View:
- no detail
- some detail
- full detail
Barrier Work: Before and After the Americans with Disabilities Act
Aimi Hamraie
in Building Access: Universal Design and the Politics of Disability
- Published in print:
- 2017
- Published Online:
- September 2018
- ISBN:
- 9781517901639
- eISBN:
- 9781452958743
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Minnesota Press
- DOI:
- 10.5749/minnesota/9781517901639.003.0007
- Subject:
- Architecture, Architectural History
Chapter 6 traces the rise of Universal Design and how it responded to these earlier approaches to accessible design. This chapter treats Universal Design as a series of experiments in knowing and ... More
Entangled Principles: Crafting a Universal Design Methodology
Aimi Hamraie
in Building Access: Universal Design and the Politics of Disability
- Published in print:
- 2017
- Published Online:
- September 2018
- ISBN:
- 9781517901639
- eISBN:
- 9781452958743
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Minnesota Press
- DOI:
- 10.5749/minnesota/9781517901639.003.0008
- Subject:
- Architecture, Architectural History
Chapter 7 considers the “Principles of Universal Design,” the key document of this movement, unpacking its interventions.
Epistemic Activism: Design Expertise as a Site of Intervention
Aimi Hamraie
in Building Access: Universal Design and the Politics of Disability
- Published in print:
- 2017
- Published Online:
- September 2018
- ISBN:
- 9781517901639
- eISBN:
- 9781452958743
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Minnesota Press
- DOI:
- 10.5749/minnesota/9781517901639.003.0006
- Subject:
- Architecture, Architectural History
Chapter 5 studies what I term “epistemic activism,” or activism that occurs within academic fields to shape social norms and practices. Specifically, this chapter shows how architects were enacting ... More
Sloped Technoscience: Curb Cuts, Critical Frictions, and Disability (Maker) Cultures
Aimi Hamraie
in Building Access: Universal Design and the Politics of Disability
- Published in print:
- 2017
- Published Online:
- September 2018
- ISBN:
- 9781517901639
- eISBN:
- 9781452958743
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Minnesota Press
- DOI:
- 10.5749/minnesota/9781517901639.003.0005
- Subject:
- Architecture, Architectural History
Chapter 4 studies the history of the curb cut as a do-it-yourself accessibility technology produced by disability activists. This chapter uses the curb cut to examine broader histories of disability ... More
All Americans: Disability, Race, and Segregated Citizenship
Aimi Hamraie
in Building Access: Universal Design and the Politics of Disability
- Published in print:
- 2017
- Published Online:
- September 2018
- ISBN:
- 9781517901639
- eISBN:
- 9781452958743
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Minnesota Press
- DOI:
- 10.5749/minnesota/9781517901639.003.0004
- Subject:
- Architecture, Architectural History
Chapter 3 studies the rise of barrier-free design, or disability access, in the mid-twentieth century U.S., focusing on how this approach emerged through U.S. cultures of whiteness, gender ... More
Building Access: Universal Design and the Politics of Disability
Aimi Hamraie
- Published in print:
- 2017
- Published Online:
- September 2018
- ISBN:
- 9781517901639
- eISBN:
- 9781452958743
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- University of Minnesota Press
- DOI:
- 10.5749/minnesota/9781517901639.001.0001
- Subject:
- Architecture, Architectural History
Building Access investigates twentieth-century strategies for designing the world with disability in mind. Illustrated with a wealth of rare archival materials, this book brings together scientific, ... More
Flexible Users: From the Average Body to a Range of Users
Aimi Hamraie
in Building Access: Universal Design and the Politics of Disability
- Published in print:
- 2017
- Published Online:
- September 2018
- ISBN:
- 9781517901639
- eISBN:
- 9781452958743
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Minnesota Press
- DOI:
- 10.5749/minnesota/9781517901639.003.0003
- Subject:
- Architecture, Architectural History
Chapter 2 examines the rise of “flexible” and “ergonomic” design. Hamraie argues that these approaches were not about accepting different, but rather about military-industrial efficiency.
View:
- no detail
- some detail
- full detail
