In The Right to Maim Jasbir K. Puar brings her pathbreaking work on the liberal state, sexuality, and biopolitics to bear on our understanding of disability. Drawing on a stunning array of theoretical and methodological frameworks, Puar uses the concept of “debility”—bodily injury and social exclusion brought on by economic and political factors—to disrupt the … Read more
Petra Kuppers, Professor of English, Women’s Studies, Art and Design, and Theatre Naomi Andre, Associate Professor of Women’s Studies, Afroamerican and African Studies, and Associate Director for Faculty at the Residential College Melanie Yergeau, Associate Professor of English Language and Literature This panel of U-M faculty members will discuss Petra Kuppers’ recent poetry collection, PearlStitch … Read more
J. Logan Smilges, Assistant Professor of English Language and Literatures, University of British Columbia M. Remi Yergeau, Associate Professor of Digital Studies and English, University of Michigan David Adelman, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Digital Accessible Futures Lab, University of Michigan The value of visibility is contingent on a variable, embodyminded social currency. Being seen tends to benefit most … Read more