AIM Lab director Arseli Dokumaci and Lab Member Emery Vanderburgh have been awarded a citizen-science project grant through the Programme Engagement from the Fonds de recherche du Québec (FRQ) for their project: “Dismantling societal stigma around disability: How can plant mutations allow us to reimagine disability as a valuable form of biodiversity?”
“Dismantling societal stigma around disability: How can plant mutations allow us to reimagine disability as a valuable form of biodiversity?”
This is a citizen science research-creation project focused on using plant mutations to develop a novel aesthetic representation of disability, which can enable the public to think of disability as a valuable form of biodiversity. Mutated plants will be grown at the Access in the Making Lab in order to explore new ways of thinking about disability, and complemented with a multi-media installation featuring digital and sculptural renderings of the flowers.
