Dear all,
I’m writing to share an upcoming event organized by the DISCO Network and Digital Accessible Futures Lab that might be of interest. This event is open to the public! CART will be provided; you can also email the DISCO Network’s program coordinator Madelyn Agne (disconetwork) with access requests and questions.
Tuesday, November 28 at 4pm EST
Hostile Legislation, Digital Activism, and TransCrip Stories
A roundtable discussion and workshop with Christina V. Cedillo, V. Jo Hsu, & Ada Hubrig, with Pratiksha Thangam Menon
Event description: Our social media feeds are cluttered with unending news of impending legislation, policy rollbacks, and vociferous attacks on BIPOC, transgender, queer, and disabled people. So-called “anti-woke” schooling efforts have resulted in the dismantling of DEI infrastructures in numerous universities and school districts, alongside statewide adoptions of right-wing curricula that reinvents histories on race and racism in the U.S. Anti-trans actors have successfully lobbied for bans on gender-affirming care and have spearheaded campaigns that target all domains of trans life, ranging across access to bathrooms, medicine, sports, and learning. Our home institutions have declared the COVID-19 pandemic to be over, all while immunocompromised, chronically ill, and disabled people continue to die.
In the midst of this onslaught, how do we survive, much less maintain optimism? This roundtable and workshop considers digital storying as a means for maintaining and amplifying community.
This event will take place on Zoom. Please register at the following link: https://umich.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwkdu6opjoqG9KeiF84vx_5qHEDkvyErV3i#/registration
M. Remi Yergeau
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Associate Professor, Digital Studies Institute & Department of English
Arthur F. Thurnau Professor
Associate Director, Digital Studies Institute
Director, Digital Accessible Futures Lab
University of Michiganmyergeau | remiyergeau.com
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