Archive for June 2021
How does cinema represent older age?
How does cinema represent older age? Date: 2014 Interview is in English with Spanish subtitles The Instituto Cultura y Sociedad, Universidad de Navarra, Spain interview
Read MoreENGL 4601H Critical Approaches to Literature: Crip Theory
Hybrid course at Trent University, Winter 2022 ENGL 4601H Critical Approaches to Literature: Crip Theory How does literature contribute to disability justice? What does it mean to “crip” lit? Literary scholars have reclaimed the term “crip” to explore overlaps between queer and disability cultures in neoliberal contexts. This course explores disability approaches to literature in…
Read MoreGESO 2002H Health Humanities
Online course at Trent University, Fall 2021 GESO 2002H Health Humanities As COVID-19 crept across continents, frontline health professionals used Facebook to share tips on opening airways in the absence of ventilators, put together TikTok dance videos, performed choral arrangements via zoom, and tweeted their agony over seemingly impossible situational ethics. Members of the public…
Read MoreENGL-GESO 3609H SickLit
Online course at Trent University, Fall 2021 ENGL-GESO 3609H SickLit This course is about the intersection of illness with literature. We explore how literature reimagines personal experiences of sickness beyond the medical, and we draw on what we learn to reflect upon the role of medical power in daily life. We read literature that imagines disease,…
Read More“If I only [was] a brain’: Dementia Diagnosis in Contemporary Cinema.'”
“If I only [was] a brain’: Dementia Diagnosis in Contemporary Cinema.'” A presentation about depictions of dementia in cinema
Read MoreCozy
Cozy An anguished cry against the neoliberal demands of university life from a privileged but painful position.
Read MoreMagic Numbers
Magic Numbers A wry look at my everyday experiences of appearing eternally youthful on the outside while actually aging rapidly under the surface.
Read MoreImagine Aging
PROJECT Imagine Aging More Info Dr. Sally Chivers is Associate Director and leads the digital story strategy for the project. How do gender and culture matter in creating age-friendly communities? With a focus on “communities within communities,” our research team seeks promising practices that ensure older adults not only maintain healthy active lives but also…
Read MoreRevisioning aging: Indigenous, crip and queer renderings.
Revisioning aging: Indigenous, crip and queer renderings Date: June 3, 2021 Published in: Journal of Aging Studies Available online In this article, we re-vision Anishinaabe, crip and queer futures of aging against and beyond dominant successful aging narratives by drawing on our archive of digital/multimedia videos (short documentaries) produced in conjunction with older/e/Elder persons and…
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