Dear all, Wanted to share an invite for a webinar. Regards, Aishwarya
---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Centre for Accessibility in the Global South <c...@iiitb.ac.in> Date: Fri, Aug 28, 2020 at 1:04 PM Subject: CAGS Webinar_Disability and Access in the Global South by Prof. Anita Ghai_10-September 2020, 4 PM To: oaishwa...@gmail.com <oaishwa...@gmail.com>, aishwa...@visionempowertrust.org <aishwa...@visionempowertrust.org> [image: Centre for Accessibility in the Global South (CAGS) presents the webinar series R Cube D. Research Rethink and respond to disability] Understanding Disability and Access in the Global South: Some post-Humanist Questions by *Professor Anita Ghai*, School of Human Studies, Ambedkar University, New Delhi Date: *10th September 2020 *Time: *4:00 pm to 5:30 pm * *REGISTER NOW <https://forms.gle/JU2aHZ4ie6HHKqHX7> * ABSTRACT My attempt in this presentation is to create the possibility for an understanding of disability as an epistemology of disability studies coupled with assistive technologies. Drawing upon my experience in academia and activism, I will first talk about disability and knowledge Then, I will weave in technology, which can benefit a wide range of people, including those with disabilities. Disabled people using the latest assistive technologies, with their eyes fixed on medical progress, are a natural constituency for transhumanism. Disabled people in the Global North, with their wheelchairs, prosthetic limbs, innovative computing interfaces and transferable computing, are among the most technologically dependent humans ever known, and are assertive in their insistence on their rights to be technologically assisted to fully participate in society However, what pains me is that while similar requirements exist in the Global South, the need for low cost technological resources is generally not recognized. This creates an inequality between Global North and Global South. With the global shift to digital, this assistive technological gap has further amplified, especially in case of education in the COVID times. As a result, Global South does not find assistive technology as a powerful enabler for disabled people to overcome their limitations. While technology advancements continue to be advantageous, the innovations hardly factor in affordability as a critical factor. I will connect humanism (which has been valuable), to move towards a post humanism condition. Using Rosi Braidotti's understanding, I will underscore three aspects that are critical to disabled lives. First is life beyond the self, second is the life beyond the species and, finally, life beyond death. It is in these thoughts, I intend to not only raise our policies about disability, but also our relationships with the society. SPEAKER BIO Anita Ghai joined as a Professor in the School of Human Studies, Ambedkar University, Delhi, in 2015. Before this, Anita has been an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology in Jesus and Mary College, University of Delhi. Her interest is in disability studies and issues of sexuality, care, psychology and gender. As a former fellow at the Nehru Memorial Museum Library, Teen Murti Bhavan, Anita has researched on issues of care of disabled women recipients and providers of care with leanings towards feminist and disability theory. Anita has been the former President of the Indian Association for Women's Studies. She has authored Re-thinking Disability in India (Routledge, New Delhi) (2015), (Dis) Embodied Form: Issues of Disabled Women (2003), co-authored The Mentally Handicapped: Prediction of the Work Performance with Anima Sen and edited Disability in South Asia: Knowledge and Experience (2018). She is also an editor of Disability and Society, Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research and Indian Journal of Disability Studies. REGISTER NOW <https://forms.gle/JU2aHZ4ie6HHKqHX7> Centre for Accessibility in the Global South (CAGS) Centre for Accessibility in the Global South (CAGS) is a research and outreach unit at IIIT Bangalore, established in partnership with researchers and practitioners at Microsoft Research India and Vision Empower. It aims to be a centre of excellence and scholarship, bringing together academia, industry, government, Disabled People's organizations (DPOs) and change-makers in the area of accessibility to study and understand the various concerns related to persons with disabilities in the Global South and help in creating and disseminating effective solutions. Webinar Series: R-CubeD The objective of the R-CubeD webinar series is to renegotiate, extend and open up the academic space to alternative knowledge and ways of conducting research and modes of expression beyond the traditional structures. 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