{"product_id":"rights-not-charity-protest-textiles-and-disability-activism","title":"Rights Not Charity - Protest Textiles and Disability Activism","description":"\u003cp\u003eTextiles have long been part of the fabric of disabled people’s lives and history. In common with banners of the women’s suffrage movement and trade unions, disabled activists have embraced banners as a form of protest and resistance, communicating messages about identity, pride, unity and justice. \u003cem\u003eRights Not Charity\u003c\/em\u003e tells the stories of these banners.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eCurator Gill Crawshaw explores this history through the protest banners and political artwork of disabled people’s rights movements, taking in political responses to charity, accessibility, and government cuts, among other causes.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGill Crawshaw\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e is a curator who draws on her experience of disability activism to organise art exhibitions and events which highlight issues affecting disabled people. Gill has curated exhibitions which have addressed representation of disabled artists (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003ePossible All Along\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e), charity (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003ePiss on Pity\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e), cuts to welfare and public spending (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eShoddy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e) and access (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe Reality of Small Differences\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eGill is interested in the intersection of disabled people’s lives with textile heritage in the north of England, as well as with contemporary textile arts. At the time of publication, Gill is organising an exhibition that is part of Leeds 2023 Year of Culture. In \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eAny work that wanted doing\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e, disabled artists are invited to respond to Gill’s research into disabled people who worked in textile mills.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eEdited by \u003cstrong\u003eLaura Moseley\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eMarisa Clements\u003c\/strong\u003e, designed by \u003cstrong\u003eChris Shortt\u003c\/strong\u003e and illustrated by \u003cstrong\u003eAlice Bigsby-Bye\u003c\/strong\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Idea Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54379384340827,"sku":null,"price":13.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/zabriskie.de\/products\/rights-not-charity-protest-textiles-and-disability-activism","provider":"Zabriskie Buchladen für Kultur und Natur","version":"1.0","type":"link"}