I understand why academic conference encourage face-to-face and discourage remote presentations. I see a fear that unis would stop funding+
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travel, etc. But, so many well-meaning policies have unintentionally ableist consequences. It can be difficult to shift our perspective.
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Being face-to-face is such a valuable important thing, but we must interrogate our own assumptions. In terms of economic/embodied difference
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We need policies of inclusion, which we often think we're doing, and it's hard to see sometimes when we aren't.
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Inclusive policies should not treat disability/economic/other needs as exceptions. This is where it gets difficult.
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Asking for exceptions to "normal" rules can feel dispiriting, disabling. I'm doing something different or wrong.
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Forgive the self-promotion, but I feel like what I wrote here is relevant to the Skype/conference discussion:https://www.academia.edu/2394930/_Getting_Medieval_in_Real_Time_ …
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@RickGodden Thanks for ALL these tweets, Rick. Important to have these points out there & examine unintended conseuqences of conf policies.2 replies 2 retweets 2 likes
@JonathanHsy @RickGodden @Jessifer & I will for #MLA16 (now that there are no Canadian rules again live casting) will live cast & tweet +
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