Join Gabor Petri for a transdisciplinary introduction to disability studies.
Disability is unknown. Disability is rare. Disability is not my problem. Disability is ‘other’.
Disability studies pose questions about our bodies, about social relations, about norms, and about democracy. They can also help formulate new questions about your own research.
This workshop offers a brief introduction to the transdisciplinary field of disability studies. Following an overview of its origins, participants will explore the main principles and dominant approaches in the field. A reading list for newcomers will be provided. Researchers and students from all disciplines are welcome, including those in the social sciences, law, humanities, political science, and economics.
The workshop will be 60 minutes, with time for questions and discussion.
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Gabor Petri is Post-doctoral Researcher at the CEU Democracy Institute, Budapest and in September CIVICA short-time Visiting Fellow at the EUI. He received his PhD at the University of Kent, Tizard Centre in 2019, where his research explored the position of self-advocates in the learning disability and autism advocacy movement. Gabor has 25 years of experience in the disability field. He has held various positions at disability rights organisations both in Hungary and in the EU and worked at public administration bodies as well. He was member of the Board of Directors of the European Disability Forum from 2013 to 2022, representing Mental Health Europe. In 2022, he was OSUN fellow: his research explored the position of the disabled people's movement in public policy-making. Gabor’s research interests include post-socialist disability policies, the disabled people’s movement, disability human rights, mental health policies, the use of EU Structural Funds, and community-based services.
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