New Models for the Future: Tracing Narratives of Disability, Citizenship, and Bodily Autonomy
Location: Pegasus Grand Ballroom
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2-18-2026 3:30 pm
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4:30 pm
(America/New_York)
(1 hour)
This panel traces narratives of disability across time and space to reveal how seemingly disparate phenomena share common roots in eugenic logic that endures in present-day policies and futures. The presentations explore the ways eugenic ideologies construct narratives of disability that render certain bodies and minds invisible while hypervisualizing others as threats to be managed, controlled, or eliminated. Such narratives …