The title of the conference Social and cultural images of disability. Chances and threats. corresponds with the Festival’s leitmotif Image my strength. The conference will consist of lectures of the invited guests and a discussion. The event will take place on September 9 (Tuesday) at University of Technology in Koszalin, Kwiatkowskiego Street 6e, room 13.
Agenda:
10.00-10.10 Introduction – prof. dr hab. Bogusław Polak, dean of Humanistic Department at University of Technology in Koszalin
10.10-10.30 From help to compensation. A modern attitude to the support of the people with disabilities, mgr Krzysztof Kosiński, the director of the government plenipotentiary for the disabled people’s office
10.30-10.50 Media images of the people with disabilities – evolution and a current situation, dr hab. Hanna Żuraw, prof. at Higher School of Social Sciences Pedagogium in Warsaw
10.50-11.05 Coffee break
11.05-11.25 See yourself. Film images of the disabled people, dr hab. Wojciech Otto, prof. at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań
11.25-11.45 The image of disability in advertisements and its changes, dr Piotr Szarszewski, Humanistic Department at University of Technology in Koszalin
11.45-12.00 Coffee break
12.00-13.00 discussion panel: Social and cultural images of disability – chances and threats, chairman: dr Dariusz Magierek, associate dean of Humanistic Department at University of Technology in Koszalin
13.00 Closing remarks