College Composition and Communication Sep 2023

Beyond (Favor) Access: Constellating Communities through Collective Access

Ada Hubrig

Abstract

Drawing on disability studies analysis of institutional narratives of disability by composition and rhetoric scholars, this article theorizes “favor access.” Favor access gestures toward inclusion, but is steeped in the capitalist, colonialist logic of academic institutions in service of ultimately extractive, dehumanizing agendas. Instead of favor access, the article points to collective access as articulated by disability justice activists. As opposed to favor access, collective access rejects institutional logics and values community and collaboration rather than academia’s emphasis on individualism and competition. This article considers sites where collective access is happening in composition classrooms and in the field of composition and rhetoric.

Journal
College Composition and Communication
Published
2023-09-01
DOI
10.58680/ccc202332670
Open Access
Closed
Topics
disability studies multilingual writers

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