Assignment #2: Corporeal Marker Project
The corporeal markers we chose for our project were disability-related: a wheelchair and an arm-sling. While both of these markers actually are required for (temporarily or permanently) disabled bodies to function in an able-bodied world, the markers are uncommon enough among young, abled bodies in college. These specific corporeal markers were chosen because one of the participants (Bella) was already navigating spaces in a wheelchair, due to an unfortunate series of injury-related events. Noticing differences in how and where she was able to access her beloved college campus of 4 years, she decided to 'make' the wheelchair her marker for the remainder of the project. Anastasia utilized an arm sling leftover from Bella's stress-fractured elbow injury last year. Unwelcome bodies: Doors and objects in the way Navigating the able-bodied world with disability markers was quite a challenge. Invoking Hansen and Philo's (2007) discussion on 'doing things diffe...