ArchaeoCafé - Episode 2-12 - Archaeology and disabilities: An interview with Jon White

ArchaeoCafé

In this episode I talk with Jon White about his archaeological research on disabilities in the past as well as about archaeologists with disabilities today - how they can affect archaeologists and strategies for dealing with them.

Episode notes are available on the ArchaeoCafé website.
http://archaeocafe.kvasirpublishing.com/archaeocafe-podcast-ep-212-white

About Jon White

Jon is a doctoral student of archaeology at the University at Buffalo, State University of New York. He is also the Assistant Director of Alternative Testing and Assistive Technology at the Disability Resource Center at the University at Albany, State University of New York. His archaeological research looks at topics such as marginalization and exclusion, disability, urbanism and settlement planning, and the eastern Mediterranean during the Bronze Age.

Web:
https://sunybuffalo.academia.edu/JWhite
http://iema.buffalo.edu/people/white/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathan-white-1aa98568/

Some useful terminology and links

Ableism
Discrimination and social prejudice against people with disabilities and/or people who are perceived to be disabled.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ableism

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