Beginning Fall 2017, this fellowship is being administered and housed at the University of Oregon Libraries Special Collections and University Archives (SCUA).
“Defective and Deficient: Thinking about ‘Bad’ Bodies” — Eli Clare
Knight Library Browsing Room 1501 Kincaid St. Free event Limited seating
“All too many people and communities are named defective and deficient in a thousand different ways. Those words are weapons used to create ‘bad’ and disposable body-minds. Through poetry, storytelling, and history, Eli Clare unpacks the power of ‘defective,’ exploring how it is rooted in ableism and wielded by white supremacy to strengthen racism.”