OSUN Themes: Global Public Health; Human Rights; Inequalities
Human Rights, Disability, and Global Literature
Term: January 29, 2024 – May 9, 2024Level: 300-Level
Day/Time: Monday; Thursday 6:30 AM - 7:45 AM EST
Instructor: Tabitha Kenlon, American University of Afghanistan
This course examines disability from multiple perspectives: as part of the UN's human rights framework and as presented in fiction and nonfiction around the world. The reading material positions disability as a representational literary device, as an early example of the social model of disability, and as a powerful way for disabled people to tell their stories. Students will consider their own cultures' attitudes toward disability as they learn from the course's texts and each other.
Credits: 3 US / 6 ECTS