The Resistance Symposium, in association with Manchester Metropolitan University
Zion Arts Centre
335 Stretford Road, Hulme M15 5ZA
Registration from 10am, presentations from 11am
Free entry and open to all
The Resistance symposium sets out to explore contemporary critical and cultural representations of disability from both an academic perspective and from the perspective of practising artists and arts organisations. The symposium will include presentations by Liz Crow, Professor Dan Goodley and Dr Lucy Burke of the Critical Disability Studies network at Manchester Metropolitan University and a roundtable discussion involving Liz Crow and Chris Hammond of Full Circle Arts.
Session One: Critical and Cultural Disability Studies Today
11.00am: Presentation by Professor Dan Goodley, MMU
12.00pm: Presentation by Dr Lucy Burke, MMU, ‘Disability is Ordinary’
1.00pm: Lunch and an opportunity to view the exhibition
2.00pm: Presentation by Liz Crow: The Making of Resistance, including the historical background and the core messages for the disabled people’s movement today
3.00pm: Coffee
3.30pm: Disability Arts Today Roundtable Discussion
4.45pm: Close
5.00pm Resistance launch event
For more information on access enquiries, contact Zion Arts Centre box office 0161 226 1912 / info@zionarts.com / zionarts.com/
For more information about the symposium programme or to book an interpreter, contact Lucy Burke L.Burke@mmu.ac.uk
