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  • Study trip to Uganda 2017

    The research group 'Disability & Technology' organizes a four-week study trip to Uganda in July 2017.

  • Second Stakeholder Dialogue on Disability and Research

    Upon longstanding interaction with key stakeholders working in the field of disability in Uganda, a committee has been set up to bridge the gap between research and practice...

  • Summer School 2015: Connecting basic and applied research - Developing theoretical and methodical concepts and approaches for applied projects

    On August 16th the D&T research group started an intense five days retreat on Kalangala, Ssese Islands, Uganda...

  • Upcoming: 'Material culture of disability' course in spring semester 2015 at UZH

    Andrea Müller will teach the course 'Material culture of disability' in the coming spring semester 2015 at the Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology of the University of Zurich.

  • Winter school 2014 and 'Sensoriality' module of the Swiss Graduate Program in Anthropology

    Disability & Technologymet for a second time this year - this time the Ugandan members travelled to chilly Switzerland from 7th to 14th of December.

  • "Poverty Reduction of the Disabled: Livelihood of Persons with Disabilities in the Philippines" with Soya Mori

    Yesterday, Soya Mori, a Deaf Japanese development economist and disability researcher (IDE-JERTO), presented his current research on the livelihood of PWDs in Metro Manila at the CHDC.

  • D&T receives 'Swiss-African kick-starting projects' grant from the University of Basel

    Disability&Technologyreceives a grant of 10'000 Swiss francs from the Global Affairs department of the University of Basel.

  • Summer school 2014 in Kampala started on July 7th.

    The Disability & Technologysummer school 2014 in Kampala started on July 7th.

  • Upcoming: 'Disability in local and global contexts' course in fall semester 2014 at UZH

    Marie Schuler and Andrea Müller will teach the course 'Disability in local and global contexts' in the coming fall semester 2014 at the Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology of the University of Zurich.

  • UZH honorary doctorates granted to Susan Reynolds Whyte and Penny Boyes Braem

    On the Dies academicus 2014 the University of Zurich granted honorary doctorates to Susan Reynolds Whyte and Penny Boyes Braem.

  • SNF r4d project starts on February 1st, 2014

    Our SNF r4d funded applied research project Disability and Technology in Uganda from Local and Global Perspectivesofficially starts on February 1st, 2014.

  • MAS Symposium 2013: Enabling Disability and Processes of Learning

    Medical Anthropology Switzerland (MAS SEG), in cooperation with the Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology (ESZ)and the Ethnographic Museum of the University of Zurich (VMZ), is pleased to announce the upcoming international symposium „Enabling Disability and Processes of Learning", which will take place in Zurich on 25/26th October 2013.

  • Disability & Technology receives research funds from the Swiss National Science Foundation

    Within the framework of the recently launched funding program Swiss Program for Research on Global Issues for Development (r4d)the Swiss National Science Foundationapproved the submitted research project Disability and Technology in Uganda from Local and Global Perspectives.