[csaa-forum] Gerard Goggin & Christopher Newell win Human Rights Award

[Melissa Gregg]

I'm sure many CSAA members will be thrilled to hear the news that Disability
in Australia: Exposing a Social Apartheid by Associate Professor Christopher
Newell and Dr Gerard Goggin has today been awarded the Human Rights Arts
Non-Fiction Award:
http://www.humanrights.gov.au/media_releases/2005/69_05.html
 
The press release reads:
 
'Disability in Australia explores a hidden blight in society - the ways in
which the routine, daily and oppressive treatment of people with
disabilities denies them dignity. It uses the everyday, untold experiences
of life of people with disabilities to make a powerful and persuasive
argument about social apartheid. Drawing on a wide range of case studies
from health and welfare, sport, biotechnology, deinstitutionalisation,
political life, and the treatment of refugees, the book firmly puts
disability into a social, political and human rights perspective.
 
The judges described the book as "provocative, well-written and
informative". They said the authors successfully tackled an ambitious
project and highlighted issues that did not usually receive as much
attention as they deserved. The judges saw this book as managing to combine
the qualities of a passionate manifesto and a cool academic investigation.' 
 
The full list of award recipients is <a
href="http://www.hreoc.gov.au/media_releases/2005/66_05.html"
<http://www.hreoc.gov.au/media_releases/2005/66_05.html> >here</a>.
 
 
Congratulations Gerard and Christopher! 
 
 
 
Dr. Melissa Gregg
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Centre for Critical and Cultural Studies
and
Lecturer in Media and Cultural Studies 
School of English, Media Studies and Art History
The University of Queensland QLD 4072
CRICOS provider number: 00025B
 
phone    61 7 3346 9762
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fax    61 7 3365 7184
 
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