WAARC Disabled Staff Exhibit
Disabled people have to be creative. To live in an ableist world means having to hack your way through it. But disabled people also choose creativity to express themselves on their own terms. WAARC is proud to present art that disabled staff members at the University of Sheffield have submitted.
This is an ongoing digital exhibit. To honour the chronic and non-linear time of disability, staff members are invited to submit items whenever they are ready.
I am but one small shiitake mushroom connected to a vast mycelial network with other disabled fungi, loving and caring for one another. We are not alone.
Disability Intimacy
Alice Wong
Disability arts in the UK have seen a surge since the 1980s, but not all disabled people create about disability. In our efforts to promote anti-ableist research culture at the University of Sheffield, the WAARC team believes in acknowledging and celebrating the creativity and artistry of disabled and chronically ill staff members. Alongside important policy changes that address the pragmatic realities of being a disabled worker in higher education, art highlights the cultural impact of disabled people.
iHuman
How we understand being ‘human’ differs between disciplines and has changed radically over time. We are living in an age marked by rapid growth in knowledge about the human body and brain, and new technologies with the potential to change them.