SURESH CANAGARAJAH, linguist: "Crip Writing: Meaning Making in Disability"
Schedule
Thu, 30 Mar, 2023 at 07:00 pm
Location
Eastern Mennonite University | Harrisonburg, VA
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7 p.m. at EMU's Martin Chapel and on EMU's Facebook livestream: https://fb.me/e/N38qnU0J“To crip is to disrupt the stable, transform the familiar, subvert the order of things, unsettle entrenched beliefs, and to make anew” (Henner & Robinson, 2021, p.3). Writing under disabled conditions uncovers biased definitions of norms, practices, and proficiencies that make the communication of some people appear as deficient. On the other hand, such writing brings out hidden resources and strengths that are always part of communication but rarely acknowledged.
Q & A and refreshments to follow the lecture. Parking is available next to Martin Chapel.
Suresh Canagarajah recently published Language Incompetence: Learning to Communicate Through Cancer, Disability, and Anomalous Embodiment. He is the Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of English, Applied Linguistics, and Asian Studies at Pennsylvania State University. He teaches World Englishes, Multilingual Writing, Decolonial Studies, and Disability Rhetoric. Suresh comes from the Tamil-speaking northern region of Sri Lanka. He was formerly the editor of the TESOL Quarterly and President of the American Association of Applied Linguistics. Suresh has served as a voluntary staff worker for the International Fellowship of Evangelical Students (IFES) in Sri Lanka and the US. He currently serves in the Pennsylvania State Law Enforcement Citizen Advisory Commission, established by the governor of Pennsylvania to improve policing practices in the state. He also coordinates the “Consortium for Democratizing Academic Publishing and Knowledge” to mentor minority scholars worldwide into publishing.
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Eastern Mennonite University, 1200 Park Rd,Harrisonburg,VA,United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
