Collection Vision
The Voice of Disability: Storytelling for Disability Inclusive Places
What is ableism, and what does “nothing about us without us” mean? Collection editors Dr Damian Mellifont and Dr Jennifer Smith-Merry are seeking authors to raise their own voices of disability.
Diversity in Authorial Expertise: There are Many Paths to Authoring with Lived Places Publishing
Publisher David Parker and editor Rebecca Bush explore the different paths to authorship that an expert might take, and explain why they are deliberately looking for authors whose expertise is expressed outside academia, in addition to traditionally academic authorities
All Stories Created Equal: Inequity and Inequality in Autobiography and Storytelling
All people are not valued equally, so there is societal inequity and inequality in how their stories are valued as well. Collection Editor Chris McAuley explores the mission of Lived Places Black Studies Collection to help rectify this imbalance.
Latinx and the Possibilities of Place
Dr. Manuel Callahan discusses the tension, critiques, and differing opinions around the use of the term Latinx to describe identities that may otherwise be labelled Latin American, Latino, or Latina.
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Recent Posts
How to Inspire and Sustain Creative Resistance
by Cindy Horst
How do we remain hopeful to maintain ‘the energy to act’ when confronted with a daily onslaught of visual evidence of the worst in mankind? This requires a shift from an individual to a relational ethics that strengthens our response-ability.
Why Female Entrepreneurs Get Significantly Less Startup Funding than Men
While women own more than 40% of all businesses in the US, female founders receive significantly less in funding. There are steps we can take to close this funding gap for women in business.
The Forgotten in Care Homes: Older People with Dual Sensory Impairment
Older people who live with combined hearing and vision loss (also called dual sensory impairment) are not being recognised, diagnosed and supported due to low levels of awareness among community and staff. A donate-a-book program to a care home is one innovative way to get information into care facilities.
The Cost of White Shame and the Benefits of Moving Through It
by Sarah Eisner
White Americans have largely been silent or ignorant about the cognitive dissonance we live with, both today and passed down through our DNA, and the way it causes so much shame. Unprocessed and misunderstood, this white shame can show up as depression and paralyzing pain. Moving through it can be a powerful step toward antiracism, and is critical to our mental health.
Invisible Disabilities: Overcoming Biases and Other Outdated Notions
Invisible disabilities have long been viewed as being less severe than their visible counterparts, and this issue persists to this day. There is still the outdated notion that your disability must cause you physical pain or infirmity to be believed, accepted, and supported.
Overhauling the American Prison Industry: A View From 20 Years of Incarceration
LIVE EVENT: Nov 14, 2024 | In this conversation between Chris McAuley, Black Studies Collection Editor at Lived Places Publishing and Maurice Tyree, author of The Darkest Parts of my Blackness: A Journey of Remorse, Reform, Reconciliation, and (R)evolution (co-authored with Katie Singer), they examine the numerous problems and possible solutions to the disaster that is the American carceral state.