Crip Kid Lit: Critical Approaches to Disability in Children's and Young Adult Literature and Media Symposium University of Cambridge CFP Deadline: 15 Nov 2023
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In anticipation of our conference, we would like to share with you some of the great presentations that will take place in less than two weeks! We've asked our presenters to share with us a visual summary of their presentations. Follow this thread for daily updates 🧵
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💫 The story makers
Interested in discovering and inspiring stories? Join us at the Cambridge Festival for a crash course in talking to people and collecting narratives
👪 all ages
🗓️ 22 March 2025 from 10-11.30am
📍 Alison Richard Building, CB3 9DP
🎟️ crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/4582…
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And that’s a wrap! Thank you everyone for attending and presenting in this #CripKidLit Conference ✨
Our second Keynote Speaker @riacheyne delivering her talk: “Disability Studies and Children’s Literature: Spaces of Possibility” cc @CamEdFac @CRASSHlive #CripKidLit
Our two simultaneous panels on “Aesthetics and Senses”, and “Genre Fiction” are currently live. We’ll be joining in a Q&A session soon! Thank you all so much for attending and presenting 😍
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Starting off the second day of #CripKidLit with a panel on genre fiction - really enjoying @DrVeldhuizen's presentation on learning disability in children's detective fiction @CripKidLit @CRASSHlive
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Our Keynote speaker Maren Conrad delivering her presentation yesterday 👏, discussing the trilemma of inclusion and the analysis of children’s and YA media through the lense of disability studies. #CripKidLit
We’ve had so much incredible panels and discussions. We thank each one of you for joining us and sharing your research 🧠.
I learned so much from my fellow panelists @CripKidLit hosted by @CRASSHlive @Cambridge_Uni today! I discussed how physical disability "tames" neurodivergent approaches to time in What Katy Did with @rachelmmilne moderating. 4 amazing papers on 19th/20th c. texts!
Looking forward to Ria’s Keynote today at 11:30 (BST). Feel free to share your insights using #CripKidLit 😉
Mourning the loss of conference Twitter as an alternative means of engaging with events, but for anyone still out there, I am absolutely LOVING the #CripKidLit conference I'm at @CripKidLit @CRASSHlive
Thank you so much for joining us!
Inspiring talk from @MaggieMKChan #cripkidlit @CripKidLit @CRASSHlive on representation in picture books this afternoon --
She argues -
If Louis Braille came to "Six Dots" [book] he woyldn't be able to read it.. -- we need a rethink on accessibility.
We are huge fans of Scooby! 🥰
Just presented @CripKidLit with my dog, Scooby in my lap 😂😂😂
If you've been around here on my Twitter, you know Scoob is v cute but also SO NEEDY
Here's a picture of him waiting to be picked up while I did my tech check:
ALT A brown daschund lays on the fooor waiting to be picked up
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Presenting today at @CripKidLit @CRASSHlive . A little bummed that I couldn't be there offline, but nevertheless... excited!
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Good morning from Cambridge! I'm here for @CripKidLit @CRASSHlive. Keynote tomorrow on #DisabilityStudies and children's lit. The whole programme looks amazing, but particularly looking forward to presentations on neurodiversity, and genre fiction. Conf hashtag: #CripKidLit
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This one's mine! Looking forward to seeing some you there in person or online
16. Sujata Patel makes the following invite: ''Dive into the diverse worlds of Children's with disabilities, beautifully portrayed in Zainab Sulaiman's novel, "Simply Nanju." This captivating story unfolds within the walls of special schools in India... (continues ⬇️)
15. ''The use of fear in picture books can be a positive, empowering tool.'', has shared Sieste Hagen.
14. ''Change in Representation of Autism in Arabic Children's Literature'', by @reham_f
13. ''Liberating (?) the 'Cripples' from 'Essential Victimhood': Examining the Portrayals of Disabled People as Culprits in Satyajit Ray's Detective Stories'', by Ishan Chakraborty and Purba Ghosh.
12. 'Becoming' Neurodivergent: Rick Riordan's Ethics of Opening Up to the Neurodivergent 'Other', a presentation by @ChatterjeeEna
11. This presentation considers Sara Ahmed’s definition of Orientations while reading a young adult novel on mental health, to think about what orientation might mean in reading texts of/on disability. By undertaking a close reading of Challenger Deep...'' (continues ⬇️)
