Autistic researcher seeks autistics to discuss time and narrative in re science fiction.

[jesse_the_k]

Academic Sean Yeager seeks autistics to discuss experiences of time and narrative. Get paid! Participants will be compensated $100 for discussing their experiences of time with an openly autistic interviewer.

Interviews will take place in June-July 2023. Most interviews will take place over Zoom and last approximately 60-90 minutes. The interview format is flexible and can be adapted to accommodate participants’ access needs (e.g. typed and/or AAC interview is OK)

About Sean: https://english.osu.edu/news/sean-yeager-recipient-2022-2023-alumni-grants-graduate-research-and-scholarship. They discuss the importance of neuroqueer narratives in a 36-minute podcast https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/n4sj/episodes/Neuroqueer-Narratives-e1d3neb with transcript and bibliography

To be eligible, participants must be:

• 18+ years old
• Self-identified autistic
• Self-diagnosed is perfectly fine!
• Familiar with at least one of the following narratives by the time of the interview:
  Slaughterhouse 5 by Kurt Vonnegut (book)
  Story of Your Life by Ted Chiang (novella)
  Arrival by Denis Villeneuve (film)
  The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin (book)

Autistics who are Black, Indigenous, and/or nonspeaking will be prioritized in the selection process. Though the following narratives are not required for participation, candidates who enjoy any of them are especially encouraged to apply:

Kindred by Octavia Butler (book, graphic novel)
Martian Time Slip by Philip K. Dick (book)
A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki (book)
Custer on the Slipstream by Gerald Vizenor (short story)
Chrono Trigger (video game)
Outer Wilds (video game)

Comments

[rigormorphis]

Thanks for this! How do we contact Sean if we're interested?

Thanks for asking

[jesse_the_k]

...and it would indeed be helpful if I'd included his email:

username: yeager.211
servername: osu.edu

Re: Thanks for asking

[rigormorphis]

Thanks so much!