Self Labelling and Identity

We call mad people lots of names. Most of them are not meant to be complimentary. But what do mad people call themselves? Do they accept labels that others stick on them? Do they apply their own labels? Why might one person choose a different label than another? This is a short documentary in which 12 Toronto activists discuss how they identify themselves.

Note: The film is featured currently in the National Screen Institute Online Short Film Festival: http://www.nsi-canada.ca/self_labelling_and_identity.aspx

Documentaries are one of Ryerson University's online learning tools, used by instructors to spark discussion in the online student forums. This documentary is a part of unique and engaging online course called 'Mad People's History' (CDST 504), developed by Digital Education Strategies at The Chang School and David Reville, an instructor with the School of Disability Studies at Ryerson University.

Produced by Digital Education Strategies at The G. Raymond Chang School of Continuing Education, Ryerson University.

For More Info:
Disability Studies continuing education courses: http://www.ryerson.ca/ce/disabilitystudies
School of Disability Studies: http://www.ryerson.ca/ds
The Chang School: http://www.ryerson.ca/ce
Digital Education Strategies: http://de.ryerson.ca

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Education

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• Ryerson University
• School of Disability Studies
• Chang School
• continuing education
• CE
• Digital Education Strategies
• mad people's history
• disability studies
• survivor ex-patient movement
• Sound Times
• Voices from the Street
• OCAB
• Friendly Spike Theatre Band

[kimtonearts]

Thank you for bring this important message to the web and the awareness it can bring to the situation.

[videobuff2009]

Great video. Well done. I have been called many things which described a small facet of who and what I am at any particular point in time. Labels restrict the complexity of what we are. Instead of dwelling on the color and shape of a dot on my skin I would rather you see the totality of my being. So call me crazy if you must but I would prefer "beautiful human being". (and even that is just a small part of me). Gian Mura