Sick Theories Conference

I am looking forward to presenting a paper at this upcoming conference— “Sick Theories: A Trans-disciplinary Conference on Sickness and Sexuality” in November. Organized by Margeaux Feldman and Lauren Fournier, the conference is bringing together “scholars, writers, artists, activists, and educators to untangle the relationships between sickness and sexuality.”

I’m excited to explore these ideas from the perspective of performance studies and critical disability studies (the two fields that my PhD work is rooted in). I’ll be speaking about sickness and temporality in performance, looking at disability-identified performers whose work explores specific temporal experiences of chronic illness.

You can check out the full schedule HERE.

Mobilities Pedagogy Workshop

This past weekend I had the opportunity to attend a workshop at Wilfrid Laurier University that was focused on Mobilities Pedagogies. Mobility studies is a wide-ranging and expansive field that covers a large number of topics, from migration to urban infrastructure to digital data networks.  It is a field that uses the lens of mobility to address many of the most pressing humanitarian, environmental, urban, and technological issues of our time.

My interest in mobility studies comes from both a performance studies and disability studies perspective. This workshop was an exciting opportunity to hear from a number of scholars from all different disciplines about their pedagogical approach to mobility studies. More information can be found on the Global Mobilities Network site here: http://wp.lancs.ac.uk/globalmobilities/2018/03/24/mobilities-pedagogies-symposium/