Disability and the Global South (DGS) academic journal launches new Voices from the Field section

The objective is to renegotiate, extend and open up the academic space to alternative knowledges, ways of doing research and modes of expression beyond the traditional academic structures.

At Disability and the Global South (DGS) we seek to provide an inclusive, democratic and safe space that prioritises and communicates the voices and concerns of disabled people, disabled people’s organisations (DPOs), practitioners, activists, families and communities, in particular those from the global South. This sustains our continuing efforts at bringing theory and practice together while contributing new, critical understandings on disability in the global South. We also hope to provide a platform of information from the ground that not only educates, but can also by used by activists and others to lobby, influence practice and challenge disablism in their specific contexts. We are determined to put the methods literally in the hands of global South and other partners, to turn this output into research knowledge and to make it available far and wide, beyond the walls of academia.

DGS is therefore inviting and will be publishing submissions in a range of alterantive and far reaching formats, including short reflective articles; audio-visual material; and written, spoken, played, signed or any other narratives addressing any or a combination of the wide themes prioritised by the journal. In line with the proud journal tradition, all material will be available in open and free access.

All submissions will be peer reviewed by a critical and international board working in the field, and support provided throughout the process in a safe, democratic and respectful space.

For more information visit our website: or email Dr. Shaun Grech (Journal Editor) .