CfP: Eco-crip Cultures: Disability and the Environment
This special issue explores the intersection of ecology and disability. Recognizing the materiality of both human and more-than-human bodies, we invite articles that consider the possibilities afforded by eco-crip theory to examine the marginalizing cultures of normalization, ableism, and speciesism and to positively value wide- ranging understandings, experiences, and contexts of embodied disability and environment.
We invite the submission of internationally diverse articles that bring a cultural studies approach to the representation of disability and ecology. Topics may include:
- representations of tensions, synergies, toxicity, and health of spaces (urban, natural, accessible, etc.) and bodies (human, nonhuman, hybrid)
- cultural texts that posit the replacement of extractive economic and cultural models that focus on quantitative measures of production and profit with new definitions of well-being that prioritize community, sufficiency (rather than abundance), and a plurality of bodies and contributions
- the possibilities afforded by eco-crip cultural production to shift away from the normative approaches that pathologize disability and/or greenwash ecological crises
- textual portrayals of the ways in which provisions of care and interspecies collaborations provide emotional and physical support of disabled bodies and may enhance human and more-than-human understanding and/or reinforce exploitative patterns
See the attached CFP for more information.
Contributions may be sent in English, French, or Spanish. Please submit a 300-word abstract proposal by July 15, 2025, to the editors: Shanna Lino and Maryanne L. Leone. The feedback on your proposal will be provided by September 15, 2025.
Final essays should be between 6,000 and 8,000 words (including abstract, keywords, and bibliography). Completed manuscripts are due January 15, 2026.
Maryanne L. Leone, PhD, Professor of Spanish and Chair, Department of Modern and Classical Languages and Cultures, Assumption University, Worcester, MA, USA. Shanna Lino (elle/she/ella), PhD, Associate Professor, Coordinator for the Program in Spanish and Latin American Cultures & Societies, Department of Global Communication & Cultures, Collège universitaire Glendon, York University, Toronto, Canada.