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"Shared Musical Lives makes the case for the epistemological and ethical significance of musical experience. Music can be a source of self-knowledge and self-expression, and hence reveal important dimensions of the self to others. This knowledge - of both self and of others - has a moral force as well. Shared musical experience can transform and establish new modes of being with others, cultivate virtues, and expand the moral imagination. The term sonification (which means translating data into non-verbal audible tones) provides an organizing principle for the arguments in the book.Transposing the concept into a philosophical key, this book explores two forms of sonification: first, the process by which musical experience reveals dimensions of the self and relationships with others; and second, philosophical sonification, or the critical examination of philosophical concepts,arguments, and theories in view of what musical experience reveals. These two kinds of sonification are discussed specifically in the context of disability. In this book, author Licia Carlson brings the musical lives of people with cognitive and intellectual disabilities into the foreground in order to challenge and broaden existing conceptions of disability and music and provide new ways of thinking about the philosophies of music and disability."--

The institutional world of intellectual disability -- Twin brothers : the "idiot" and the institution -- Gendered objects, gendered subjects -- Analytic interlude -- The philosophical world of intellectual disability -- The face of authority -- The face of the beast -- The face of suffering

AbstractIn this response to "The Quiet Progress of the New Eugenics," I explore the nature of the silences surrounding practices aimed at ending the lives of people with IDD. Taking as a point of departure philosopher Michel Foucault's claim that silence can be productive, and that it is intimately connected to various strategies and power relations that govern discourse, I ask: What silences and absences permeate these fields of inquiry, techniques, and technologies? Whose voices are heard and with what authority? And, how do the authors reveal and break these silences and make room for more voices? I begin by identifying the ways that the authors unmask the connections between these practices and the "old' eugenics and reveal the underlying assumption that the lives of people of IDD are of poor quality. I then explore three groups whose voices have been silenced or absent: people with IDD who can speak for themselves; people with IDD and other cognitive disabilities who are unable to speak for themselves; and those who are closely connected to people with IDD. I conclude by pointing to further questions and distinctions that are important to address when evaluating and responding to practices aimed at ending the lives of people with IDD.

This paper examines five groups of women that were instrumental in the emergence of the category of "feeblemindedness" in the United States. It analyzes the dynamics of oppression and power relations in the following five groups of women: "feebleminded" women, institutional caregivers, mothers, researchers, and reformists. Ultimately, I argue that a feminist analysis of the history of mental retardation is necessary to serve as a guide for future feminist work on cognitive disability.

Introduces key terms, concepts, debates, and histories for Disability StudiesKeywords for Disability Studies aims to broaden and define the conceptual framework of disability studies for readers and practitioners in the field and beyond. The volume engages some of the most pressing debates of our time, such as prenatal testing, euthanasia, accessibility in public transportation and the workplace, post-traumatic stress, and questions about the beginning and end of life.Each of the 60 essays in Keywords for Disability Studies focuses on a distinct critical concept, including "ethics," "medicalization," "performance," "reproduction," "identity," and "stigma," among others. Although the essays recognize that "disability" is often used as an umbrella term, the contributors to the volume avoid treating individual disabilities as keywords, and instead interrogate concepts that encompass different components of the social and bodily experience of disability. The essays approach disability as an embodied condition, a mutable historical phenomenon, and a social, political, and cultural identity.An invaluable resource for students and scholars alike, Keywords for Disability Studies brings the debates that have often remained internal to disability studies into a wider field of critical discourse, providing opportunities for fresh theoretical considerations of the field's core presuppositions through a variety of disciplinary perspectives.Visit keywords.nyupress.org for online essays, teaching resources, and more