Disability Imagery: A Bastion of Social Change€¦ · Inspiration porn Close but not quite...
Transcript of Disability Imagery: A Bastion of Social Change€¦ · Inspiration porn Close but not quite...
![Page 1: Disability Imagery: A Bastion of Social Change€¦ · Inspiration porn Close but not quite Celebration of disability as human diversity #disabledandcute Alison Lapper Million Dollar](https://reader036.fdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022081612/5f6ab3629c25f325033ba2f2/html5/thumbnails/1.jpg)
DisabilityImagery:ABastionofSocialChangeFaithPerez,ReneeStronach,withstudentsinDIS450,FacultyMentors:LizDePoyandStephenGilson
180SubmissionNo.
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