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A history of disability activism and disabled people in politics
Manage episode 342667628 series 1573684
Professor David Turner is a social and cultural historian with expertise in disability, medicine, gender and the body. He is our guest this month.
David’s current research explores the history of disabled people’s political activism in Britain since the eighteenth century. In an accessible and illuminating conversation, he tells us of the earliest known recorded documentation of disability rights and political activism. This includes the book 'Biography of the Blind’, first published in 1821, written by the remarkable James Wilson.
We learn why what was said to the British Government by disabled people way back in 1832, still resonates today. With David’s expertise and insight, we learn how 200 years of disability history can inform us today and into the future.
Links
Home page including publications list
James Wilson’s Biography of the Blind, pub. 1821 on Google Books.
On Twitter @DrDavidMT
Disability History pod and video with Prof Turner
Disability History: Thinking Differently About the Past resource page
Blog about how Prof Turner helped put disability in the teaching curriculum with one teacher
Historic England History of Disability Year 1050 to present
Chapters
1. A history of disability activism and disabled people in politics (00:00:00)
2. Pity and Campaigning (00:08:30)
3. Personal Experience of Disability (00:15:23)
4. Intersectionality (00:18:15)
5. James Wilson's Autobiography (00:27:57)
6. What can we learn from the past? (00:35:27)
7. The Future (00:44:47)
106 episodes
Manage episode 342667628 series 1573684
Professor David Turner is a social and cultural historian with expertise in disability, medicine, gender and the body. He is our guest this month.
David’s current research explores the history of disabled people’s political activism in Britain since the eighteenth century. In an accessible and illuminating conversation, he tells us of the earliest known recorded documentation of disability rights and political activism. This includes the book 'Biography of the Blind’, first published in 1821, written by the remarkable James Wilson.
We learn why what was said to the British Government by disabled people way back in 1832, still resonates today. With David’s expertise and insight, we learn how 200 years of disability history can inform us today and into the future.
Links
Home page including publications list
James Wilson’s Biography of the Blind, pub. 1821 on Google Books.
On Twitter @DrDavidMT
Disability History pod and video with Prof Turner
Disability History: Thinking Differently About the Past resource page
Blog about how Prof Turner helped put disability in the teaching curriculum with one teacher
Historic England History of Disability Year 1050 to present
Chapters
1. A history of disability activism and disabled people in politics (00:00:00)
2. Pity and Campaigning (00:08:30)
3. Personal Experience of Disability (00:15:23)
4. Intersectionality (00:18:15)
5. James Wilson's Autobiography (00:27:57)
6. What can we learn from the past? (00:35:27)
7. The Future (00:44:47)
106 episodes
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