General Catalog 2023-24

(Same as Disability Studies M172XP.) Seminar, one hour. Corequisite: course M172. Exploration of nature, history, models, and propositions of care, care work, disability, disability justice movement, and health care. Consideration of intersections, interdependence, and complexities of formal and informal care webs and care economies between caregivers and receivers, which includes kin, advocates, disability communities, and health professionals. Use of multi-media, scholarly texts, and theoretical frameworks from disability justice, disability studies, film, gender studies, health, labor studies, law, nursing, and public policy to investigate the concepts of care and care work. Emphasis on community engagement with observational and collaborative interaction and learning in governmental, non-profit, community-based organizations, or health-care networks of disability care. Letter grading.