Clashing Vulnerabilities: Disability and Conflict
Stockholm June 3, 2026, Albano, Hus 2, Lärosal 16
How might we think about vulnerability by looking at cases where different kinds of vulnerabilities clash?
Welcome to a discussion about the role conflicts and clashes play in comprehending “vulnerability”. How do clashes influence what can count as a vulnerability? And what kinds of vulnerabilities matter more than others? Why?
Presenters will summarise their contribution to the recent book Clashing Vulnerabilities, Disability and Conflict (Routledge 2026) and will discuss their work with anthropologist Fanny Ambjörnsson, author of Om Nadja, about a disabled sister, and screenwriter Mikael Weinberg, director of the feature film Banandansen, about a woman with an intellectual impairment who becomes pregnant.
Contact: disability2026@akademikonferens.se
Program
13.00 Welcome and introduction Don Kulick and Simo Vehmas
13.15 Embodied vulnerability vs. capitalist privilege Jan Grue
13.30 Freedom vs. disability Marie Sépulchre
13.45 Rights vs. wrong: debates about sex and disability Don Kulick
14.00 Grassroots disability movement vs. disability organizations Pekka Koskinen
14.15 French teachers vs. disabled students Cristina Popescu
14.30 Day centre staff vs. service users during the COVID-19 pandemic Richard Gäddman Johansson and Kristina Engwall
14.45 Inherent vs. contingent vulnerabilities Simo Vehmas and Reetta Mietola
15.00 Coffee break
15.30 Commentaries Fanny Ambjörnsson and Mikael Weinberg
15.50 Discussion
16.30 Wine and nibbles
Last updated: 2026-04-27
Source: Department of Special Education,Communications Office