Asheville, NC
W: 828-232-5041 or
828-251-6980
hkelley@unca.edu
betsalel@unca.edu
* Send all email to both addresses
Travel Regions: Statewide
Ken Betsalel is a political scientist and award winning documentary photographer. His areas of specialty include the politics of law and culture. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley. Heidi Kelley is a cultural anthropologist and stroke survivor whose areas of specialty include psychological and medical anthropology and the anthropology of gender. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Washington and has done her field work in Spain. Drs. Betsalel and Kelley co-chair The Eastern Alliance Center for Independent Living, a non-profit organization that works with the disabled community.
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Beyond the Overcoming Narrative: The Culture and Politics of Disability
What does it mean to be disabled? What does it mean to be abled? This talk explores the meaning of disability in contemporary society and ways of thinking about disability that go beyond the "super-crip" or overcoming narrative. Drs. Betsalel and Kelley will raise issues concerning the social construction of disability, including the important disability civil rights movement and consider how the definition of "disability" varies cross-culturally. They will also consider how disability affects the lives of men and women differently as well as the role of the Americans with Disabilities Act in changing the lives of people with disabilities.
Travels in Stroke Country
Making use of photographs and stories, this presentation raises questions concerning the best way to represent the disabled. Drawing on the speakers' experience of stroke and field work in "stroke country," this presentation calls for new ways to think about disability. Keeping faithful to the stories disabled people tell, Drs. Betsalel and Kelley ask their audiences to consider how disability may be the result of social roadblocks.
Requirements for Program: slide projector and TV video player
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