Goodley, D. orcid.org/0000-0002-0660-5671 (2023) Disability and the medical posthumanities. interconnections: journal of posthumanism, 2 (2). pp. 14-32. ISSN 2564-260X
Abstract
This paper makes a case for being in but not of the medical posthumanities, cognisant of our contemporary times that continue to render some human beings as valued and others as expendable. I provide a brief reading of medical posthumanities before turning to a field (critical disability studies), an event (the deployment of Do Not Attempt Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation notices to disabled people during the Covid-19 pandemic in the UK) and a response (reflected in the activism of People First, the international movement of people with learning disabilities). I contemplate some tensions that emerge when the field, event and response rub up against the medical posthumanities, working with the humanist register, more-than-human possibilities, and human troubles. I conclude with the argument that unless the medical posthumanities engage with disability then they are in danger of ‘ability-washing’ their research and scholarship.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2023 The author(s). |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > School of Education (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 20 Jun 2024 13:14 |
Last Modified: | 20 Jun 2024 13:14 |
Published Version: | https://journals.library.brocku.ca/index.php/posth... |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Brock University |
Refereed: | Yes |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:213723 |