June 15 -18 ? San Jose DoubleTree Hotel ? society for disability studies 2011 ? noted events at the Silicon Valley ILC
conference highlights
(as of late March – subject to change without notice, will be updated regularly as details permit.)
Wednesday, June 15th
| 9 am – 5 pm | co-sponsored workshop on race and disability |
| held at the Silicon Valley Independent Living Center (SVILC) (short light-rail ride from DoubleTree; separate registration fee includes lunch) This workshop will provide a rare opportunity to discuss intersections of race and disability within disability communities. Academics and grassroots activists will work together to examine the ways that race, white privilege, and racism impact work on disability issues. To facilitate discussion and create safe spaces, we will provide dual tracks – one track that will focus on issues that disabled people of color face in their communities and another track that will critically examine white privilege in the disability community. |
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| 9 am – noon | pre-conference – Enhancing Faculty Knowledge |
| and Practices Related to Students with Disabilities in Higher Education | |
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(held at the DoubleTree hotel; $50 separate registration fee) |
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| 6:00 pm | opening reception and plenary performance, |
| Scars: A Love Story, by Jim Ferris | |
| Jim Ferris: bats right, throws right, votes left. He is author of Facts of Life and The Hospital Poems, which Edward Hirsch selected as winner of the Main Street Rag Book Award in 2004. His book of poems Slouching Towards Guantanamo will be published this year. Ferris, who holds a doctorate in performance studies, has performed at the Kennedy Center and across the United States, Canada and Great Britain. Past president of the Society for Disability Studies, he has received fellowship awards in poetry as well as creative nonfiction. His writing has appeared in dozens of publications, ranging from The Georgia Review to Text & Performance Quarterly, from the Michigan Quarterly Review to weekly newspapers. Ferris holds the Ability Center Endowed Chair in Disability Studies at the University of Toledo. |
Thursday, June 16th
| 11:45 am – 1:00 pm | plenary luncheon on policy issues |
| Kathy Martinez, Assistant Secretary of Labor for Disability Employment Policy, U.S. Department of Labor Bryon MacDonald, Program, Policy, and Development Manager at the World Institute on Disability |
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| 6:30 – 7:30 pm | new book reception (light refreshments served) |
| 8:00 pm | Still Lives, A Different Light Theatre Performance |
| Still Lives, a Performance by Different Light Theatre Company Different Light Theatre Company has been devising public performance for six years and has presented productions such as Ship of Fools, Frankenstein’s Children, The Poor Dears and Wizard of Oz at festivals in New Zealand and Australia to great critical acclaim. |
Friday, June 17th
| 4:30 – 5:45 pm | fundamentals of physically integrated dance, |
| a dance and movement workshop with AXIS Dance Co. | |
| (free for SDS attendees, participation limited to 30 people; pre-registration at conference welcome desk) Join AXIS dancers for an invigorating workshop that combines creative movement, improvisation and modern dance to explore the exciting genre of physically integrated dance. The focus is to deepen our capacity for movement invention both in our own unique bodies and in relation to the bodies around us. For people with and without physical disabilities, no dance experience required. Founded in 1987, AXIS Dance Company performs nationally, teaches dance, and educates about collaboration and disability through their extensive community education and outreach programs, Dance Access and Dance Access/KIDS! |
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| 6:00 – 7:00 pm | annual sds business meeting (light refreshments served) |
| 9:00 pm – midnight | annual sds dance |
Saturday, June 18th
| 10:15 – 11:30 | sds award winners panel |
| recipient of the sds senior scholar award, Tobin Siebers "Visible Signs: Aesthetics and the Disqualification of Disability" other awardee(s) tba |
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| 11:30 am – 1:00 pm | sds poster session & annual members’ auction, |
| cash-and-carry lunch available | |
| 1:00 – 2:15 pm | activism plenary |
| Jean Stewart, CUIDO / Arnieville Margaret Price, author of Mad at School: Rhetorics of Mental Disability and Academic Life other participant(s) tba |
Saturday evening events at the Silicon Valley ILC
4:30- ? pm details tba