability Studies, Activist Art, Activist Ethnography, Interactive Media, History of Disability, Feminist Disability Studies, Disability Theory, Performativity, Disability History, New Media Performance and Installation, Performance As Research, Posthumanism, Social Justice, Writing for Performance, Anthropology of Disability, Embodiment, The Disabled Body, Performative Social Science, Reflective Practice, Memorials and the Memorial Art-Work in the Public Arena, Memorialisation, Memorialisation and Art, memoralization, Memorialization, Queer Memorialization, Commemoration and Memorialization, Art Practice as Research, Body in Performance, Creative Activism, Artistic activism, Spiritual Activism, Performance Activism, Art and AIDS Activism, Contemporary Art and Activism, Art and Activism, Social Activism, Activism, Radical Politics in Live Art, Political and social sciences, philosophy, radical politics in Live Art Performance and Performance Art, Performance Art/ Action Art/ Live Art, Performance/live Art, and Live Artedit
- I'm an artist-activist working with performance, film, audio and text, and drawn to the power of creative work as a c... moreI'm an artist-activist working with performance, film, audio and text, and drawn to the power of creative work as a catalyst for change. Founder of Roaring Girl Productions (www.roaring-girl.com) and a former NESTA (National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts) fellow, my work has shown at Tate Modern and the Smithsonian Institution, as well as on television and at festivals internationally.
Recent work includes:
Bedding Out, a 48-hour, round-the-clock live durational performance in which I take to my bed on a stage at Salisbury Arts Centre. Livestreamed throughout and with virtual participation, the work emerges from the current welfare benefits overhaul which threatens many with poverty and with a propagandist campaign that has seen disability hate crime leap by 50%.
www.roaring-girl.com/bedding-out
Resistance: which way the future?, a touring film-based installation which explores the Nazi campaign against disabled people and what it means for us all today. This work was accompanied by Resistance on the Plinth, a controversial performance on Trafalgar Square's Fourth Plinth, listed in The Guardian's Trafalgar Top 10.
www.roaring-girl.com/resistance
I am a doctoral candidate on a practice-led PhD at University of the West of England.
NOTE: If you're looking for a paper I've written and can't find it here, please check at www.roaring-girl.com.edit
Research Interests: Media Sociology, Media Studies, Media and Cultural Studies, Disability Studies, Media Education, and 15 moreAnthropology of Disability, Media Literacy, Hate Speech, Hate Crimes, Image Analysis, Disability Theory, Disability, Mass media, Hate Studies, Austerity, Disabled People, Attitudes Towards Disabled People, Cultures of Austerity, MEDIA SOCIOLOGY, and Austerity Programs and Philosophy
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Research Interests: Deaf studies, Deafhood, Disability Studies, Critical Disability Studies, Blindness, and 15 moreDiscrimination, Disability History, Biography, Disability Theory, Disabled Persons History, Disabled people movement, Disability Discrimination, Deaf Education, Disability Studies in Education, Disability, Deafblindness, Deaf history, Attitudes Towards Disabled People, Deaf Studies, and Anne Sullivan
Research Interests: Perception, Critical Disability Studies, Narrative, Hate Speech, Disability Theory, and 15 moreNeoliberalism, Neoliberal ideologies, Olympics and Olympism, Disability, Paralympics, Olympic Games, Hate Studies, Hate crime, Austerity Measures, Paralympic studies, Paralympic Legacy, Perception of Disability, Anti austerity Protests, Disability Benefits, and Plaintiff
UK-based art-activist Liz Crow discusses the challenges of making socially engaged, political art and performance in a climate of austerity. She reflects on the euphoric moment of the 2012 Paralympics Games, and the contradictory... more
UK-based art-activist Liz Crow discusses the challenges of making socially engaged, political art and performance in a climate of austerity. She reflects on the euphoric moment of the 2012 Paralympics Games, and the contradictory experiences that resulted for people with disabilities who were simultaneously lauded as ‘superhumans’ and castigated as ‘scroungers’. Crow talks about the dialogic works she created to counter these unattainable – and implicitly discriminatory – categories including two durational works, Bedding Out (2012–2013) and Figures (2015). Figures, a mass sculptural durational performance, testifies to the far-reaching effects of austerity measures and also holds the potential of serving as an alternative ‘legacy’ archive of the London Summer Games. A foldout of selected images and text from the Figures project is printed in Part 4: ‘Suspending Freedom, Sustaining Spectacle’ of this special issue.
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UK-based art-activist Liz Crow discusses the challenges of making socially engaged, political art and performance in a climate of austerity. She reflects on the euphoric moment of the 2012 Paralympics Games, and the contradictory... more
UK-based art-activist Liz Crow discusses the challenges of making socially engaged, political art and performance in a climate of austerity. She reflects on the euphoric moment of the 2012 Paralympics Games, and the contradictory experiences that resulted for people with disabilities who were simultaneously lauded as ‘superhumans’ and castigated as ‘scroungers’. Crow talks about the dialogic works she created to counter these unattainable – and implicitly discriminatory – categories including two durational works, Bedding Out (2012–2013) and Figures (2015). Figures, a mass sculptural durational performance, testifies to the far-reaching effects of austerity measures and also holds the potential of serving as an alternative ‘legacy’ archive of the London Summer Games. A foldout of selected images and text from the Figures project is printed in Part 4: ‘Suspending Freedom, Sustaining Spectacle’ of this special issue.
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This is a narrative inquiry that explores the significance of a photograph that has exerted a hold over me for several years. A single glance, like running a finger along the amassed spines of well-loved novels, tumbles me instantly into... more
This is a narrative inquiry that explores the significance of a photograph that has exerted a hold over me for several years. A single glance, like running a finger along the amassed spines of well-loved novels, tumbles me instantly into memory. Yet, over time I have realized there is more than nostalgia to this photograph’s hold. Like those novels, this photograph holds its own fiction, yet through that fiction it also carries profound truths about how life might be lived. As I live alongside it, I find the photograph unfolding to another, deeper level of meaning that shifts and changes through time, representing a self in flux and guiding a journey through the themes of my life. In telling the story of another, I find that the photograph contains my own narrative too.
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Mi vida tiene dos fases: antes del modelo social de discapacidad y después de el. El descubrimiento de esta forma de pensar sobre mis experiencias fue la balsa proverbial en mares tormentosos. Me hizo comprender mi Vida, compartida con... more
Mi vida tiene dos fases: antes del modelo social de discapacidad y después de el. El descubrimiento de esta forma de pensar sobre mis experiencias fue la balsa proverbial en mares tormentosos. Me hizo comprender mi Vida, compartida con miles, millones incluso, de personas de tlodo el mundo y me adheri por completo a ella. Esta era la exphcacion que habia estado buscando durante muchos afios. De repente, se confirmaba lo que yo habia sabido desde siempre, en el plano mas profimdo. Mi cuerpo no era e1 responsable de todas mis dificultades, sino factores externos, barreras construidas por la sociedad en la que vivo. Los prejuicios, la discriminacion, los ambientes que no me permitian e1 acceso y un apoyo insuficiente me estaban discapacitando: limitando mis capacidades y oportumdades. Ma’s importante au’n era e1 hecho de que, si la sociedad habia creado los problemas, la misma sociedad podia des-crearlos: !verdaderamente revolucionario! Durante afios, este modelo social de discapacidad me ha permitido afrontar, sobrevivir e incluso superar incontables situaciones de exclusion y discriminacion. Ha sido mi principal apoyo, como tambien 10 ha sido para el movimiento de personas discapacitadas en general. I-Ia permitido que adquiriesemos una vision de nosotros mismos liberada de las restricciones de la discapacidad (opresion), aporta’ndonos una orientacion para nuestro compromiso a favor del cambio social. Ha desempefiado un papel fundamental en la promocion de la autovaloracio’n individual de las personas discapacitadas, la identidad colectiva y la organizacion politica. No creo que exagere al decir que el modelo social ha salvado Vidas. Gradual, muy gradualmente, su esfera de influencia se ha extendido mas alla de nuestro movimiento, influyendo en la politica y en la pra’ctica generales. La contribucion del modelo social de discapacidad, ahora y en el futuro, al logro de la igualdad de derechos para las personas discapacitadas es incalculable. Siendo asi, ?por que’, de repente y a pesar de todos sus puntos fuertes y su relevancia, el modelo social no me parece ya tan cristalino? Lo critico conmovida, pero, cuando la experiencia personal no se adapta a las explicaciones a1 uso, es hora de cuestionarlas de nuevo… http://www.roaring-girl.com/work/nuestra-vida-en-su-totalidad-renovacion-del-modelo-social-de-discapacidad/
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Mi vida tiene dos fases: antes del modelo social de discapacidad y después de el. El descubrimiento de esta forma de pensar sobre mis experiencias fue la balsa proverbial en mares tormentosos. Me hizo comprender mi Vida, compartida con... more
Mi vida tiene dos fases: antes del modelo social de discapacidad y después de el. El descubrimiento de esta forma de pensar sobre mis experiencias fue la balsa proverbial en mares tormentosos. Me hizo comprender mi Vida, compartida con miles, millones incluso, de personas de tlodo el mundo y me adheri por completo a ella. Esta era la exphcacion que habia estado buscando durante muchos afios. De repente, se confirmaba lo que yo habia sabido desde siempre, en el plano mas profimdo. Mi cuerpo no era e1 responsable de todas mis dificultades, sino factores externos, barreras construidas por la sociedad en la que vivo. Los prejuicios, la discriminacion, los ambientes que no me permitian e1 acceso y un apoyo insuficiente me estaban discapacitando: limitando mis capacidades y oportumdades. Ma’s importante au’n era e1 hecho de que, si la sociedad habia creado los problemas, la misma sociedad podia des-crearlos: !verdaderamente revolucionario! Durante afios, este modelo social de discapacidad me ha permitido afrontar, sobrevivir e incluso superar incontables situaciones de exclusion y discriminacion. Ha sido mi principal apoyo, como tambien 10 ha sido para el movimiento de personas discapacitadas en general. I-Ia permitido que adquiriesemos una vision de nosotros mismos liberada de las restricciones de la discapacidad (opresion), aporta’ndonos una orientacion para nuestro compromiso a favor del cambio social. Ha desempefiado un papel fundamental en la promocion de la autovaloracio’n individual de las personas discapacitadas, la identidad colectiva y la organizacion politica. No creo que exagere al decir que el modelo social ha salvado Vidas. Gradual, muy gradualmente, su esfera de influencia se ha extendido mas alla de nuestro movimiento, influyendo en la politica y en la pra’ctica generales. La contribucion del modelo social de discapacidad, ahora y en el futuro, al logro de la igualdad de derechos para las personas discapacitadas es incalculable. Siendo asi, ?por que’, de repente y a pesar de todos sus puntos fuertes y su relevancia, el modelo social no me parece ya tan cristalino? Lo critico conmovida, pero, cuando la experiencia personal no se adapta a las explicaciones a1 uso, es hora de cuestionarlas de nuevo… http://www.roaring-girl.com/work/nuestra-vida-en-su-totalidad-renovacion-del-modelo-social-de-discapacidad/
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Through the summer of 2012, two opposing sets of images dominated the British press. Welfare benefits reform met the Paralympics, the former casting disabled people as scroungers, the latter as superhumans. Seemingly independent yet... more
Through the summer of 2012, two opposing sets of images dominated the British press. Welfare benefits reform met the Paralympics, the former casting disabled people as scroungers, the latter as superhumans. Seemingly independent yet intertwined, the images create a collective picture in the mind of what it is to be disabled. This collective imagining shapes and reinforces government policy on austerity cuts and benefits reform, with profound influence upon the everyday lives of disabled people. Caught between the two conflicting image sets, disabled people’s real lives are rendered invisible, even as they feel the full force of the images. This visual inquiry examines how the dominance of such images might practically be contested by creating counter images which reveal a very different and more truthful imagining of what it might be to be disabled.
Research Interests: Media Sociology, Media Studies, Media and Cultural Studies, Disability Studies, Media Education, and 15 moreAnthropology of Disability, Media Literacy, Hate Speech, Hate Crimes, Image Analysis, Disability Theory, Neoliberal ideologies, Disability, Mass media, Hate Studies, Austerity, Attitudes Towards Disabled People, Cultures of Austerity, MEDIA SOCIOLOGY, and Austerity Programs and Philosophy
1 Invisible and centre stage: a disabled woman's perspective on maternity services Liz Crow Writer, filmmaker and disability equality consultant 1c Birchall Road, Bristol BS6 7TW (0117) 944 6882 (voice and fax)... more
1 Invisible and centre stage: a disabled woman's perspective on maternity services Liz Crow Writer, filmmaker and disability equality consultant 1c Birchall Road, Bristol BS6 7TW (0117) 944 6882 (voice and fax) liz@roaring-girl.com Date of submission 15 February 2003 ...
Research Interests: Feminist Disability Studies, Autoethnography, Midwifery, Medicine, Disability, and 15 moreMaternal and Child Health, Maternity, Humans, Motherhood, Female, Great Britain, Maternity Care, Autoethnography Participant Observation, Adult, Applied Autoethnography, Maternity Services, Dignity In Maternity Care, Disabled Persons, attitude to health, and Health Services Accessibility
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This is a narrative inquiry that explores the significance of a photograph that has exerted a hold over me for several years. A single glance, like running a finger along the amassed spines of well-loved novels, tumbles me instantly into... more
This is a narrative inquiry that explores the significance of a photograph that has exerted a hold over me for several years. A single glance, like running a finger along the amassed spines of well-loved novels, tumbles me instantly into memory. Yet, over time I have realized there is more than nostalgia to this photograph’s hold. Like those novels, this photograph holds its own fiction, yet through that fiction it also carries profound truths about how life might be lived. As I live alongside it, I find the photograph unfolding to another, deeper level of meaning that shifts and changes through time, representing a self in flux and guiding a journey through the themes of my life. In telling the story of another, I find that the photograph contains my own narrative too.
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1 Invisible and centre stage: a disabled woman's perspective on maternity services Liz Crow Writer, filmmaker and disability equality consultant 1c Birchall Road, Bristol BS6 7TW (0117) 944 6882 (voice and fax)... more
1 Invisible and centre stage: a disabled woman's perspective on maternity services Liz Crow Writer, filmmaker and disability equality consultant 1c Birchall Road, Bristol BS6 7TW (0117) 944 6882 (voice and fax) liz@roaring-girl.com Date of submission 15 February 2003 ...
Research Interests: Feminist Disability Studies, Autoethnography, Midwifery, Medicine, Disability, and 15 moreMaternal and Child Health, Maternity, Humans, Motherhood, Female, Great Britain, Maternity Care, Autoethnography Participant Observation, Adult, Applied Autoethnography, Maternity Services, Dignity In Maternity Care, Disabled Persons, attitude to health, and Health Services Accessibility
Mi vida tiene dos fases: antes del modelo social de discapacidad y después de el. El descubrimiento de esta forma de pensar sobre mis experiencias fue la balsa proverbial en mares tormentosos. Me hizo comprender mi Vida, compartida con... more
Mi vida tiene dos fases: antes del modelo social de discapacidad y después de el. El descubrimiento de esta forma de pensar sobre mis experiencias fue la balsa proverbial en mares tormentosos. Me hizo comprender mi Vida, compartida con miles, millones incluso, de personas de tlodo el mundo y me adheri por completo a ella. Esta era la exphcacion que habia estado buscando durante muchos afios. De repente, se confirmaba lo que yo habia sabido desde siempre, en el plano mas profimdo. Mi cuerpo no era e1 responsable de todas mis dificultades, sino factores externos, barreras construidas por la sociedad en la que vivo. Los prejuicios, la discriminacion, los ambientes que no me permitian e1 acceso y un apoyo insuficiente me estaban discapacitando: limitando mis capacidades y oportumdades. Ma’s importante au’n era e1 hecho de que, si la sociedad habia creado los problemas, la misma sociedad podia des-crearlos: !verdaderamente revolucionario! Durante afios, este modelo social de discapacidad me ha permitido afrontar, sobrevivir e incluso superar incontables situaciones de exclusion y discriminacion. Ha sido mi principal apoyo, como tambien 10 ha sido para el movimiento de personas discapacitadas en general. I-Ia permitido que adquiriesemos una vision de nosotros mismos liberada de las restricciones de la discapacidad (opresion), aporta’ndonos una orientacion para nuestro compromiso a favor del cambio social. Ha desempefiado un papel fundamental en la promocion de la autovaloracio’n individual de las personas discapacitadas, la identidad colectiva y la organizacion politica. No creo que exagere al decir que el modelo social ha salvado Vidas. Gradual, muy gradualmente, su esfera de influencia se ha extendido mas alla de nuestro movimiento, influyendo en la politica y en la pra’ctica generales. La contribucion del modelo social de discapacidad, ahora y en el futuro, al logro de la igualdad de derechos para las personas discapacitadas es incalculable. Siendo asi, ?por que’, de repente y a pesar de todos sus puntos fuertes y su relevancia, el modelo social no me parece ya tan cristalino? Lo critico conmovida, pero, cuando la experiencia personal no se adapta a las explicaciones a1 uso, es hora de cuestionarlas de nuevo… http://www.roaring-girl.com/work/nuestra-vida-en-su-totalidad-renovacion-del-modelo-social-de-discapacidad/
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Through the summer of 2012, two sets of images dominated the British press: welfare benefits scrounger and Paralympic superhuman. Through one claimant’s traversal of the benefits system and against the heady backdrop of the Games, this... more
Through the summer of 2012, two sets of images dominated the British press: welfare benefits scrounger and Paralympic superhuman. Through one claimant’s traversal of the benefits system and against the heady backdrop of the Games, this narrative inquiry examines the profound and tangible consequences of these images, whilst offering hope for an abiding legacy that holds consequences for public perception of disability and the lives of disabled people.
Research Interests: Welfare Economics, Critical Disability Studies, The Disabled Body, Social Activism, Hate Speech, and 15 moreDisability Theory, Neoliberalism, Neoliberal ideologies, Olympics and Olympism, Representation of Others, Disability, Paralympics, Social Welfare, Hate Studies, Hate crime, Austerity Measures, Paralympic studies, Politics of Austerity, Paralympic Legacy, and Anti austerity Protests
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ContextThe Man on the Hill is a story of a man who wants to be useful and sets out to collect the sorrows of the world that he might set the people free.In my work as an artist-activist, I use creative work for social and political... more
ContextThe Man on the Hill is a story of a man who wants to be useful and sets out to collect the sorrows of the world that he might set the people free.In my work as an artist-activist, I use creative work for social and political change. During an extended performance set in a converted church (Crow 2012), a stream of visitors told me their sorrows while, in stained glass soaring above me, a tall, benign figure stood, steady and steadying, his hand raised in blessing, to his side a rounded green hill and sturdy tree.1 Intrigued by the way the images held me, I turned to writing as inquiry (Richardson 1994) to explore their meaning, recognising them as a metaphor for affective aspects of social justice work.The rhetorical parabolic form, with its intention to impart moral lessons (Burchfield 1996) and subvert the status quo (Champion 1989), became my genre of re-presentation. In its magical-realism, The Man on the Hill is yet rooted in human experience (Spindler 2008), using the co...
Mi vida tiene dos fases: antes del modelo social de discapacidad y después de el. El descubrimiento de esta forma de pensar sobre mis experiencias fue la balsa proverbial en mares tormentosos. Me hizo comprender mi Vida, compartida con... more
Mi vida tiene dos fases: antes del modelo social de discapacidad y después de el. El descubrimiento de esta forma de pensar sobre mis experiencias fue la balsa proverbial en mares tormentosos. Me hizo comprender mi Vida, compartida con miles, millones incluso, de personas de tlodo el mundo y me adheri por completo a ella. Esta era la exphcacion que habia estado buscando durante muchos afios. De repente, se confirmaba lo que yo habia sabido desde siempre, en el plano mas profimdo. Mi cuerpo no era e1 responsable de todas mis dificultades, sino factores externos, barreras construidas por la sociedad en la que vivo. Los prejuicios, la discriminacion, los ambientes que no me permitian e1 acceso y un apoyo insuficiente me estaban discapacitando: limitando mis capacidades y oportumdades. Ma’s importante au’n era e1 hecho de que, si la sociedad habia creado los problemas, la misma sociedad podia des-crearlos: !verdaderamente revolucionario! Durante afios, este modelo social de discapacidad me ha permitido afrontar, sobrevivir e incluso superar incontables situaciones de exclusion y discriminacion. Ha sido mi principal apoyo, como tambien 10 ha sido para el movimiento de personas discapacitadas en general. I-Ia permitido que adquiriesemos una vision de nosotros mismos liberada de las restricciones de la discapacidad (opresion), aporta’ndonos una orientacion para nuestro compromiso a favor del cambio social. Ha desempefiado un papel fundamental en la promocion de la autovaloracio’n individual de las personas discapacitadas, la identidad colectiva y la organizacion politica. No creo que exagere al decir que el modelo social ha salvado Vidas. Gradual, muy gradualmente, su esfera de influencia se ha extendido mas alla de nuestro movimiento, influyendo en la politica y en la pra’ctica generales. La contribucion del modelo social de discapacidad, ahora y en el futuro, al logro de la igualdad de derechos para las personas discapacitadas es incalculable. Siendo asi, ?por que’, de repente y a pesar de todos sus puntos fuertes y su relevancia, el modelo social no me parece ya tan cristalino? Lo critico conmovida, pero, cuando la experiencia personal no se adapta a las explicaciones a1 uso, es hora de cuestionarlas de nuevo… http://www.roaring-girl.com/work/nuestra-vida-en-su-totalidad-renovacion-del-modelo-social-de-discapacidad/
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Through the summer of 2012, two opposing sets of images dominated the British press. Welfare benefits reform met the Paralympics, the former casting disabled people as scroungers, the latter as superhumans. Seemingly independent yet... more
Through the summer of 2012, two opposing sets of images dominated the British press. Welfare benefits reform met the Paralympics, the former casting disabled people as scroungers, the latter as superhumans. Seemingly independent yet intertwined, the images have profound consequences for public perception of disability and the lives of disabled people. These are explored through one claimant’s traversal of the benefits system against a heady backdrop of the Games. In exploring the images and their impact, the values that drive them are exposed, holding profound consequences for disabled people’s campaigns and offering hope for an abiding legacy from the summer of 2012. Copy available at: http://www.roaring-girl.com/work/summer-of-2012-paralympics-legacy-and-the-welfare-benefit-scandal/
Research Interests: Welfare Economics, Critical Disability Studies, The Disabled Body, Social Activism, Hate Speech, and 15 moreDisability Theory, Neoliberalism, Neoliberal ideologies, Olympics and Olympism, Representation of Others, Disability, Paralympics, Social Welfare, Hate Studies, Hate crime, Austerity Measures, Paralympic studies, Politics of Austerity, Paralympic Legacy, and Anti austerity Protests
I am sitting in the basket of a cherry picker, draped in an ancient white bed-spread, being driven forward on a JCB. Through the thick fabric I see spots of bright light and the amber of the vehicle's warning strobe. We begin to... more
I am sitting in the basket of a cherry picker, draped in an ancient white bed-spread, being driven forward on a JCB. Through the thick fabric I see spots of bright light and the amber of the vehicle's warning strobe. We begin to rise and I am pitched into that moment when they close the ...
Interview with artist-activist Liz Crow about her work on Bedding Out, the film and installation Resistance, and her public performance piece in Trafalgar Square. Interviewed by Raphael Raphael. Copy available at:... more
Interview with artist-activist Liz Crow about her work on Bedding Out, the film and installation Resistance, and her public performance piece in Trafalgar Square. Interviewed by Raphael Raphael. Copy available at: http://www.roaring-girl.com/work/art-activism-conversation-liz-crow/
Research Interests: Disability Studies, Critical Disability Studies, Disability policy, Disability History, Cultural Disability Studies, and 15 moreBody in Performance, Disability Studies in Education, Activist Art, Disability, Activism, Art and Activism, Advocacy and Activism, Disability Rights, Digital Activism, Art Activism, Cultural Activism, Attitudes Towards Disabled People, Activist Visual Art, Contemporary Art and Activism, and Activism Art
Interview with artist-activist Liz Crow about her work on Bedding Out, the film and installation Resistance, and her public performance piece in Trafalgar Square. Interviewed by Raphael Raphael. Copy available at:... more
Interview with artist-activist Liz Crow about her work on Bedding Out, the film and installation Resistance, and her public performance piece in Trafalgar Square. Interviewed by Raphael Raphael. Copy available at: http://www.roaring-girl.com/work/art-activism-conversation-liz-crow/
Research Interests: Disability Studies, Critical Disability Studies, Disability policy, Disability History, Cultural Disability Studies, and 15 moreBody in Performance, Disability Studies in Education, Activist Art, Disability, Activism, Art and Activism, Advocacy and Activism, Disability Rights, Digital Activism, Art Activism, Cultural Activism, Attitudes Towards Disabled People, Activist Visual Art, Contemporary Art and Activism, and Activism Art
Lying Down Anyhow is a celebration of the rebel body. Copy available at: http://www.roaring-girl.com/work/lying-down-anyhow/
Research Interests: Disability Studies, Critical Disability Studies, Narrative, Inclusive Design, Feminist Disability Studies, and 15 moreAutoethnography, Inclusion, Anthropology of Disability, Cultural Identity, Narrative and Identity, Disability and Illness in Literature, Feminist activism, Illness Narrative, Disability, Activism, Identity, Design for Disabled, Education Systems, Attitudes Towards Disabled People, and Personal Narratives
Through the summer of 2012, two opposing sets of images dominated the British press. Welfare benefits reform met the Paralympics, the former casting disabled people as scroungers, the latter as superhumans. Seemingly independent yet... more
Through the summer of 2012, two opposing sets of images dominated the British press. Welfare benefits reform met the Paralympics, the former casting disabled people as scroungers, the latter as superhumans. Seemingly independent yet intertwined, the images have profound consequences for public perception of disability and the lives of disabled people. These are explored through one claimant’s traversal of the benefits system against a heady backdrop of the Games. In exploring the images and their impact, the values that drive them are exposed, holding profound consequences for disabled people’s campaigns and offering hope for an abiding legacy from the summer of 2012. Copy available at: http://www.roaring-girl.com/work/summer-of-2012-paralympics-legacy-and-the-welfare-benefit-scandal/
Research Interests: Welfare Economics, Critical Disability Studies, Welfare State, The Disabled Body, Social Activism, and 17 moreHate Speech, Disability Theory, Neoliberalism, Neoliberal ideologies, Olympics and Olympism, Representation of Others, Disability, Public Policy - Social Welfare Policy, Paralympics, Social Welfare, Hate Studies, Hate crime, Austerity Measures, Paralympic studies, Politics of Austerity, Paralympic Legacy, and Anti austerity Protests
Through the summer of 2012, two opposing sets of images dominated the British press. Welfare benefits reform met the Paralympics, the former casting disabled people as scroungers, the latter as superhumans. Seemingly independent yet... more
Through the summer of 2012, two opposing sets of images dominated the British press. Welfare benefits reform met the Paralympics, the former casting disabled people as scroungers, the latter as superhumans. Seemingly independent yet intertwined, the images create a collective picture in the mind of what it is to be disabled. This collective imagining shapes and reinforces government policy on austerity cuts and benefits reform, with profound influence upon the everyday lives of disabled people. Caught between the two conflicting image sets, disabled people’s real lives are rendered invisible, even as they feel the full force of the images. This visual inquiry examines how the dominance of such images might practically be contested by creating counter images which reveal a very different and more truthful imagining of what it might be to be disabled. Copy available at: http://www.roaring-girl.com/work/scroungers-superhumans-images-disability-summer-2012-visual-inquiry/
Research Interests: Media Sociology, Welfare Economics, Media Studies, Media and Cultural Studies, Disability Studies, and 27 moreWelfare State, Social Representations, Media Education, Anthropology of Disability, The Disabled Body, Media Literacy, Hate Speech, Hate Crimes, Image Analysis, Disability Theory, Neoliberalism, Neoliberal ideologies, Representation of Others, Disability, Public Policy - Social Welfare Policy, Mass media, Representation, Paralympics, Hate Studies, Austerity, Attitudes Towards Disabled People, Cultures of Austerity, Paralympic studies, Paralympic Games, Politics of Austerity, Paralympic Legacy, and Austerity Programs and Philosophy
Liz Crow interviewed by Angharad Penrhyn Jones for a chapter in 'Here We Stand: Women Changing the World', about women activists and campaigners.
Research Interests: Performing Arts, Women's Studies, Women's History, Disability Studies, Critical Disability Studies, and 33 moreDisability policy, Feminist Disability Studies, Performance Art, Live Art, The Disabled Body, Disability History, Media Activism, Women, Social Activism, Disability Theory, Disabled Persons History, Disabled people movement, Feminism, Neoliberalism, Women's Empowerment, Feminist activism, Body in Performance, Feminist Art, Activist Art, Disability, Women and Culture, Activism, Art and Activism, Disability Rights, Digital Activism, New Media and Political Activism, Feminist Cultural Activisms, Radical Politics in Live Art, Political and social sciences, philosophy, Attitudes Towards Disabled People, Performance Art/ Action Art/ Live Art, Social Model, Social Model of Disability, and Performance/live Art
Interview with artist-activist Liz Crow about her work on Bedding Out, the film and installation Resistance, and her public performance piece in Trafalgar Square. Interviewed by Raphael Raphael. Copy available at:... more
Interview with artist-activist Liz Crow about her work on Bedding Out, the film and installation Resistance, and her public performance piece in Trafalgar Square. Interviewed by Raphael Raphael. Copy available at: http://www.roaring-girl.com/work/art-activism-conversation-liz-crow/
Research Interests: Performing Arts, Disability Studies, Critical Disability Studies, Disability policy, Feminist Disability Studies, and 41 morePerformance Art, Live Art, The Disabled Body, Disability History, Media Activism, Social Activism, Performance, Disability Theory, Disabled Persons History, Disabled people movement, Neoliberalism, Cultural Disability Studies, Feminist activism, Body in Performance, Disability Studies in Education, Visual Arts, Activist Art, Disability, Activism, Art and Activism, Advocacy and Activism, Disability Rights, Interviews, Digital Activism, Interview, Art Activism, Feminist Cultural Activisms, Online activism, Cultural Activism, Live Art Performance, radical politics in Live Art Performance and Performance Art, Art-Activism, Radical Politics in Live Art, Political and social sciences, philosophy, Attitudes Towards Disabled People, Performance Art/ Action Art/ Live Art, Activist Visual Art, Contemporary Art and Activism, Political Art and Activist Art, Performance/live Art, The Rights of Persons With Disabilities, and Activism Art
This chapter incorporates the earlier autobiographical work Lying Down Anyhow, celebrating the rebel body, followed by an exploration of the influences involved in the process and their place in my identity as an activist. Copy available... more
This chapter incorporates the earlier autobiographical work Lying Down Anyhow, celebrating the rebel body, followed by an exploration of the influences involved in the process and their place in my identity as an activist. Copy available at: http://www.roaring-girl.com/work/lying-anyhow-disability-rebel-body/
Research Interests: Social Identity, Disability Studies, Critical Disability Studies, Inclusive Design, Feminist Disability Studies, and 29 moreSociology of Identity, Autoethnography, Inclusion, Anthropology of Disability, The Disabled Body, Illness-related stigma, Social Activism, Disability Theory, Cultural Identity, Disability and Illness in Literature, Diversity & Inclusion, Feminist activism, Universal Design (Architecture), Social Inclusion, Diversity and Inclusion, Disability, Disability Rights, Sociology of Health and Illness, Design for Disabled, Ethnographic & autoethnographic research, Social Exclusion and Inclusion, Attitudes Towards Disabled People, Writing autoethnographies, Design for All, Inclusive Design, Universal Design, Social Model, Social Model of Disability, Personal Narratives, The Rights of Persons With Disabilities, and Applied Autoethnography
The Photograph is a narrative inquiry that explores the significance of a photograph that has exerted a hold over me for several years. A single glance, like running a finger along the amassed spines of well-loved novels, tumbles me... more
The Photograph is a narrative inquiry that explores the significance of a photograph that has exerted a hold over me for several years. A single glance, like running a finger along the amassed spines of well-loved novels, tumbles me instantly into memory. Yet, over time I have realized there is more than nostalgia to this photograph’s hold. Like those novels, this photograph holds its own fiction, yet through that fiction it also carries profound truths about how life might be lived. As I live alongside it, I find the photograph unfolding to another, deeper level of meaning that shifts and changes through time, representing a self in flux and guiding a journey through the themes of my life. In telling the story of another, I find that the photograph contains my own narrative too. Copy available at: http://www.roaring-girl.com/work/lying-anyhow-disability-rebel-body/
Research Interests: Self and Identity, Identity (Culture), Sociology of Identity, Autoethnography, Narrative Methods, and 9 moreThe Self, Self-Knowledge, Photography Theory, Narrative and Identity, Personal Identity, Photography (Visual Studies), Narrative Inquiry, Autoethnography, visual media and the socio-material world, and Personal Narratives
Lying Down Anyhow is a celebration of the rebel body. Copy available at: http://www.roaring-girl.com/work/lying-down-anyhow/
Research Interests: Social Identity, Disability Studies, Critical Disability Studies, Narrative, Inclusive Design, and 26 moreFeminist Disability Studies, Identity (Culture), Sociology of Identity, Autoethnography, Inclusion, Anthropology of Disability, The Disabled Body, Illness-related stigma, Social Activism, Cultural Identity, Narrative and Identity, Disability and Illness in Literature, Diversity & Inclusion, Feminist activism, Social Inclusion, Phenomenology of Illness, Illness Narrative, Disability, Activism, Identity, Sociology of Health and Illness, Design for Disabled, Ethnographic & autoethnographic research, Attitudes Towards Disabled People, Personal Narratives, and Queer Art, Theory, Activism and Autoethnography
Copy available at: http://www.roaring-girl.com/work/austerity-bites/
Research Interests: Media Sociology, Welfare Economics, Media Studies, Media and Cultural Studies, Disability Studies, and 29 moreWelfare State, Social Representations, Media Education, Anthropology of Disability, The Disabled Body, Media Literacy, Hate Speech, Hate Crimes, Image Analysis, Disability Theory, Neoliberalism, Neoliberal ideologies, Representation of Others, Disability, Public Policy - Social Welfare Policy, Mass media, Representation, Paralympics, Hate Studies, Austerity, Attitudes Towards Disabled People, Cultures of Austerity, Paralympic studies, Paralympic Games, Politics of Austerity, Paralympic Legacy, Austerity Programs and Philosophy, Anti austerity Protests, and Paralympics and Inclusivity
In this paper, I trace the history of the disabled holocaust, from its broader social and political beginnings to it aftermath, and I explore its contemporary impact. Describing the development of the Resistance project, I examine the... more
In this paper, I trace the history of the disabled holocaust, from its broader social and political beginnings to it aftermath, and I explore its contemporary impact. Describing the development of the Resistance project, I examine the lessons it holds for the future of a more inclusive holocaust education and of our capacity to act for social justice. Finally, I ask what we might learn from past and present in order to shape a future that can delight in diversity. Copy available at: http://www.roaring-girl.com/work/resistance-the-art-of-change/
Research Interests: History, Art, Equality Studies, Installation Art, Disability Studies, and 37 moreCritical Disability Studies, Contemporary Art, Installation (Art), Inclusion, New Media Performance and Installation, Disability History, Social Activism, Disabled Persons History, Equality, Holocaust Studies, Social History, History Education, Diversity & Inclusion, Holocaust education, Social Inclusion, Disability Studies in Education, Video Installation, Visual Arts, Activist Art, Disability, Activism, Art and Activism, Film and Media Studies, Holocaust, Holocaust theories of representation, Installation, Interactive Installation, Holocaust and Genocide Studies, The Holocaust, Equality and Non Discrimination, Holocaust History and Historiography, Holocaust and Film, Holocaust Memorialisation, Politics of memory and memorialisation, Installation Art: Immersive, Memorials for Holocaust, and The Rights of Persons With Disabilities
An autoethnography of Liz Crow's experience on the Trafalgar Square Fourth Plinth as part of Antony Gormley's 'One and Other' project, in which she sat on her wheelchair, dressed in Nazi uniform, to mark the 70th anniversary of the Nazi... more
An autoethnography of Liz Crow's experience on the Trafalgar Square Fourth Plinth as part of Antony Gormley's 'One and Other' project, in which she sat on her wheelchair, dressed in Nazi uniform, to mark the 70th anniversary of the Nazi campaign against disabled people. Copy available at: http://www.roaring-girl.com/work/resistance-on-the-plinth-the-why-of-it/
Research Interests: Performing Arts, Installation Art, Disability Studies, Critical Disability Studies, Installation (Art), and 38 morePerformance Art, Live Art, New Media Performance and Installation, The Disabled Body, Disability History, Social Activism, Performance, Hate Speech, Hate Crimes, Disabled Persons History, Disabled people movement, Holocaust Studies, Anti-nazi resistance, Body in Performance, Holocaust education, Activist Art, Disability, Activism, Art and Activism, Holocaust, Installation, Disability Rights, Hate Studies, Nazism, Interactive Installation, Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Online activism, The Holocaust, Live Art Performance, radical politics in Live Art Performance and Performance Art, Radical Politics in Live Art, Political and social sciences, philosophy, Attitudes Towards Disabled People, Performance Art/ Action Art/ Live Art, Holocaust History and Historiography, Live Arts, Theatre, Performance Studies, Social Justice and Artivism, Performance/live Art, and The Rights of Persons With Disabilities
An interview with artist-activist Liz Crow. Copy available at: http://www.roaring-girl.com/work/resist-the-status-quo/
Research Interests: Performing Arts, Film Studies, Disability Studies, Critical Disability Studies, Accessibility, and 19 moreDiscrimination, Disability History, Disabled Persons History, Disabled people movement, Disability Discrimination, Diversity & Inclusion, Social Inclusion, Disability Studies in Education, Accessibility and universal design (Architecture), Visual Arts, Film, Disability, Film and Media Studies, Filmmaking, Independent Filmmaking, Equality and Non Discrimination, Women filmmakers, Social Model, and Filmmakers
Roaring Girl Productions is part of a wider move to pioneer new approaches to film accessibility, working to make audio description, captioning and sign language interpretation (ACS) an integral part of the production process rather than... more
Roaring Girl Productions is part of a wider move to pioneer new approaches to film accessibility, working to make audio description, captioning and sign language interpretation (ACS) an integral part of the production process rather than an access ‘add-on’. This is so that people with sensory impairments can participate fully as audience members and filmmakers’ work can be accurately and sensitively conveyed.
ACS is rarely included within the production of the core film. Although the number of audio described and captioned films is rapidly increasing, production is rarely addressed before the point of distribution, when the creative production of the film is complete. As a result, the film is generally ‘shoe horned’ into an existing template that often bears no relation to, and may even undermine, the aesthetic of the film.
Film exists across genre, encompasses every subject, style and emotion. Yet, when it comes to access, there is still a ‘one-size-fits-all’ approach. Sign language interpreters and captions are usually located in boxes to the right and base of the screen, whilst the main picture is shrunk and pushed aside to accommodate them. Audio description frequently seems just as removed from the overall feel of the production. For the audience, the very methods designed to promote access can detract from the qualitative experience of the production. For the filmmaker, the access conventions available can misrepresent and undermine the vision they have worked so hard to create and communicate.
In response to this, we are experimenting with imaginative and innovative approaches to ACS in our own productions, working to combine art form and function in ways which enhance the experience of both audience and filmmaker. Specifically, we are producing ACS at the time of production (rather than at the distribution stage or undertaking it live at the point of screening or transmission), bringing it into the core of the creative process and experimenting with both aesthetic and technological solutions. Copy available at: http://www.roaring-girl.com/work/a-new-approach-to-film-accessibility/
ACS is rarely included within the production of the core film. Although the number of audio described and captioned films is rapidly increasing, production is rarely addressed before the point of distribution, when the creative production of the film is complete. As a result, the film is generally ‘shoe horned’ into an existing template that often bears no relation to, and may even undermine, the aesthetic of the film.
Film exists across genre, encompasses every subject, style and emotion. Yet, when it comes to access, there is still a ‘one-size-fits-all’ approach. Sign language interpreters and captions are usually located in boxes to the right and base of the screen, whilst the main picture is shrunk and pushed aside to accommodate them. Audio description frequently seems just as removed from the overall feel of the production. For the audience, the very methods designed to promote access can detract from the qualitative experience of the production. For the filmmaker, the access conventions available can misrepresent and undermine the vision they have worked so hard to create and communicate.
In response to this, we are experimenting with imaginative and innovative approaches to ACS in our own productions, working to combine art form and function in ways which enhance the experience of both audience and filmmaker. Specifically, we are producing ACS at the time of production (rather than at the distribution stage or undertaking it live at the point of screening or transmission), bringing it into the core of the creative process and experimenting with both aesthetic and technological solutions. Copy available at: http://www.roaring-girl.com/work/a-new-approach-to-film-accessibility/
Research Interests: Sign Language, Film Studies, Accessibility, Inclusive Design, Subtitle, and 21 moreInclusion, Sign Languages, Film & Digital Video, Social Inclusion, Accessibility and universal design (Architecture), Visual Impairments, Film Aesthetics, Subtitling, Film, Deafness and Hearing Loss, Film and Media Studies, Subtitling for the Deaf and HoH (SDH), Visual impairment and blindness, Access, Visual Impairment, Digital Inclusion, Subtitles, Closed Captioning, Audio Description, Captions, and Audiovisual Translation (subtitling, audio description)
This paper is based on a presentation made to the Department of Health Open Forum Event of the Children’s National Service Framework (Maternity Module) in January 2003. It is a disabled woman’s experience of pregnancy, birth and the... more
This paper is based on a presentation made to the Department of Health Open Forum Event of the Children’s National Service Framework (Maternity Module) in January 2003. It is a disabled woman’s experience of pregnancy, birth and the maternity services. Copy available from: http://www.roaring-girl.com/work/invisible-and-centre-stage/
Research Interests: Narrative, Women's Health, Parenting, Women's Rights, Feminist Disability Studies, and 26 moreAutoethnography, The Disabled Body, Women, Reproductive Ethics, Narrative Analysis, Women's Empowerment, Narrative Theory, Disability, Disabled Women's access to sexual and reproductive health;, Women and Gender Studies, Maternal and Child Health, Maternity, Pregnancy, Motherhood, Ethnographic & autoethnographic research, Traditional Midwifery, Birth Attendants, Maternal Health, Childbirth, Reproductive Rights, Maternity Leave, Reproductive Health Policy, Parents, Maternity Care, Autoethnography Participant Observation, Queer Art, Theory, Activism and Autoethnography, Motherhood and Maternity, The Rights of Persons With Disabilities, Applied Autoethnography, Maternity Services, and Dignity In Maternity Care
More than thirty years after her death, Helen Keller is still known internationally as the little deaf blind girl, the ‘miracle child’ who triumphed over adversity. But behind the image, hidden from the public gaze, was a flesh-and-blood... more
More than thirty years after her death, Helen Keller is still known internationally as the little deaf blind girl, the ‘miracle child’ who triumphed over adversity. But behind the image, hidden from the public gaze, was a flesh-and-blood woman, writer and radical activist, suffragette and Socialist. She was a woman who lived to old age, yet is fixed in the public imagination as an eternal child.
This paper charts the creation of Keller’s popular image and enduring iconic status, analysing their purpose and the implications they hold for us as disabled people. It then examines the truth of her life, revealing how contemporary are the issues which determined it. Finally, it explores the value of retelling her biography and the relevance it holds in the building of disability culture.
Copy available at: http://www.roaring-girl.com/work/helen-keller-rethinking-the-problematic-icon/
This paper charts the creation of Keller’s popular image and enduring iconic status, analysing their purpose and the implications they hold for us as disabled people. It then examines the truth of her life, revealing how contemporary are the issues which determined it. Finally, it explores the value of retelling her biography and the relevance it holds in the building of disability culture.
Copy available at: http://www.roaring-girl.com/work/helen-keller-rethinking-the-problematic-icon/
Research Interests: Media Sociology, Media Studies, Media and Cultural Studies, Deaf studies, Deafhood, and 34 moreDisability Studies, Critical Disability Studies, History of Blindness/Visual Impairment, Feminist Disability Studies, Blindness, Discrimination, Disability History, Media Literacy, Social Activism, Disability Theory, Disabled Persons History, Disabled people movement, Disability Discrimination, Deaf Education, Feminist activism, Disability Studies in Education, Representation of Others, Visual Impairments, Disability, Language and Deafness, Mass media, Deafblindness, Visual Impairments and Additional Disabilities, Visual impairment and blindness, American Sign Language, early intervention, deaf bilingual education, Deaf history, Visual Impairment, Vision Impairment and blindness, Education of the Deaf and hard of Hearing, Deaf Studies, Sign Linguistics, Sign Language, Attitudes Towards Disabled People, Hellen Keller, Helen Keller, and Anne Sullivan
I’m waiting at the bus stop on a cold and blustery day. Down a sweep of road comes a double-decker, lumbering towards us. It draws closer and I move into the road, into its path, arms out-stretched to greet it, until the bus roars and... more
I’m waiting at the bus stop on a cold and blustery day. Down a sweep of road comes a double-decker, lumbering towards us. It draws closer and I move into the road, into its path, arms out-stretched to greet it, until the bus roars and hisses to a stop. And round the base of the front wiper blade I slip a handcuff and clip the bracelet home. I have caught a bus. I turn to face the street and join the chants echoing from the buildings, “We will ride. We will ride.”...
Copy available from: http://www.roaring-girl.com/work/catching-buses/
Copy available from: http://www.roaring-girl.com/work/catching-buses/
Research Interests: Social Movements, Disability Studies, Critical Disability Studies, Public Transport, Disability policy, and 18 moreTransport Planning, Disability History, Social Activism, Disabled Persons History, Disabled people movement, Disability, Activism, Advocacy and Activism, Urban Transportation, Disability Rights, Public Transit, Public transportation, Direct Action, Public Transportation System, Public Transporation, Nonviolet Direct Action, The Rights of Persons With Disabilities, and Nonviolent Direct Action
Extract from Bigger Than the Sky: Disabled women as parents, Eds. Wates & Jade, Women’s Press, 1999. Copy available from: http://www.roaring-girl.com/work/making-a-reality-of-my-own/
Mi vida tiene dos fases: antes del modelo social de discapacidad y después de el. El descubrimiento de esta forma de pensar sobre mis experiencias fue la balsa proverbial en mares tormentosos. Me hizo comprender mi Vida, compartida con... more
Mi vida tiene dos fases: antes del modelo social de discapacidad y después de el. El descubrimiento de esta forma de pensar sobre mis experiencias fue la balsa proverbial en mares tormentosos. Me hizo comprender mi Vida, compartida con miles, millones incluso, de personas de tlodo el mundo y me adheri por completo a ella.
Esta era la exphcacion que habia estado buscando durante muchos afios. De repente, se confirmaba lo que yo habia sabido desde siempre, en el plano mas profimdo. Mi cuerpo no era e1 responsable de todas mis dificultades, sino factores externos, barreras construidas por la sociedad en la que vivo. Los prejuicios, la discriminacion, los ambientes que no me permitian e1 acceso y un apoyo insuficiente me estaban discapacitando: limitando mis capacidades y oportumdades. Ma’s importante au’n era e1 hecho de que, si la sociedad habia creado los problemas, la misma sociedad podia des-crearlos: !verdaderamente revolucionario!
Durante afios, este modelo social de discapacidad me ha permitido afrontar, sobrevivir e incluso superar incontables situaciones de exclusion y discriminacion. Ha sido mi principal apoyo, como tambien 10 ha sido para el movimiento de personas discapacitadas en general. I-Ia permitido que adquiriesemos una vision de nosotros mismos liberada de las restricciones de la discapacidad (opresion), aporta’ndonos una orientacion para nuestro compromiso a favor del cambio social. Ha desempefiado un papel fundamental en la promocion de la autovaloracio’n individual de las personas discapacitadas, la identidad colectiva y la organizacion politica. No creo que exagere al decir que el modelo social ha salvado Vidas. Gradual, muy gradualmente, su esfera de influencia se ha extendido mas alla de nuestro movimiento, influyendo en la politica y en la pra’ctica generales. La contribucion del modelo social de discapacidad, ahora y en el futuro, al logro de la igualdad de derechos para las personas discapacitadas es incalculable.
Siendo asi, ?por que’, de repente y a pesar de todos sus puntos fuertes y su relevancia, el modelo social no me parece ya tan cristalino? Lo critico conmovida, pero, cuando la experiencia personal no se adapta a las explicaciones a1 uso, es hora de cuestionarlas de nuevo…
http://www.roaring-girl.com/work/nuestra-vida-en-su-totalidad-renovacion-del-modelo-social-de-discapacidad/
Esta era la exphcacion que habia estado buscando durante muchos afios. De repente, se confirmaba lo que yo habia sabido desde siempre, en el plano mas profimdo. Mi cuerpo no era e1 responsable de todas mis dificultades, sino factores externos, barreras construidas por la sociedad en la que vivo. Los prejuicios, la discriminacion, los ambientes que no me permitian e1 acceso y un apoyo insuficiente me estaban discapacitando: limitando mis capacidades y oportumdades. Ma’s importante au’n era e1 hecho de que, si la sociedad habia creado los problemas, la misma sociedad podia des-crearlos: !verdaderamente revolucionario!
Durante afios, este modelo social de discapacidad me ha permitido afrontar, sobrevivir e incluso superar incontables situaciones de exclusion y discriminacion. Ha sido mi principal apoyo, como tambien 10 ha sido para el movimiento de personas discapacitadas en general. I-Ia permitido que adquiriesemos una vision de nosotros mismos liberada de las restricciones de la discapacidad (opresion), aporta’ndonos una orientacion para nuestro compromiso a favor del cambio social. Ha desempefiado un papel fundamental en la promocion de la autovaloracio’n individual de las personas discapacitadas, la identidad colectiva y la organizacion politica. No creo que exagere al decir que el modelo social ha salvado Vidas. Gradual, muy gradualmente, su esfera de influencia se ha extendido mas alla de nuestro movimiento, influyendo en la politica y en la pra’ctica generales. La contribucion del modelo social de discapacidad, ahora y en el futuro, al logro de la igualdad de derechos para las personas discapacitadas es incalculable.
Siendo asi, ?por que’, de repente y a pesar de todos sus puntos fuertes y su relevancia, el modelo social no me parece ya tan cristalino? Lo critico conmovida, pero, cuando la experiencia personal no se adapta a las explicaciones a1 uso, es hora de cuestionarlas de nuevo…
http://www.roaring-girl.com/work/nuestra-vida-en-su-totalidad-renovacion-del-modelo-social-de-discapacidad/
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My life has two phases: before the social model of disability, and after it. Discovering this way of thinking about my experiences was the proverbial raft in stormy seas. It gave me an understanding of my life, shared with thousands,... more
My life has two phases: before the social model of disability, and after it. Discovering this way of thinking about my experiences was the proverbial raft in stormy seas. It gave me an understanding of my life, shared with thousands, even millions, of other people around the world, and I clung to it.
This was the explanation I had sought for years. Suddenly what I had always known, deep down, was confirmed. It wasn’t my body that was responsible for all my difficulties, it was external factors, the barriers constructed by the society in which I live. I was being dis‑abled ‑ my capabilities and opportunities were being restricted ‑ by prejudice, discrimination, inaccessible environments and inadequate support. Even more important, if all the problems had been created by society, then surely society could un‑create them. Revolutionary!
For years now this social model of disability has enabled me to confront, survive and even surmount countless situations of exclusion and discrimination. It has been my mainstay, as it has been for the wider disabled people’s movement. It has enabled a vision of ourselves free from the constraints of disability (oppression) and provided a direction for our commitment to social change. It has played a central role in promoting disabled people’s individual self‑worth, collective identity and political organisation. I don’t think it is an exaggeration to say that the social model has saved lives. Gradually, very gradually, its sphere is extending beyond our movement to influence policy and practice in the mainstream. The contribution of the social model of disability, now and in the future, to achieving equal rights for disabled people is incalculable.
So how is it that, suddenly, to me, for all its strengths and relevance, the social model doesn’t seem so water‑tight anymore? It is with trepidation that I criticise it. However, when personal experience no longer matches current explanations, then it is time to question afresh.
Copy available from: http://www.roaring-girl.com/work/including-all-of-our-lives-renewing-the-social-model-of-disability/
This was the explanation I had sought for years. Suddenly what I had always known, deep down, was confirmed. It wasn’t my body that was responsible for all my difficulties, it was external factors, the barriers constructed by the society in which I live. I was being dis‑abled ‑ my capabilities and opportunities were being restricted ‑ by prejudice, discrimination, inaccessible environments and inadequate support. Even more important, if all the problems had been created by society, then surely society could un‑create them. Revolutionary!
For years now this social model of disability has enabled me to confront, survive and even surmount countless situations of exclusion and discrimination. It has been my mainstay, as it has been for the wider disabled people’s movement. It has enabled a vision of ourselves free from the constraints of disability (oppression) and provided a direction for our commitment to social change. It has played a central role in promoting disabled people’s individual self‑worth, collective identity and political organisation. I don’t think it is an exaggeration to say that the social model has saved lives. Gradually, very gradually, its sphere is extending beyond our movement to influence policy and practice in the mainstream. The contribution of the social model of disability, now and in the future, to achieving equal rights for disabled people is incalculable.
So how is it that, suddenly, to me, for all its strengths and relevance, the social model doesn’t seem so water‑tight anymore? It is with trepidation that I criticise it. However, when personal experience no longer matches current explanations, then it is time to question afresh.
Copy available from: http://www.roaring-girl.com/work/including-all-of-our-lives-renewing-the-social-model-of-disability/
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Stuck in a lift, a wheelchair-user muses on life in 1990s Britain in the early days of disabled people's activism. Copy available at: http://www.roaring-girl.com/work/a-day-in-the-life-of-liz/
Research Interests: Disability Studies, Critical Disability Studies, Autoethnography, Anthropology of Disability, The Disabled Body, and 14 moreDisability History, Social Activism, Disabled Persons History, Disabled people movement, Disability, Activism, Advocacy and Activism, Disability Rights, Ethnographic & autoethnographic research, Attitudes Towards Disabled People, Autoethnography Participant Observation, Writing autoethnographies, The Rights of Persons With Disabilities, and Applied Autoethnography
A practical guide to setting up a disability arts forum. With chapters on planning, group work, legal structures, finance, equal opportunities, access, management, staffing and more. Copy available at:... more
A practical guide to setting up a disability arts forum. With chapters on planning, group work, legal structures, finance, equal opportunities, access, management, staffing and more. Copy available at: http://www.roaring-girl.com/work/disability-arts-the-business/
Research Interests: Disability Studies, Project Management, Critical Disability Studies, Disability History, Disability Theory, and 8 moreDisabled Persons History, Disabled people movement, Disability, Voluntary & Community Sector, Arts and Disability, Disability Arts, Management in the voluntary sector, and Disability Art
From Liz Crow's Bedding In Bedding Out performance: Drawing on audio recordings from bedside conversations with members of the public and time lapse photography of the performance, Reflections from the Bed introduces the work, its... more
From Liz Crow's Bedding In Bedding Out performance: Drawing on audio recordings from bedside conversations with members of the public and time lapse photography of the performance, Reflections from the Bed introduces the work, its backdrop and its politics. Watch at: http://www.roaring-girl.com/work/bedding-out/
Research Interests: Political Sociology, Performing Arts, Disability Studies, Performance Studies, Critical Disability Studies, and 42 moreWelfare State, Digital Media, Chronic Pain, Disability policy, Feminist Disability Studies, Performance Art, Live Art, Inclusion, New Media Performance and Installation, Illness-related stigma, Social Activism, Performance, Disability Theory, Neoliberalism, Feminist activism, Body in Performance, Social Inclusion, Feminist Art, Chronic illness, Activist Art, Illness Narrative, Disability, Activism, Public Policy - Social Welfare Policy, Art and Activism, Advocacy and Activism, Disability Rights, Social Welfare, Sociology of Health and Illness, Digital Activism, Austerity, Welfare, Chronic Disease, Digital Inclusion, Austerity Measures, Chronic illness and long-term care, Illness narratives, Politics of Austerity, Austerity Programs and Philosophy, Performance/live Art, The Rights of Persons With Disabilities, and Anti austerity Protests
From Liz Crow's Bedding Out performance: Videos of five bedside conversations with members of the public, leading to wide-ranging discussion of the work, its backdrop and its politics. Watch at: http://www.roaring-girl.com/work/bedding-out/
Research Interests: Political Sociology, Performing Arts, Disability Studies, Performance Studies, Critical Disability Studies, and 65 moreWelfare State, Chronic Pain, Disability policy, Feminist Disability Studies, Performance Art, Live Art, Performativity, Inclusion, The Disabled Body, Sociology of Mental Health & Illness, Illness-related stigma, Social Activism, Performance, Disability Theory, Disabled people movement, Neoliberalism, Cultural Disability Studies, Diversity & Inclusion, Feminist activism, Body in Performance, History of Social Welfare, Chronic illness, Chronic disease self-management education, Phenomenology of Illness, Activist Art, Illness Narrative, Disability, Mental Illness, Activism, Public Policy - Social Welfare Policy, History of Social Policy and the Welfare State, Art and Activism, Illness Perceptions, Advocacy and Activism, Disability Rights, Chronic disease management, Social Welfare, Sociology of Health and Illness, Digital Activism, Austerity, Stigma and Discrimination of Mental Illness, Welfare, Chronic Disease, New Media and Political Activism, Feminist Cultural Activisms, Chronic Pain Management and Self-Care, Digital Inclusion, Documenting Durational Live Performance Art Using Social Media, Live Art Performance, Health and Illness Representations, Austerity Measures, Chronic illness and long-term care, Illness narratives, Labeling and Mental Illness, Radical Politics in Live Art, Political and social sciences, philosophy, Attitudes Towards Disabled People, Performance Art/ Action Art/ Live Art, Live Arts, Theatre, Performance Studies, Politics of Austerity, Austerity Programs and Philosophy, Performance/live Art, Anti austerity Protests, Austerity Neoliiberalism, Austerity Policies, and Austerity and Human Rights
From Liz Crow's Bedding Out performance: Audio extracts, with written transcripts, from bedside conversations with members of the public discussing the work, its backdrop and its politics. Listen and read at:... more
From Liz Crow's Bedding Out performance: Audio extracts, with written transcripts, from bedside conversations with members of the public discussing the work, its backdrop and its politics. Listen and read at: http://www.roaring-girl.com/work/bedding-out/
Research Interests: Performing Arts, Disability Studies, Performance Studies, Critical Disability Studies, Welfare State, and 38 moreDigital Media, Chronic Pain, Disability policy, Feminist Disability Studies, Performance Art, Live Art, Inclusion, Illness-related stigma, Social Activism, Performance, Disability Theory, Neoliberalism, Feminist activism, Social Inclusion, Chronic illness, Activist Art, Illness Narrative, Disability, Activism, Public Policy - Social Welfare Policy, Art and Activism, Advocacy and Activism, Disability Rights, Social Welfare, Sociology of Health and Illness, Digital Activism, Austerity, Welfare, Chronic Disease, New Media and Political Activism, Online activism, Digital Inclusion, Austerity Measures, Politics of Austerity, Austerity Programs and Philosophy, Performance/live Art, The Rights of Persons With Disabilities, and Anti austerity Protests
Twitter conversations from Liz Crow's Bedding Out performance contain a selection of the many thousands of #beddingout tweets generated from the run up to the Salisbury and Edinburgh performances to their aftermath, with wide-ranging... more
Twitter conversations from Liz Crow's Bedding Out performance contain a selection of the many thousands of #beddingout tweets generated from the run up to the Salisbury and Edinburgh performances to their aftermath, with wide-ranging discussion of the work, its backdrop and its politics. Read at: http://www.roaring-girl.com/work/bedding-out/
Research Interests: Disability Studies, Critical Disability Studies, Welfare State, Digital Media, Stigma, and 69 moreChronic Pain, Disability policy, Feminist Disability Studies, Performance Art, Stigmatization, Anthropology of Disability, The Disabled Body, Disability History, Sociology of Mental Health & Illness, Illness-related stigma, Media Activism, Social Activism, Disability Theory, Disabled Persons History, Disabled people movement, Neoliberalism, Disability Stigma, Cultural Disability Studies, Feminist activism, Body in Performance, Chronic illness, Social Security, Phenomenology of Illness, Activist Art, Illness Narrative, Disability, Mental Illness, Activism, Public Policy - Social Welfare Policy, Art and Activism, Illness Perceptions, Advocacy and Activism, Mental Health Stigma, Disability Rights, Chronic disease management, Social Welfare, Sociology of Health and Illness, Social Security Benefits, Digital Activism, Austerity, Stigma and Discrimination of Mental Illness, Welfare, Chronic Disease, New Media and Political Activism, Online activism, Chronic Pain Management and Self-Care, Digital Inclusion, Documenting Durational Live Performance Art Using Social Media, Live Art Performance, radical politics in Live Art Performance and Performance Art, Globalisation of disability, Health and Illness Representations, Austerity Measures, Chronic illness and long-term care, Illness narratives, Labeling and Mental Illness, Social inclusion, stigma and discrimination, Radical Politics in Live Art, Political and social sciences, philosophy, Attitudes Towards Disabled People, Performance Art/ Action Art/ Live Art, Stigmatisation, Politics of Austerity, Austerity Programs and Philosophy, Performance/live Art, The Rights of Persons With Disabilities, Anti austerity Protests, Austerity Neoliiberalism, Austerity Policies, and Documentation of Live Art
A short interview with Liz Crow on location in Trafalgar Square looking at the issues behind her performance 'Resistance on the Plinth'. Watch at: http://www.roaring-girl.com/work/resistance/
Research Interests: History, Performing Arts, Equality Studies, Installation Art, Disability Studies, and 30 moreCritical Disability Studies, Contemporary Art, Installation (Art), Performance Art, New Media Performance and Installation, Disability History, Media Activism, Social Activism, Protest, Equality, Holocaust Studies, Anti-nazi resistance, Social History, Holocaust education, Visual Arts, Activist Art, Disability, Activism, Art and Activism, Nazi Germany, Holocaust, Holocaust theories of representation, Installation, Nazism, Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Online activism, Protest and resistance, The Holocaust, Equality and Non Discrimination, and Social Justice and Artivism
An illustrated talk by Liz Crow from Lancaster University’s International Disability Studies Conference 2010 about Aktion T4, the Nazi programme of mass-murder that targeted disabled people. (60 minutes). Watch, with transcript, at:... more
An illustrated talk by Liz Crow from Lancaster University’s International Disability Studies Conference 2010 about Aktion T4, the Nazi programme of mass-murder that targeted disabled people. (60 minutes). Watch, with transcript, at: http://www.lancaster.ac.uk/fass/events/disabilityconference_archive/2010/keynote.htm
Research Interests: History, Disability Studies, Disability History, Holocaust Studies, Anti-nazi resistance, and 11 moreSocial History, Holocaust education, Disability Studies in Education, Disability, Holocaust Literature, Nazi Germany, Holocaust, Nazism, Holocaust and Genocide Studies, The Holocaust, and Holocaust History and Historiography
An illustrated talk by Liz Crow from Bristol City Council’s Holocaust Holocaust Memorial Day event 2009 about Aktion T4, the Nazi programme of mass-murder that targeted disabled people. (11 minutes). Watch, with transcription, at:... more
An illustrated talk by Liz Crow from Bristol City Council’s Holocaust Holocaust Memorial Day event 2009 about Aktion T4, the Nazi programme of mass-murder that targeted disabled people. (11 minutes). Watch, with transcription, at: http://www.roaring-girl.com/work/resistance/
Research Interests: History, Disability Studies, Disability History, Hate Speech, Hate Crimes, and 15 moreHolocaust Studies, Anti-nazi resistance, Social History, Holocaust education, Disability Studies in Education, Disability, Holocaust Literature, Nazi Germany, Holocaust, Hate Studies, Nazism, Holocaust and Genocide Studies, The Holocaust, Holocaust History and Historiography, and Holocaust Memorialisation
A 13-minute film about the making of the historical drama 'Nectar' about a young Deaf Olympic hopeful swimmer. Watch, with captions and BSL, at: http://www.roaring-girl.com/work/nectar/
Research Interests: History, Cultural History, Deaf Culture, Deafhood, Disability Studies, and 13 moreDisability History, Olympic History, Disability Studies in Education, Swimming, Film, Disability, Deafness and Hearing Loss, Language and Deafness, Deaf history, Deaf Studies, Sign Linguistics, Sign Language, Deafness, Olympic Education, and Role Models for young people
An 8-minute film demonstrating how innovative approaches make the short drama 'Nectar' accessible to deaf and visually impaired audiences. Watch, with captions and BSL, at: http://www.roaring-girl.com/work/nectar/
Research Interests: Disability Studies, Accessibility, British Sign Language, Inclusion, Diversity & Inclusion, and 18 moreSocial Inclusion, Accessibility and universal design (Architecture), Visual Impairments, Documentary Film, Subtitling, Film, Disability, Deafness and Hearing Loss, Language and Deafness, Film and Media Studies, Subtitling for the Deaf and HoH (SDH), Digital Inclusion, Deaf Studies, Sign Linguistics, Sign Language, Deaf Studies, Interpreter Training, American Sign Langauge, Media Accessibility, Audio Description, The Rights of Persons With Disabilities, and British Sign Language Theatre
Bristol to Tijuana is a tale of crossing borders. Disillusioned with the orthodox response in Britain to her illness, Liz Crow travels to a clinic in Mexico for a programme of treatment. Every day for five weeks, Liz journeys from... more
Bristol to Tijuana is a tale of crossing borders. Disillusioned with the orthodox response in Britain to her illness, Liz Crow travels to a clinic in Mexico for a programme of treatment.
Every day for five weeks, Liz journeys from California to the town of Tijuana. But the borders go beyond geography in this account of cultural contrasts, medical culture shock and the complications and contradictions of living long term with illness.
Listen, with transcript, at: http://www.roaring-girl.com/work/dear-diary/
Every day for five weeks, Liz journeys from California to the town of Tijuana. But the borders go beyond geography in this account of cultural contrasts, medical culture shock and the complications and contradictions of living long term with illness.
Listen, with transcript, at: http://www.roaring-girl.com/work/dear-diary/