thank you sir On 3/4/14, Annavaram Neredimalli <annavara...@hotmail.com> wrote: > It gives me an immense pleasure in letting you know that The > > Department of Sociology, University of Hyderabad, will be hosting a > > special talk entitled: 'New disability mobilities and accessibilities > > in urban India', to be delivered by Michele Friedner of the > > Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Anthropology program, USA. > > > > Venue: SAP room of the Department of sociology, 6th-March-2014, > > Thursday, at 2:30 PM. > > > > Abstract > > > > This talk ethnographically analyzes the emergence of new disability > > mobilities and accessibilities in urban India and asks who benefits > > from them. The category of disability has become a privileged site for > > the state and NGOs to situate development interventions and for > > corporations to engage in corporate social responsibility initiatives. > > These state, NGO, and corporate efforts are directed at a specific > > kind of disabled individual and are heavily based upon market logics. > > Utilizing data from an international transportation and tourism > > accessibility conference held in New Delhi, a technology and > > disability conference held in Bangalore, and a new accessible taxi > > service that recently started in Bangalore, this talk critically > > examines these new mobilities and accessibilities and argues that we > > are witnessing a new assemblage of state, NGO, and corporation around > > disability. This talk also pushes analysts and activists working in > > the arena of disability to be more specific in their treatment of the > > concepts of mobility and accessibility. > > > > **** > > > > Medical anthropologist by training, Michele Friedner is interested > > broadly in the areas of health and bodies, neo-liberalism and new > > structures of "opportunity," social movements, etc. Friedner is > > currently a postdoctoral fellow in the Massachusetts Institute of > > Technology's Anthropology program, and will be joining the faculty of > > the State University of New York at Stony Brook as an Assistant > > Professor in the School of Health Technology and Management. > > > > Looking forward to meeting you! > > > > For any clarification, feel free to contact me on my mobile: 8374701417. > > Annavaram N., Assistant Professor, Department of English, University of > Hyderabad. > > > > Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of > mobile phones / Tabs on: > http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ > > To unsubscribe send a message to > accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please > visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > Disclaimer: > 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the > person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; > > 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails > sent through this mailing list.. >
Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..
