Alternative Communication Monthly Sessions #3
November 7 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm EST
Cultural Autism Studies at Yale (CASY, the ethnography project led by Dr. Dawn Prince-Hughes) is delighted to welcome Anna Pietraszczyk, MA on Thursday, November 7, 4-5 p.m. EDT. There is no cost to attend, and international participants are invited to attend. RSVP here to access Zoom link.
DESCRIPTION: Alternative Communication Monthly Sessions with Anna Pietraszczyk, MA. Join us for an experimental free fall into the vast beyond of normative forms of communication. We’ll start by looking into the continuous, ever-present ways in which communication conditions our world. We’ll explore the animal and plant kingdoms, delve into the universe and the power of movement, and consider the potency of nothingness. We’ll examine sound, energy, verbal and non-verbal acts, and share our non-normative experiences. These sessions aim to inspire both individual and collective expressions through previously unexplored mediums. Held every first Thursday of the month (with the exception of the first session held 9/12/24).
BRIEF BIO (provided by the speaker): Anna Pietraszczyk is a neurodivergent educator, a post-war rebel, and an emigrant. She is a critical theory enthusiast, podcaster, and writer, and is interested in dialogism, cultural hybridity, decoloniality and critical animal studies. She earned a BA in Tourism Management from Manchester Metropolitan University, followed by an MA in Education for Sustainable Development from the University of Gothenburg. She has traveled globally and is fluent in four languages. In January 2024, she launched “Tending to Talks,” a podcast series (https://www.youtube.com/@TendingToTalks) aimed at fostering thoughtful reflection with scholars and writers, delving into the pressing issues confronting our world today. Anna currently lives in Portugal and plans to host sessions around the areas of education the skill of concealment within neurodivergent families during wartime.
About Cultural Autism Studies at Yale (CASY, the ethnography project led by Dr. @Dawn Prince-Hughes). An ‘ethnography’ is an exploration of how a group of people express themselves in a cultural way. Autistic people have a growing kind of culture, and each autistic experience is a vital part of it. Dr. Dawn Prince-Hughes is an anthropologist, ethnographer, primatologist, and author who is autistic. Join her for an exploration of the importance of autistic self-expression and the culture that grows from it. Those who wish to share their content are free to do so on our private Facebook group (see below), organically contributing to a growing autistic culture.
Links to online events will also be shared on these private Facebook groups: SOCIAL CONNECTIVITY FOR AUTISM (http://tinyurl.com/mrxnxmnc) or CASY Cultural Autism Studies at Yale (http://tinyurl.com/4ckbyut7).
CREDITS: The preparation of this material was financed under an agreement with the Connecticut Council on Developmental Disabilities (CTCDD). CASY Sparks membership, activities and events are free. CASY Sparks is sponsored in part by The Daniel Jordan Fiddle Foundation Adult Autism Research Fund, and a generous gift from the Rosen family, and the research of Dr. Roger Jou, including Simons Foundation Powering Autism Research (SPARK) Clinical Site Network – Yale University (https://www.SPARKforAutism.org/Yale).