- In this exploration, I want to discover the different types of relationships that exist in the disability community and how they intertwine, what they mean, and how they are misunderstood/misrepresented. With that, it will touch on distinct subjects that can lead to common themes and easily interact with terms or concepts we’ve already tackled in class previously. What happens when we challenge standard conceptions of romance, sexuality, and friendship in disability circles and let individuals tell their stories?
- Interactive slideshow presentation with music and other media (potentially short clips and images) as well as questions for the intended audience (which is anyone really, most likely those ignorant to disability culture)
- Use Loom or Canva, some program friendly with creative presentations and media being implemented
- For the media specifically I’ll most likely incorporate a different type every slide or every other slide. Citations will be provided on the slide or at the very end of the presentation.
- It will be broken into different sections: Romantic, Platonic/Friendships, Family, Sexual/Sexuality (casual relationships). I intend to cover personal narratives I find to provide info from folks lived experiences rather than just data type analysis. Each section will most likely be able to point to either one text we’ve read or a new piece that others can take from my presentation.
- There shouldn’t be a clear, concrete conclusion for this but rather main points and themes that educate the audience while showing my own learning process too. I want to provide interesting resources that someone can go to afterwards to learn more and interact with themselves.
- Week 11/15: Add more citations and details to the skeleton of the outline. Solidify the order of what is going where and why. Make sentences that can be changed/altered later on if need be. Mainly gather the big ideas w/o media for now.
Week 11/22: Make it less of an outline, have ideally half of slides completed and revised. Finalize and write down all citations in order. Start gathering all the media I will need and know where it is going. Ask Andrew any questions I have before/after class. Decide if there are issues so far and what they are.
Week 11/29: Revise all my work so far. Invite Andrew to look at what I gathered so far, how I placed everything in terms of making sense but also aesthetic. Check if the media works. Think of questions that are broad enough to have anyone answer with the level of knowledge they might have and gain from my presentation. Think of what pieces from class connect to each section in a meaningful, innovative way.
Week 12/1: Should be completed with everything. Show peers, friends, and Andrew once more for the final time before turn-in day.
- How long should this be slides and minutes wise with my format? Is there any very specific focus I might want to look at that no student has done before? How much media is too much?
- Citations:
Sex and Disability by Robert McRuer
Sexual Healing: Inside the World of Medically Assisted Sex by Vice
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