Morgan, H. orcid.org/0000-0003-1039-9337 and Tutton, R. (2024) Enabling futures? Disability and sociology of futures. Journal of Sociology. ISSN 1440-7833
Abstract
Much envisaging of the future is inherently ableist. Euro-American cultural imaginaries traditionally have emphasised the narrative of medical progress, assuming the end of impairment. Disability is a frequent trope for and in dystopias, whereas more positive or progressive futures ignore the presence and aspirations of disabled people who are frequently excluded from individual and collective endeavours to articulate and shape the future. They are presumed to be in effect ‘futureless’, lacking a future of value, leaving an unoccupied space for existing inequalities and privileges to flourish. This paper brings disability studies and sociology of futures into dialogue and makes the case for creating crip space(s) within sociologies of the future. Foregrounding disability can trouble and enrich sociological engagements with futurity, while analytic perspectives from sociology of futures can inform scholarship in disability studies.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © The Author(s) 2024. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits any use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). |
Keywords: | Disability studies, ableism, crip, disablism, futurity |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Education, Social Sciences and Law (Leeds) > School of Sociology and Social Policy (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 22 May 2024 12:03 |
Last Modified: | 22 May 2024 12:03 |
Published Version: | https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/144078332... |
Status: | Published online |
Publisher: | SAGE Publications |
Identification Number: | 10.1177/14407833241248193 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:212687 |
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