The Crip Collective is a weekly, accessible meeting space for disability-led exchange, reflection, and collective thinking. It brings together disabled and non-disabled researchers, artists, activists, and others interested in disability, access, and technology.
Rooted in crip theory, the Crip Collective understands lived experience as a critical form of knowledge. Rather than treating disability as a problem to be solved, we centre disabled perspectives as a starting point for research, design, and critique. The Collective offers space for peer support, sharing work-in-progress, and discussing experiences of access, exclusion, and belonging in academia and beyond.
What we do
- peer-led exchange and mutual support
- discussion of disability-led research, design, and artistic practices
- collective reflection on barriers, access needs, and institutional norms
- ideation around research questions and design futures shaped by lived experience
Accessibility
Meetings take place weekly in an accessible space at TU Wien. Sessions are supported by Austrian Sign Language interpretation. We aim to continuously adapt the format to participants’ access needs.
Open invitation
The Crip Collective is open to anyone interested in disability-led perspectives — especially disabled people, but also non-disabled allies who are willing to listen, reflect, and engage critically. No prior knowledge is required.
If you are interested in joining or would like to learn more, please get in touch via our conact form.