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DESCRIPTION:In this roundtable\, speakers will each present and discuss a u
 nique object through the lens of disability. Ranging from a nineteenth-cen
 tury wooden cane to a twenty-first-century “walking bag\,” the close exami
 nation of these objects is meant to engage definitions of “modernity” as w
 ell as elicit new ways of 'seeing' historical objects. These direct our at
 tention to hidden “ableist” conventions and assumptions that can be embedd
 ed in object-oriented study. We will ask how disability has helped shaped 
 the modernist project? How might a disability studies lens be useful for u
 nderstanding issues of embodiment or an imagined mind of the user? What as
 sumptions do scientific and technological artifacts make about what consti
 tutes 'skill\,' 'success' or 'personal fulfillment' in STEM settings and b
 eyond? What do these objects reveal about our assumptions of “skill\,” “su
 ccess\,” and the process of knowledge production?Speakers include Nicole B
 elolan (Mid-Atlantic Regional Center for the Humanities\, Rutgers Universi
 ty-Camden)\, Cara Fallon (Jackson Institute for Global Affairs\, Yale Univ
 ersity)\, Elizabeth Guffey (State University of New York\, Purchase Colleg
 e)\, Jaipreet Virdi (University of Delaware)\, and Bess Williamson (School
  of the Art Institute of Chicago).This event will be live with CART captio
 ning.This event will be held via Zoom. A link will be circulated to regist
 rants by 10 am on the day of the event.
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SUMMARY:Bard Graduate Center: Making Disability Modern
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