“Cultural Madness: Notes on an
Anthropology of Psychosocial Disability”
Featuring Karen Nakamura
Thursday, Oct 22nd, 3:45-5:00 pm
310 Media & Public Affairs Building
The George Washington University
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Nakamura is a cultural and visual anthropologist who researches disability movements in contemporary Japan. Her first project was on sign language, identity, and deaf social movements and resulted in a monograph and edited volume. After that, her second project was on schizophrenia and community-based recovery in Japan and this resulted in a book, its translation, and two films. She is currently finishing a third project which explores the intersections of disability, gender, and sexuality and will result in a book titled: Trans/Japan. After that, she is working on a project on prosthetic, replacement, and augmentation technologies in contemporary Japan and the USA.
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The event is wheelchair accessible. We welcome deaf & hearing
impaired participants. Please contact dtmitchel@gwu.edu for ASL access
Sponsored by:
the English Department and Disability Student Services
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