Interstices of Dis/abling Experiences in Times of Crises

Abstract

It is the very lived experiences of crises that draw attention to the situated relations of dis/embodied, spatial, and cultural practices that constitute dis/abling experiences that this Special Issue wishes to address and critically engage with. How are crises lived and experienced by disabled people and how can we learn from the experiences of disabled people in dealing with spatio-culturally situated differences and related specific constraints and requirements in situations of crises? How may these experiences allude to the diversity of embodied life? Understood as precarious interstices, crises experiences not only tell us much about how we live and think by troubling of how we think and live, but they also make us think, hesitate, imagine, and tinker of how we do and may wish to live differently. By unfolding these interstitial experiences, this Special Issue wishes to contribute to the emergence of “publics” (Dewey) which draw attention to the diversity of dis/abling experiences and related modes of existence.