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Visual arts
Outside In Catalogue available for download!
The Outside In catalogue contains images and statements for all the 150 artists selected for the 2009 exhibition.
Since the early twentieth century, the terms Art Brut or Outsider Art have been used to describe
art produced at the edges of society. These artists have little or no contact with the institutions of the
mainstream art world; they rarely receive any formal recognition and training despite producing art of a high quality that is both highly personal and idiosyncratic.
The catalogue also showcases the work of Outsider Artist's like Scottie Wilson who have subsequently become well-known and includes discussion of what the genre means in today's context.
To download the catalogue go to the Outside In website
www.outsidein.org.uk
Intoart: 
Intoart 2010 ISBN 9780948835445
52 pages, Hardback £19.95
Includes DVD of four short films made by Lenka Clayton and Intoart
Looking outward from their studio Intoart's activities in galleries are inquisitive as they negotiate between education and curatorial departments. For their exhibition at Whitechapel gallery they presented work made in the Intoart studio addressing questions about collective action and individual practice.
"See The Revolutionary Art Exhibit revealed how challenging it was to present the group's practice, outside of the studio, without explicitly referencing disability or education. It emphasised the importance of Intoart as a robustly critical art project presented in mainstream art contexts. Ultimately, it indicated possibilities for describing art and disability beyond the realms of education, participation and outsiderness." Marijke Steedman
www.intoart.org.uk
Benedict Phillips ‘A Benedictionary’
Launched at the V&A at the end of July this is the world’s first printed dislecksick translation dictionary.
A Benedictionary is a limited edition ‘Lecksick to Dislecksick’ translation dictionary, giving users access to over two and half thousand dyslexic spellings.
The ability to think in a 3-dimensional, multi-faceted way is a talent that dyslexic people share, but 2-dimensional symbols and words can cause them problems and confusion. Phillips makes it his mission is to presents some of the unusual advantages available to those who think in a “dyslexic” way.
Benectic’s work is also on display in Field Study International: Emanations of a Collective Spirit in Art, on the Victoria and Albert museum’s National Art Library Landing, until 4 September 2011.
To find out more about Benedict Phillips work go to http://benedictphillips.co.uk/To reserve a copy of A Benedictionary, please contact ben@thebenedict.net
Poetry and fiction
Cornelis Vleeskens "Ah!"
Visual poetry combining text and visual arts in the spirit of dada or fluxus.
Cornelis Vleeskens was born in the Netherlands in 1948. Resident of Australia since 1958. Writer, visual poet, collagist, translator, editor etc. First published book: "Hongkong Suicide" (1976) Most recent publications: "Divertimenti" (2010) "Sandals in Camel" (2010) "Utterances" (2011)
A6 format - 44 pages - laser printing.
Thread and quarter cloth binding. May 2011
Price: £13 UK Sterling
You can order via Redfox Press
info@redfoxpress.com
http://www.redfoxpress.com/dada-vleeskens.html
The Beach Generation by John O'Donoghue
John O’Donoghue is a consummate collector of characters, and this pamphlet is his tribute to a group of friends who embody the wonderful energy of Brighton, a town that’s always changing and still seems new to old friends who’ve been here for years.
He describes The Beach Generation as 'a shadow form of those manuscripts circulated at court for the amusement of the King and his retinue'. But O’Donoghue is not just addressing a closed coterie, for these characters seem to take on semi-mythical forms, appearing as the human expressions of coastal landscapes and beautiful south coast skies.
ISBN 978-1-906309-02-2
£6 plus £3 p&p
www.pighog.co.uk
A Can of Madness by Jason Pegler
A vivid, honest and sometimes disturbing memoir about the experience of having a diagnosis of manic-depression. It was written using extracts from a diary written at the time of the author's flights into mania and his descents into depression.
Like other books in this genre, the author is often painfully honest about his experiences. He recounts a dizzying, dark and sometimes euphoric journey through a world of elation, despair, binge drinking, drugs, raves and psychiatric wards.
As well as attempting to educate the reader, the book also provides optimism and hope, showing that it is finally possible to learn to live with, and accept, having a mental health problem.
ISBN: 978-1-904697-53-4
Fifth Edition £5
http://chipmunkapublishing.co.uk
Alan Morrison, KEIR HARDIE STREET
Published by Smokestack Books
Allan Jackdaw, an unremembered early twentieth-century poet, undertakes a fantastical journey on the hidden Sea-Green Line of the London Underground.
Along the way he meets the ghosts of William Blake, Robert Tressell and John Davidson before disembarking in a secret, parallel city, a living, bustling socialist London.
Paperback £7.95
ISBN 978-0-9560341-6-8
Alan Morrisonís previous poetry collections include The Mansion Gardens (2006) and A Tapestry of Absent Sitters (2009). He is the founding editor of the literary webzine, the Recusant.
www.smokestack-books.co.uk
Bernadette Cremin poetry collection: Miming Silence
Published by Waterloo Press
ISBN 978-1-906742-14-0
Price: £10
Bernadette Cremin has never owned a pet or pair of six inch heels and has lived with the curious companion of epilepsy and neurological illness since her teens. Cremin has dipped her toe in many pies but it’s more than fair to say that poetry has been kind to her since she moved to Brighton for a year in 1996 where she continues to stay for her sins!
Miming Silence is her third poetry collection, and second to come out from Waterloo Press, following the success of Speechless (2007), a poem from which, ‘Nadia’, was Highly Commended in the 2009 Forward Poetry Prize.
Cremin has recently been on a reading tour of Ireland and continues to perform and record her poetry regularly.
For details of sales go to Waterloo Press website
www.waterloopresshove.co.uk
Creative Future publications
'LIFE - an anthology of new work from marginalised artists and writers across Sussex and beyond'
£7.99 + p.p.
Designed by Harrison and QueenSpark Books, Brighton
ISBN 978-0-9563307-3-4
'Reverie and Rude Awakenings' - collected poetry by Tom Jayston
£4.00 + p.p.
Edited and selected by Alan Morrison
ISBN 978-0-9563307-2-7
For more information about the work of Creative Future go to http://creativefuture.org.uk
Pighog Press
An award-winning publisher based in Brighton, who publish high-quality original work from a diverse range of regional, national and international voices.
Reknowned for discovering exciting new talent and for their unique and distinctive publications Pighog have an eclectic approach complemented by a dedication to regional voices. Their Sussex Series has brought attention to a group of writers who have been termed the 'Beach Generation'.
Pighog do not accept unsolicited manuscripts but will accept samples of work. See their website for guidelines
www.pighog.co.uk
Laura May: 'The Shallows'
'The Shallows' is the first collection of poetry by Laura May, a mental health service user who explores her experiences of bipolar and borderline personality disorder through her writing.
Mental health problems affect 1 in 4 people in their lifetime, and through poetry Laura May touches on issues relevant to her experiences, such as suicide, self-harm and psychosis.
Laura May says, “Poetry, for me, is so expressive. When I was struggling through my teens, not knowing what was wrong with me, not understanding the mental health system, poetry came naturally. Now, I’m in my twenties and my first collection is being published, and it
still seems so surreal that this lifeline has become more than just my own personal release.”
In turns tender, humorous and shocking, this compilation of work from Laura May, a young woman tackling mental health problems, is a genuine collection of thoughts expressed through poetry. '
The Shallows' is available from all good book shops and online via
www.lauramay.org
Fiction / autobiography
Closing the Book on the Big E by John Swain
University of Leeds, Centre for Disability Studies Publication
Price £6.50
"Closing the Book on the Big E takes us on a vividly unsentimental trip around Leeds and the education system. The journey is often bleak, sometimes funny, as it makes intricate connections between the colourful lives of its inhabitants whilst it delivers deeply serious messages about education and our relationships with other people. It is a novel of many parts, weaving sardonic observations of people’s everyday lives around a heartfelt politics of responsibility and inclusion." Alison Wilde, University of York
"A rollercoaster ride through one man’s encounter with disability, education, sexual abuse and romance; a cracking good read." Colin Barnes, University of Leeds
Closing the Book on the Big E is available as a 2 CD package. One CD contains a PDF written version and the other, an oral version (accessible via computer) read by Jim Clark.
Go to the Leeds University website for more details
https://store.leeds.ac.uk/
Molly Cullen, Blessings on the Wild Child by Maureen Oliver
Maureen was diagnosed with schizophrenia decades ago and started writing poetry and prose about her experiences in 2000. 'Molly Cullen' is her fourth book to date.
ISBN 9781849911498 Price £12.00
This semi-autobiographical novel is set in the Sixties as seventeen year old Molly, an art student in 'swinging London, starts to explore life, love and sexuality. On the way she encounters heartbreak and happiness as she finds her way in a changing world.
Available from www.chipmunkapublishing.com and from leading bookstores.
Seeing The World My Way
A totally blind and partially deaf guy’s global adventures
Seeing the World My Way follows Tony Giles’ journey of hedonism and thrill-seeking adventure as he travels across North America, Asia and Australasia. Full of drama, danger and discovery, this fascinating travel biography is a young blind man’s view of the world as he sets out to achieve his dream, dealing with disability whilst living life to the limit.
Travel the world in a whole new way with Tony Giles’ frank, honest and exhilarating romp through one adrenaline-fuelled experience after another.
Paperback published by SilverWood Originals (silverwoodbooks.com/originals).
Price £8.99. ISBN 978-1-906236-38-0. 224 pages.
Seeing The World My Way is now available to order from most bookshops, on Amazon, and directly from the publisher at silverwoodbooks.com/my-way
The e-book is available now from BristoleBooks, and also on Amazon.
All money Tony receives will go direct to a charity for people with Muscular Dystrophy.
Forgotten Letters: An Anthology of dyslexic writing
Forgotten Letters, edited by Naomi Folb, a dyslexic PhD student. Naomi found while researching dyslexia that, not only did dyslexics write, but also that they perceived dyslexia to do good things to their prose.
The idea behind the anthology is to bring the work of dyslexic writers into the public realm and explore the question of difference, authority and authorship, to re-conceptualize dyslexia as a genre.
The anthology collates the works of some remarkable dyslexic writers. However, the writing isn’t just about being dyslexic. Talking about dyslexia and the way in which it is experienced is important, but Naomi invited writers to choose their own topic. Although there are a few themes that run throughout, like chance happenings and the beauty of mistakes, the only thing that the writing has in common is a dyslexic writer.
The idea of publishing dyslexics’ writing, is in part about recognizing that other dyslexics may be curious about reading the writing of authors who share some experiences with themselves. The writing also opens up new possibilities for reflecting on how dyslexia influences the way one sees the world. The anthology challenges stereotypes and the preconception that dyslexics cannot write, or write despite dyslexia.
Information about the anthology, and the contributing authors can be found on the RASP (Rebelling Against Spelling Press) website:
www.r-a-s-p.co.uk
Participatory arts practice
Mencap 'Doing...' arts guides
The series of 'Doing...' arts guides, provide ideas about running arts projects with people with a learning disability.
Both 'Doing Drama' and 'Doing Music' are available now as a free download.
More booklets will be available soon.
http://mencap.chtah.com
Learning to Tell - a handbook for inclusive storytelling by Nicola Grove
To support the development of inclusive storytelling, this new and exciting resource has been specifically designed to help people to find personal meaning in traditional stories, and so make links between a legend and their own lives.
Cost: £30 (inc. VAT) ISBN 978 1 905218 097
The resource published by the British Institute of Learning Disabilities (BILD), aims to enable people who are marginalised through communication and language difficulties, to develop skills in narrative and story.
Stories are fun and interesting, help you to make friends, understand the world and develop your imagination.
You can use these practical materials flexibly or integrate them into a more formal course for accreditation on the Open College Network course Inclusive Storytelling.
www.bild.org.uk
The Voluntary Arts directory of amateur art and craft forms
This directory lists dozens of amateur art and craft forms currently practiced today. It provides a resource for individuals who are keen to express themselves creatively, but are as yet unsure of which art or craft form is right for them.
Publisher: Voluntary Arts Network
ISBN-10: 1899687548 ISBN-13: 978-1899687541
Recommended retail price: £15.99
If you are inspired by any of those featured in the publication, you can contact the relevant umbrella or lead body for further details of groups or workshops in your area.
To order a copy visit the Voluntary Arts website
http://www.voluntaryarts.org/artandcraftforms/
Voluntary Arts guidelines for getting involved in the Cultural Olympiad
The Olympic Games and Paralympic Games are about more than sport. Host cities must also stage a Cultural Olympiad - a series of events to showcase the city’s arts and culture to the rest of the world.
Spanning four years, the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad is the largest cultural celebration in the history of the modern Olympic and Paralympic Games. It is designed to give everyone in the country a chance to be part of London 2012, inspiring creativity across all forms of culture, especially amongst young people. The aim is to make a real impact which will leave a lasting legacy.
This publication , downloadable as a PDF file, details seven ways to take part.
www.voluntaryarts.org
The artist's fees toolkit
This toolkit takes artists step-by-step through a process to calculate an individual daily rate and prepare quotes for freelance work. It concentrates on pricing the services that artists supply, as opposed to any products they sell.
The toolkit is a practical framework that demonstrates how artists can take responsibility for their working arrangements and establish, and make the case for, their charges and fees. It takes into account:
- The level of remuneration for comparator professionals
- The costs specific to freelance working
- The artist's particular circumstances and location
- How an artist's knowledge and experience level impacts on charges
Written by financial expert Richard Murphy and published with Arts Council England support, The artist's fees toolkit is part of a body of advocacy, advisory and practical resources from a-n: The Artists Information Company around good practice in valuing and paying artists.
www.itool.co.uk/Interactive/artfees/login.php
Mencap Opens up the World of Carnival
'Doing… carnival' is a new title in Mencap’s 'Doing… arts' series of guides. The aim of the new guide is to support people with a learning disability to become fully involved in carnival ahead of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic games.
The guide has been written by carnival company, Strange Cargo, in partnership with Mencap’s national arts development manager, Gus Garside. The guide outlines how to choose themes, design and make costumes and how to take part in parades.
'Doing… carnival' has been awarded the London 2012 Inspire mark – a badge that recognises exceptional and innovative projects inspired by the 2012 Games.
The guide is part of the Accentuate programme and is funded by Legacy Trust UK, an independent charity set up to create a cultural and sporting legacy from the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games across the UK. Other funding bodies include SEEDA and the regional cultural agencies, including Arts Council England.
Mencap also worked closely with INAS-FID, the International Sports Federation with the responsibility of representing athletes with a learning disability, to campaign for athletes with a learning disability to be re-included in the Paralympic Games.
Copies of Doing… carnival can be ordered by emailing gus.garside@mencap.org.uk or calling 01444 449 089, or they can be downloaded from www.artspider.org.uk
Mencap: In the Moment DVD
The film, In the Moment, looks at ways that the arts can be made more accessible to people with profound and multiple learning disabilities (PMLD).
The DVD features the works of Oily Cart, Project Artworks, Soundabout and Open Storytellers ñ four arts companies currently working with people with PMLD.
The DVD demonstrates how people who have complex disabilities can develop their ability to communicate and interact with the world around them through music and sound. It also shows how companies can create theatre for young people with complex disabilities by transforming everyday environments into colourful, tactile 'wonderlands'.
Gus Garside, Mencaps national arts development manager, said: ìThe DVD has proved really successful with a variety of groups and is still in great demand. The arts are an expression of who we are, and they can only flourish through introducing the unique voices and experiences of people with profound and multiple learning disabilities. I hope it will inspire anyone who works with people with profound and multiple learning disabilities to become more creative in their work.
For more information, and to purchase a copy of the DVD and booklet (priced £18, including postage and packaging), call Thomas EmpsonPhone: 0207 696 5531
Thomas.Empson@mencap.org.uk
www.artspider.org.uk/projects/4
See It My Way - Relationships DVD
This is an interactive film made in Poole with and for people with learning disabilities. See It My Way – Relationships is about friendships and relationships. It is both empowering and personal.
See It My Way – Relationships follows 9 main characters, each of whom has a learning disability. There are 5 themed storylines, each about a different aspect of relationships. These include asking someone out on a date, deciding to take the relationship further and the trauma of being abused.
The film uses cutting edge technology to allow the viewer to control the outcome of each storyline. Supported by an imaginative and stimulating information pack, See It My Way has been described as ‘inspirational’ and ‘absolutely fantastic!’ The film encourages debate, discussion and collaboration and its interactive nature rewards multiple viewings.
The accompanying easy read information pack is of particular benefit to groups. Used as a starting point for discussion, it will stimulate, encourage participation, educate and inform as well as enabling people to relate the stories to their own experiences. The DVD, information pack and resource CD of additional material, including the bonus ‘Relationship Snakes and Ladders’ game, can all be purchased separately.
For information on how to order your copy visit www.pooleforum.co.uk/page19a.html
Journals
Deaf Life
A US independent, Deaf monthly.
Each month brings you 48 to 64 pages crammed with exciting features and visual appeal—profiles of newsmakers, coverage of current events, opinions, excursions through our rich Deaf history. Features reflect the diversity of personalities and opinions in and outside the Deaf community.
DEAF LIFE is for deaf readers who want to know what’s going on—and for hearing readers who want to better understand the Deaf community and its culture. DEAF LIFE entertains, educates, and informs!
Regular features include: Deaf People in History, Deaf People in Action, Deaf Person of the Month, Friends of Deaf People, DeafView, Deaf Almanac, Deaf Trivia, Best of DeafNotes, and For Hearing People Only.
The cover of the May 2010 issue, features Antoine Hunter - one of the star performers at High Wyrrd, the street festival in High wycombe last summer.
http://www.deaflife.com
Disability Awareness in Action
DAA is an information network on disability and human rights. Their monthly newsletter 'Our Rights' carries commentary, information and links to media reportage on worldwide disability-related news.
Co-founded by Rachel Hurst, pioneer for Independent Living in the UK, DAA aims to provide information and evidence to support disabled people in their own actions to secure their rights – locally, nationally, regionally and internationally.
Sign up for Our Rights or download directly from the website.
http://www.daa.org.uk
Journal of Literary & Cultural Disability Studies
Published by Liverpool University Press
- Ann M. Fox: Battles on the Body: Disability, Interpreting Dramatic Literature;
- Pauline Eyre: Transforming Bodies: Prosthetics Seminar
- Liz Crow on Resistance on the Plinth: The Why of It
- The Victorian Consumptive in Disability Studies by Alex Tankard
- "Eloquent Limbs": D.H. Lawrence and the Aesthetics of Disability by Valerie L. Popp
- Narrative Constructions of Motherhood and Autism: Reading Embodied Language beyond Binary Oppositions by Josje Weusten
- "Nothing Is Uglier than Ignorance": Art, Disability Studies, and the Disability Community in the Positive Exposure Photography Project by Natalie Abbott
- Reading Disability in Children's Literature: Hans Christian Andersen's Tales by Vivian Yenika-Agbaw
£47 - online for a years' subscription (3 issues)
http://liverpool.metapress.com
Publications for artists and arts organisations
Get a Plan
An online resource which offers a range of advice, guides and templates, including a simple five-step guide to action planning.
Diversity Action Planning is not about improving only one aspect of what you provide, it is being holistic and looking at the whole of your organisation, including how inclusion and access impacts on all aspects of your organisation.
http://www.getaplan.org.uk
Free HR policies and job descriptions
HRBank is a collection of human resources policies and job descriptions donated by voluntary and community organisations, which are available for organisations to amend and tailor to their own needs.
You can request job descriptions and policies from HRBank using their online form. Please allow up to ten working days for them to respond to your request.
www.ncvo-vol.org.uk/workforce-development/hrbank
Institute for Volunteering Research evidence bank
The Institute for Volunteering Research, the research arm of Volunteering England, has launched a new evidence bank for volunteering research.
This searchable publications database is free to use and accessible to everyone. Publications are available on a wide range of topics, from diversity to employer supported volunteering to skills development in volunteering and much more.
The evidence bank currently contains around 200 entries and is updated on an ongoing basis. Entries can be searched by keyword, or by one of 30 themes. Material can then be downloaded in a PDF format.
www.ivr.org.uk/evidence-bank
Monitoring and Evaluation on a Shoestring
This practical new guide published by Charities Evaluation Service's 'National Performance Programme' is essential reading for organisations who want to develop their monitoring and evaluation without breaking the budget.
Offering a simple but systematic approach, the guide is designed to be used by charities with limited budgets who want to improve their effectiveness and demonstrate the difference they make to people’s lives.
With guidance on identifying your outputs and outcomes, identifying what data you need to collect, methods for collecting data, good practice guidance around collecting data, and how to use the data you collect, this guide can help you discover that monitoring and evaluation doesn't have to be expensive - there is a lot you can do with the resources you already have.
Download your free copy of Monitoring and Evaluation on a Shoestring atwww.ces-vol.org.uk
VAN Briefings
VAN Briefings are short, succint publications which provide up-to-date and relevant information for voluntary arts groups and those who work in them. Briefings are listed below in reverse order of publication.
VAN aims to use Plain English in all its publications. This approach keeps jargon to a minimum and uses simple, friendly language, spelling out acronyms and changing arts and policy terminology into simple terms where possible. For more information on Plain English see The Plain English Campaign: www.plainenglish.co.uk
VAN also produces its publications on environmentally friendly paper.
* Most briefings are available from this site in PDF
* PDF - to read briefings saved in PDF you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader. For a free download go to www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html
* A text-only version is also available from the above website
* The most recently produced briefings are listed first
* Briefings marked 'WB' have been written for the website only
* Accessibility: If you have trouble reading the PDF or require any briefing or publication in an alternative format please contact info@voluntaryarts.org
For more information go to: www.voluntaryarts.org/briefings
ISAN Access Toolkit
The Independent Street Arts Network (ISAN) Access Toolkit
Making outdoor arts accessible to all.
ISAN worked with Attitude is Everything to develop an Access Toolkit for outdoor arts events. The Toolkit is based on four real-life case studies at outdoor arts festivals at which Attitude is Everything undertook Access Audits.
The Toolkit identifies practical and imaginative means of providing access across the wide range of work on offer at outdoor arts events, where enormously different styles and scales of work take place in all manner of spaces; and the challenges of providing equal access can be as just as varied.
info@streetartsnetwork.org.uk
The Toolkit can be downloaded from the ISAN website now. Please navigate to the Knowledge Base and download from there
www.streetartsnetwork.org.uk
The Rough Guide to Accessible Britain
Packed with 180 inspiring days out, all reviewed by an enthusiastic and dedicated team of disabled visitors, the Rough Guide to Accessible Britain is an invaluable travel guide for anyone with accessibility needs.
New for 2010 are the Rough Guide to Accessible Britain Awards. Comprising 5 categories, including Best Family Venue and Readers’ Choice Venue, they showcase the exceptional attractions that make a day out as easy and enjoyable as it should be.
Available free to those who would most benefit from it. It doesn’t cost a penny for anyone with a Blue Badge parking permit or a Disabled Persons Railcard.
You can order a copy of the Rough Guide to Accessible Britain online, available in audio, large print and Braille versions
Phone 0800 953 7070
www.accessibleguide.co.uk/guide/guide.html
Disability theory in practice
ABNORMAL by Ju Gosling aka ju90
How Britain became body dysphoric and the key to a cure
Kindle version £3.45 (inc tax and wireless delivery)
ISBN 9780955297397 Bettany Press 2011
The Introduction sets out the case for claiming that our society has become deeply body dysphoric, looking at the steep rise over the noughties in obesity and eating disorders, cosmetic surgery and other procedures; our widespread dissatisfaction with our bodies and our resulting unhappiness; and the increasing lack of reality in the images of the body that surround us.
Section I explores the roots of our body dysphoria, from ancient cultures and religions via the Renaissance, Enlightenment, Industrial Revolution and Darwin through the 20th century to the noughties.
Section II looks at how we have treated people with bodies that we have defined as being ‘abnormal’ in modern times, and how this will impact negatively on all of us at some point in our lives.
Section III explodes myths about the ability of science to fulfil our dysphoric desires, and examines our dystopian fears and misunderstandings about science.
Section IV looks at the future, and all that we have to gain from a change in attitude.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B004PVSPE8
Re-Presenting Disability (Paperback)
by Richard Sandell (Editor), Jocelyn Dodd (Editor), Rosemarie Garland-Thomson (Editor)
Published by Routledge
ISBN-10: 0415494737 ISBN-13: 978-0415494731
Price: £23.99
This volume of provocative and timely contributions, addresses issues surrounding disability representation in museums and galleries, a topic which is receiving much academic attention and is becoming an increasingly pressing issue for practitioners working in wide-ranging museums and related cultural organisations.
Re-Presenting Disability brings together twenty researchers, practitioners and academics from different disciplinary, institutional and cultural contexts to explore issues surrounding the cultural representation of disabled people and, more particularly, the inclusion (as well as the marked absence) of disability-related narratives in museum and gallery displays.
The diverse perspectives featured in the book offer fresh ways of interrogating and understanding contemporary representational practices as well as illuminating existing, related debates concerning identity politics, social agency and organisational purposes and responsibilities, which have considerable currency within museums and museum studies.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Re-Presenting-Disability-Richard-Sandell/dp/0415494737
God Money and Politics: English attitudes to blindness and touch, from Enlightenment to integration
Simon Hayhoe's book examines the role of three factors, God, Money, and Politics, in the epistemological theory of blindness, (the theory of the construction of knowledge on blindness and touch by social and cultural change).
This book also illustrates this development has, in the main, been motivated by an attempt to assert or gain power and why the study of blindness in conventional academic subjects such as psychology, history and sociology is so important.
We do this by presenting the main theories of disability and blindness that have informed the writing of this book, and a frame of reference for the historical story. Which places the book in the broad context of theories of disability and blindness, within an academic and symbolic context of physical impairment and the social mythologies that accompany such understanding.
Now available on in e-book Kindle edition. The Kindle edition is now a much cheaper £6.99.
www.amazon.co.uk/Attitudes-Blindness-Enlightenment-Integration
Reports
Public Perceptions of Disabled People
A research report from Office of Disability Issues, ‘Public perceptions of disabled people’, was published on 27 January 2011.The report looks at attitudes towards disabled people using questions asked on the 2009 British Social Attitudes Survey (BSAS). It measures how much prejudice there is in Great Britain towards disabled people and examines how attitudes have changed between 2005 and 2009.
http://www.odi.gov.uk/about-the-odi/odi-news.php#radar
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