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• 01 oct 2020

  Rennes

  Call for papers - Sociology

  How are norms challenged by disabilities?

  This 9^th conference aims to discuss the construction of normality and, more broadly, the system of thought that structures our societies in which being “able” is the norm in the sense of both the most widespread and the most desirable situation. The aim of this critical perspective is therefore to highlight how our societies are structured in relation to the notion of the able individual. While the recent call to build inclusive societies would appear to herald a radical turning point, what is the reality? Have we truly finished with representations of disability that tend towards the negative, the defective or even the tragic? To what extend are the “heroized” figures of disability, omnipresent in the public space, perpetrating the representation of disability as a deviation from the norm?

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• 20 nov 2009

  Quebec City

  Conference, symposium - Urban studies

  Milieux urbains, politiques municipales et personnes ayant des incapacités

  Le Réseau international sur le processus de production du handicap (RIPPH) organise, le 20 novembre prochain, son colloque annuel sous la thématique « Milieux urbains, politiques municipales et personnes ayant des incapacités ». Cet événement aura lieu à l'auditorium de l'Institut de réadaptation en déficience physique de Québec (525, Boulevard Wilfrid Hamel-Est, Québec, Canada).

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