bookUniversity of Michigan Press eBooksJan 1, 2017HYBRID OA

Academic Ableism

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Abstract

The cover features bold colors and bold, oversize typography. Against a black background the word ACADEMIC is written in white and the word ABLEISM in red. The cover is not wide enough to accommodate the size of these words, so the words are intentionally broken: ACA-, then below this DEMIC, then below this ABLE-and then ISM (suggesting among other things that something in academia is broken). To the left is a small photograph of the sculpture Untitled (Spiral Staircase) by Peter Coffin. The sculpture consists of metal stairs that go nowhere, but instead curve back into themselves in one continuous tangle. The author's name, Jay Timothy Dolmage, appears in the top left corner; at the bottom of the page is…

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Keywords
  • Ableism
  • Antithesis
  • Higher education
  • Sociology
  • Disability studies
  • Diversity (politics)
  • Pedagogy
  • Aesthetics
UN Sustainable Development Goals
  • Quality Education
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