Feminist Disability Studies [Online]
Full Tuition: $320 — Scholarship options are available in the drop-down enrollment menu for you to self-select. To pay in installments, choose to pay with PayPal at check out.
Instructor: Jaime Madden | 5-weeks | Tuesdays October 1 - 29 | 7:00 - 9:00 PM ET | ONLINE
Disabled people are regularly imagined out of the future. As Alison Kafer explains, the so-called “good life” and ideas about “better futures” are marked by the absence of, or at least a reduction in, disability. But in this class, we’ll hold tight to what is, for some, the generative content of disability, and we’ll remind ourselves that disability is a fact of the human condition. At the same time, another of our guiding purposes will be to challenge ableism and the practice of, for instance, denying health care and creating unsafe working conditions. Disability is often caused by violence, exploitation, and oppression.
Our class begins with an introduction to the interdiscipline of feminist disability studies; then, each of the remaining 4 weeks are organized around a keyword: language, public, time, and work. For instance, when we study “language,” we’ll reflect on Sunaura Taylor’s practice of thinking together disability justice and justice for non-human animals. When we study “public,” we’ll consider recent mask bans that are a part of a long history of removing disabled people from public life. When we study “time,” we’ll examine and critique a range of imagined futures that exclude disability, that construct narrow visions of “the good life,” and promote limited rhetorics of self-improvement. And when we study “work,” we’ll wrestle with Beatrice Adler-Bolton and Artie Vierkant’s argument that “capitalism has defined ‘health’ itself as a capacity to submit oneself to labor.” Our course materials include a variety of productions from various genres—including theory texts, accounts of personal experience, visual culture, and materials produced by organizers involved in direct action strategies.
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Recordings may be provided upon request for missed classes.
Sliding Scale: Night School Bar pays instructors and staff a living wage. We ask that people who make above the living wage threshold for their area strongly consider choosing 75% or higher tuition tiers in order to support our own living wage program. For Durham, NC, where we are located, the living wage threshold is $49,000 for an individual. All scholarship needs are self-assessed, and we will never request or require proof of need.
Scholarships: We are currently able to offer three full scholarships per class. Our full scholarship tier is a nonrefundable offering, limited to one per student per month. Because our scholarship funding is limited, selecting multiple full scholarships in a single month will result in disenrollment from all classes. If the scholarship tier you need is sold out please email us directly, and we will add you to a waitlist and notify you if additional scholarships become available. Please see our FAQ for more information, including installment plans and refund policy.
Asynchronous Auditing: Classes are discussion-based and designed to be taken synchronously. However, we do offer an asynchronous audit option for most online classes if you need to follow along at your own pace. You must choose the audit option to receive all course recordings; please do not register using a scholarship if you do not plan to attend the majority of class sessions as you will not receive the recording materials to follow along. We do not automatically offer scholarships for auditors, but if you need one, you may request one by filling out this form.
Full Tuition: $320 — Scholarship options are available in the drop-down enrollment menu for you to self-select. To pay in installments, choose to pay with PayPal at check out.
Instructor: Jaime Madden | 5-weeks | Tuesdays October 1 - 29 | 7:00 - 9:00 PM ET | ONLINE
Disabled people are regularly imagined out of the future. As Alison Kafer explains, the so-called “good life” and ideas about “better futures” are marked by the absence of, or at least a reduction in, disability. But in this class, we’ll hold tight to what is, for some, the generative content of disability, and we’ll remind ourselves that disability is a fact of the human condition. At the same time, another of our guiding purposes will be to challenge ableism and the practice of, for instance, denying health care and creating unsafe working conditions. Disability is often caused by violence, exploitation, and oppression.
Our class begins with an introduction to the interdiscipline of feminist disability studies; then, each of the remaining 4 weeks are organized around a keyword: language, public, time, and work. For instance, when we study “language,” we’ll reflect on Sunaura Taylor’s practice of thinking together disability justice and justice for non-human animals. When we study “public,” we’ll consider recent mask bans that are a part of a long history of removing disabled people from public life. When we study “time,” we’ll examine and critique a range of imagined futures that exclude disability, that construct narrow visions of “the good life,” and promote limited rhetorics of self-improvement. And when we study “work,” we’ll wrestle with Beatrice Adler-Bolton and Artie Vierkant’s argument that “capitalism has defined ‘health’ itself as a capacity to submit oneself to labor.” Our course materials include a variety of productions from various genres—including theory texts, accounts of personal experience, visual culture, and materials produced by organizers involved in direct action strategies.
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Recordings may be provided upon request for missed classes.
Sliding Scale: Night School Bar pays instructors and staff a living wage. We ask that people who make above the living wage threshold for their area strongly consider choosing 75% or higher tuition tiers in order to support our own living wage program. For Durham, NC, where we are located, the living wage threshold is $49,000 for an individual. All scholarship needs are self-assessed, and we will never request or require proof of need.
Scholarships: We are currently able to offer three full scholarships per class. Our full scholarship tier is a nonrefundable offering, limited to one per student per month. Because our scholarship funding is limited, selecting multiple full scholarships in a single month will result in disenrollment from all classes. If the scholarship tier you need is sold out please email us directly, and we will add you to a waitlist and notify you if additional scholarships become available. Please see our FAQ for more information, including installment plans and refund policy.
Asynchronous Auditing: Classes are discussion-based and designed to be taken synchronously. However, we do offer an asynchronous audit option for most online classes if you need to follow along at your own pace. You must choose the audit option to receive all course recordings; please do not register using a scholarship if you do not plan to attend the majority of class sessions as you will not receive the recording materials to follow along. We do not automatically offer scholarships for auditors, but if you need one, you may request one by filling out this form.
Full Tuition: $320 — Scholarship options are available in the drop-down enrollment menu for you to self-select. To pay in installments, choose to pay with PayPal at check out.
Instructor: Jaime Madden | 5-weeks | Tuesdays October 1 - 29 | 7:00 - 9:00 PM ET | ONLINE
Disabled people are regularly imagined out of the future. As Alison Kafer explains, the so-called “good life” and ideas about “better futures” are marked by the absence of, or at least a reduction in, disability. But in this class, we’ll hold tight to what is, for some, the generative content of disability, and we’ll remind ourselves that disability is a fact of the human condition. At the same time, another of our guiding purposes will be to challenge ableism and the practice of, for instance, denying health care and creating unsafe working conditions. Disability is often caused by violence, exploitation, and oppression.
Our class begins with an introduction to the interdiscipline of feminist disability studies; then, each of the remaining 4 weeks are organized around a keyword: language, public, time, and work. For instance, when we study “language,” we’ll reflect on Sunaura Taylor’s practice of thinking together disability justice and justice for non-human animals. When we study “public,” we’ll consider recent mask bans that are a part of a long history of removing disabled people from public life. When we study “time,” we’ll examine and critique a range of imagined futures that exclude disability, that construct narrow visions of “the good life,” and promote limited rhetorics of self-improvement. And when we study “work,” we’ll wrestle with Beatrice Adler-Bolton and Artie Vierkant’s argument that “capitalism has defined ‘health’ itself as a capacity to submit oneself to labor.” Our course materials include a variety of productions from various genres—including theory texts, accounts of personal experience, visual culture, and materials produced by organizers involved in direct action strategies.
—
Recordings may be provided upon request for missed classes.
Sliding Scale: Night School Bar pays instructors and staff a living wage. We ask that people who make above the living wage threshold for their area strongly consider choosing 75% or higher tuition tiers in order to support our own living wage program. For Durham, NC, where we are located, the living wage threshold is $49,000 for an individual. All scholarship needs are self-assessed, and we will never request or require proof of need.
Scholarships: We are currently able to offer three full scholarships per class. Our full scholarship tier is a nonrefundable offering, limited to one per student per month. Because our scholarship funding is limited, selecting multiple full scholarships in a single month will result in disenrollment from all classes. If the scholarship tier you need is sold out please email us directly, and we will add you to a waitlist and notify you if additional scholarships become available. Please see our FAQ for more information, including installment plans and refund policy.
Asynchronous Auditing: Classes are discussion-based and designed to be taken synchronously. However, we do offer an asynchronous audit option for most online classes if you need to follow along at your own pace. You must choose the audit option to receive all course recordings; please do not register using a scholarship if you do not plan to attend the majority of class sessions as you will not receive the recording materials to follow along. We do not automatically offer scholarships for auditors, but if you need one, you may request one by filling out this form.