How can portraits and podcasts change perceptions of disability?

Suitable for 14-19-year olds (secondary and high schools, and college), this article and accompanying activity sheet can be used in the classroom, STEM clubs and at home.

This resource links to KS4 and KS5/Grade 9-10 and Grade 11-12 Art, Civics and Geography.

It can also be used as a careers resource and links to Gatsby Benchmarks (UK):
Gatsby Benchmark 2: Learning from career and labour market information
Gatsby Benchmark 4: Linking curriculum learning to careers

• This teaching resource explains the work of Dr Pamela Block from Western University in Canada, Dr Nádia Meinerz from the Federal University of Alagoas in Brazil and Bruna Teixeira from the Brazilian feminist art collective Ateliê Ambrosina. They are exploring disability and identity through portraits, podcasts and creative participatory research.

• This resource also contains interviews with Pamela, Nádia and Bruna, and offers an insight into careers in disability anthropology. If your students have questions for Pamela, Nádia or Bruna they can send them through the Futurum Careers website.

• The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) to prompt students to reflect on Pamela, Nádia and Bruna’s research and challenges them to create a self-portrait to express or reflect on their identity.

• These resources are also available in Portuguese.

This resource was first published by Futurum Careers, a free online resource and magazine aimed at encouraging 14-19-year-olds worldwide to pursue careers in science, tech, engineering, maths, medicine (STEM) and social sciences, humanities and the arts for people and the economy (SHAPE).

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