Submissions *Issue 3 on ‘Disability’ (Guest Editor: Dr. Nandini Ghosh, Institute of Development Studies Kolkata)*
*Dis/Abilist Ideologies: Politicizing the Personal in India (To be published in August, 2013)* We invite contributions from persons with disabilities for the third issue of Café Dissensus which will focus on controversial areas of their lives that are influenced and dominated by abilist ideologies regarding bodies and how they should behave, and people with such ‘deviant’ bodies. While there has been much documentation on the ways in which disabled people lag behind on objective indicators, there is a culture of silence on issues that focus the personal which impinges on the political. We are looking to hear voices that narrate/analyze the personal hurdles in terms of political and structural barriers that affect and circumscribe almost every aspect of the lives of persons with disabilities. From sexuality to relationships, from independence to caring and carers, from insecurity to confidence, *the journey for persons with different impairments is fraught mainly with ideologies that construct them not only as different but also deficient.* We would like to hear from disabled people about their experiences in the following domains: - ***How do notions of dependence and independence affect the daily lives of persons with disabilities? How does this influence the performance of daily living and other activities? * - ***How do perceptions of dependence influence the lives of persons with disabilities? What kind of carer-cared relationships are practiced in the lives of persons with disabilities?* - ***How do disabled people perform and manage their caring responsibilities? How do social ideologies affect this process and what practices are engaged to manage the responsibilities?* - ***Do disabled people at all engage in intimate/sexual relationships? What has been the experience of sexuality for persons with disabilities?* * * While writing your piece, feel free to keep the above questions in mind. We are very interested in pieces in which the writer can connect their individual experiences with the larger historical, social, political, and economic questions. We don’t want a politically correct standpoint. Since our magazine is run by a spirit of critique and dissent, please feel free to react any which way you like. However, we want the pieces to be analytical. If you are presenting a view/perspective, it should be sufficiently supported by facts or proof. *By fact, we don’t mean statistics. Facts can also be your experiences.* Along with written pieces, we are also open to audio-visual content. If you would like to do a short interview (5-15 minutes) with someone (an ordinary person or someone well-known), please feel free to send that to us. If you send us the rush copy, we can edit. However, it’s better if you do the editing and send to us. *The pieces should not exceed 1200 words. Please email them to both: [email protected] & **[email protected]**. In the subject line, write: contribution for Issue 3. Also, provide a brief bio at the end of your piece.* *Submissions will be accepted from 15 June – 30 July, 2013. The last date for receiving contributions: 30 June, 2013. * ____________________ Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..
