DS brown bag on the phenomenology of impairment, Fri, Feb 5, 12pm, in MGH 024
Presenter: Heather Evans, PhC, Sociology Department
Title: "Living the Paradox of 'Invisible Disability': A Phenomenological Analysis of Acquired Impairment"
Please join us Fri, Feb 5th, 12:00-1:00pm
Location: Mary Gates 024 (the UW D Center)
Abstract:
This presentation draws on data from twelve life history case studies to provide a phenomenological analysis of how people who have acquired non-apparent or episodic impairment through accident, injury, or chronic illness negotiate multiple identities. The study shows that both social and physical liminality are core experiences of this phenomena, focusing on the ways in which uncertainty and disclosure decision-making shape the daily interactions of people with non-apparent impairment.
Bio:
Heather is a Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Sociology and a Fellow in the Comparative Law & Society Studies Program at the University of Washington. She is currently working as a pre-doctoral lecturer on the UW Bothell campus. She has conducted both statistical analyses and ethnographic fieldwork. Heather’s dissertation examines the paradox of ‘invisible disability’, focusing on legal consciousness and intersecting identities among people who have acquired non-apparent impairment as adults. Broadly, she is interested in processes of marginalization, how new social spaces are created, and perceptions of citizenship among marginalized people. Heather is also the organizer of the UW Disability Studies Graduate Interest Group (DS GIG) sponsored by the University of Washington Simpson Center for the Humanities. For more information on this program, see: https://simpsoncenter.org/projects/disability-studies
Accessibility:
CART captioning and ASL interpretation will be requested for all talks.
The D Center is located in the basement of Mary Gates Hall, room 024. It’s wheelchair accessible.
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