CFP: Special Invitation to submit to the *New* Working Group of the Cultural Studies Association, Crip Cultures / Critical Disability Studies Working Group. The 2024 Cultural Studies Association (CSA) Annual Conference Theme is Expansions. This conference is all virtual, and will be held May 30 - June 1, 2024. New Deadline to submit abstracts: March 17th, 2024. This Working Group is prompted by the work initiated by the collection, Crip Pandemic Life: A Tapestry <https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Furldefense.com%2Fv3%2F__https%3A%2F%2Fcsalateral.org%2Fsection%2Fcrip-pandemic-life%2Fintroduction-patsavas-danylevich%2F__%3B!!KwNVnqRv!EaT8WwdFnIETqu8rLl08QnauCG-d5KXfTBpT9VoDaSag7iahj3pHM7pVynPS2gIRAuHySaS91jhmSbuGhTwLGQ%24&data=05%7C01%7Cjscuro%40molloy.edu%7C403d5031bf9848557c1708dbcc36c3f7%7Cca79296d783f4900961eab1c73ca868e%7C0%7C0%7C638328307857183970%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=3FJjC4s%2F7lFkjAIp3VKdot62b9iRQQPCPX6Nyq0WOLo%3D&reserved=0>, to create a space for crip culture and disability justice strategies to intersect with new, innovative, and developing scholarship in Cultural Studies. We are interested in cross pollinated projects with artists, praxis sessions, alternative and creative modes of presentation. We invite contributors to bring projects and ideas to workshop, so that we might collectively consider and imagine radical and transformative cultures of access and crip futures. We envision this new Working Group as a space for shaping archives of crip knowledges, practices, performances, critiques, and collective strategies of resistance and of survivorship. We are very open to types and formats, so please do not hesitate to submit and/or reach out with questions about any “non-traditional” ideas and formats. WG Co-Chairs: - Theodora Danylevich (td87@georgetown.edu) - Jennifer Scuro (jscuro@molloy.edu) To Submit: - Please submit proposals via the CSA EasyChair portal, which can be found on the conference call page by 11:59 pm on March 17th: https://www.culturalstudiesassociation.org/conference-960395.html. - Submissions can be as pre-constituted panels, individual papers, roundtables, and praxis sessions (details on what each of these entails can be found on the CSA CFP page: https://www.culturalstudiesassociation.org/conference-960395.html), and we are open to innovative and conversational formats. - Be sure to select "Crip Cultures/Critical Disability Studies" in the drop-down menu with your submission. - Please feel free to reach out to working group co-chairs at td87@georgetown.edu and jscuro@molloy.edu with any questions or ideas. From the general call: Theme of EXPANSIONS The CSA welcomes proposals from all disciplines and topics relevant to cultural studies. We also encourage proposers to think within, beyond, and perhaps against the following topics as they consider the shape and content of their prospective participation: - How the notion of expansions relates to state and political discourses of growth, as well as political, economic, and cultural power - Expansions and transcultural/global flows of media, people, etc. - How narratives of expansion challenge and/or reify narratives of racial, ethnic, national, religious identity - Expansions of different dimensions of cultural studies as a field - Expansions as both a threat to and means of preservation of cultural heritage - How expansions produce and sustain ideas around imperialism, colonialism, capitalism, and other political and economic ideologies - Expansions and climate change - Expansions and migratory flows - Questions of expansion stemming from other cultural and political circumstances such as COVID-19 and public health crises, authoritarianism and fascism, war and occupation, and emergent activisms and social movements - How cultural studies has, can, or could grapple with the epistemology of expansions The CSA aims to provide multiple and diverse spaces for the cross-pollination of art, activism, pedagogy, design, and research by bringing together participants from a variety of positions inside and outside the university. Therefore, while we welcome traditional academic papers and panels, we also encourage contributions that experiment with alternative formats and intervene in the traditional disciplinary formations and exclusionary conceptions and practices of the academic (see session format options listed below). We are particularly interested in proposals for sessions designed to document and advance existing forms of collective action or catalyze new collaborations. We encourage submissions from individuals working beyond the boundaries of the university: artists, activists, independent scholars, professionals, community organizers, and community college educators. *Jennifer Scuro <https://cnr.academia.edu/JenniferScuro>, Ph.D.* (she/her) Assistant Professor of Philosophy & Ethics Molloy University, NY jscuro@molloy.edu *The Pregnancy ≠ Childbearing Project: A Phenomenology of Miscarriage <http://www.rowmaninternational.com/books/the-pregnancy-does-not-equal-childbearing-project>* (Rowman & Littlefield International, Feb 2017) *Addressing Ableism: Philosophical Questions via Disability Studies <https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781498540759/Addressing-Ableism-Philosophical-Questions-via-Disability-Studies>* (Lexington Books, Oct 2017). *If you are receiving this email outside of your typical working hours, I hope you feel no pressure to read or respond until your schedule and workload permit.*