Disability and Mad Studies Reading Group Gathering

A collaboration of graduate and undergraduate students and recent alumni has received SPICES funding from the School of Graduate Studies to establish a Disability and Mad Studies Reading Group. The group endeavors to cultivate a social and intellectual disability community on campus for those with disabilities, developing Disability Studies scholarship, and/or interested in learning more. Anyone is welcome to participate, including community members without affiliations to McMaster. To receive updates and meeting invitations, email Alise and Alan at cripgrad@mcmaster.ca to join our mailing list.

Next meeting:

Date: Monday, December 3 from 1-2:30 p.m. (with hang out time until 3)
Topic: Sociological Classics: Goffman’s “Stigma”
Facilitator: Adam Grearson, MA student – Sociology
Location: Mills Library fifth floor – Windy Room L501
[Directions: Take the central staircase or elevator (by the self-check-out) to the fifth floor. When you exit, L501 is just around the corner. We’ll put up signs.]
Food provided.
Please RSVP: https://tinyurl.com/CripGrad

Reading: Chapter 1 (Stigma and Social Identity) of Goffman’s (1963) classic work on Stigma: Notes on the management of spoiled identity
An open access online copy is available: https://archive.org/details/erving-goffman-stigma-notes-on-the-management-of-spoiled-identity/page/n13

There are many print copies of the book in McMaster’s library.