I'll be heading to one of my academic homes next week, the University of Leicester, to talk about two 'paths' in my autism-related activities to date.
At a workshop at the University, I'll be presenting my - nearly out! - book of lessons for autistic young people based on Hercules.
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| Poster for my session at Leicester on November 30th, designed by Dan Stewart |
I'll also be introducing my next project, which will pursue a 'Medusan' path.
Here I shall propose Medusa as a figure who can resonate with autistic ways of being. I'll set out how Medusa does this differently from Hercules, but at least as significantly. I plan to focus on how Medusa fits, notably, with being autistic and:
- self stimulation
- movement
- emotional intensity.
I visited Leicester in September 2022 for a Hercules-focused session which included an (opt-in) interactive activity. I'm planning to same this time round as well.
It's possible to attend online as well as in person. Email the address on the poster above or me via susan.deacy@bristol.ac.uk for information.
It is very likely that I shall be discussing several crossroads-rich images. Here's a taster:
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| Zbigniew Karaszewski, The Choice of Hercules 4 (2022) based on a 1603 illustration of the constellation by Johann Bayer sourced from Wikimedia Commons |
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| A crossroads on the Zeus Housing Estate in Warsaw photographed by Maria Makarewicz |
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| The cover of my book :) |
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| Anya Laura, Medusa at the Interface Between Science and Arts, from S.Goffredo and Z. Dubinsky (ads.), The Cnidaria, Past, Present and Future: The World of Medusa and her Sisters, Springer 2016: ii |
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