Ableism, the dis/ability binary and beyond

The Austrian Science Fund project Ableism, the dis/ability binary and beyond: A feminist intersectional approach to theory and digital activism will examine together with feminist disability activists how, by/for whom and for what purpose ableism has been discussed in scholarship and activism so far. The focus of this is how the interplay of (dis)ability, gender, social class, and race is considered in debates on ableism. Furthermore, it will be explored how the activists themselves critique ableism and notions of corporeal normality in their (digital) activism and thereby refer to various forms of disadvantage but also privilege. Together, the effects of ableism, both in relation to disability and beyond, on other women from the activists' communities will then be examined. The aim of the research project is to collaboratively create a feminist intersectional approach to ableism and to explore how such an approach reveals notions of ability (or rather ‘abledment’) in different contexts.