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Contra*Episode 54: Contra* Season 4 Reflections with Aimi Hamraie and Kelsie ActonOn this episode, Aimi Hamraie and Kelsie Acton reflect on this season of Contra*, their work with the Remote Access Archives, and their hopes for how the archives will be used. They also share about their own experiences of finding remote access in their disability communities,and how they archived remote access with the Critical Design Lab team. On this episode, Aimi Hamraie and Kelsie Acton reflect on this season of Contra*, their work with the Remote Access Archives, and their hopes for how the archives will be used. They also share about their own experiences of f...2025-05-141h 02Contra*Episode 53: Contra* Remote Joy and Community with India HarvilleThis episode, we hear from India Harville, an African American, queer, disabled activist, consultant, public speaker, somatics practitioner, and performance artist. India details her own experience with remote access before and during the pandemic, and the ways that the disability community continues to innovate and experiment to find more ways to connect, find joy, and build community across space and access. For a full episode transcript, visit criticaldesignlab.comThemes: Disability advocacy and justiceRemote access in the chronic illness communityZoom participation and community buildingLinks: 2025-05-0732 minContra*Episode 52: Contra* Sex and Intimacy with Brian LobelThis episode, we hear from Brian Lobel, a white man who was diagnosed with cancer and co-founded of the Sex with Cancer project. Lobel takes us into the world of cancer, queer sex advocacy, disabled pleasure, and the role of hotlines and online spaces as essential remote access for anyone searching for answers to their most intimate questions. For a full episode transcript, visit criticaldesignlab.comThemes: Body change and cancerCancer and disability community / cultureCOVID-19 pandemic era and disability advocacyDisabled pleasure, disabled sex...2025-04-3039 minContra*Episode 51: Cripping Pandemic LearningWhat has been the role of remote access before and during the COVID-19 pandemic for the disability community? In this mini-episode, Kelsie looks at Cripping Pandemic Learning, documents developed by Danielle E. Lorenz and Hannah Sullivan Facknitz to support access for disabled students to online learning. These documents highlight the collaboration and simplicity of access-knowledge sharing common to disability culture. For a full episode description, visit criticaldesignlab.comLinks:Remote Access Archive2025-04-2306 minContra*Episode 50: Contra* Childhood Joy and Education with Katie GoldfinchThis episode, we hear from Katie Goldfinch, a white, nonbinary person and solidarity worker with Touretteshero. Katie gives us insight into the disability arts scene in the UK, how Touretteshero navigates the pandemic, and how they are working hard to share collective joy, education, creativity, and curiosity with kids and teachers remotely. For a full episode transcript, visit criticaldesignlab.comThemes: Remote access, collaborative access, and educationCreating joy and collaboration remotelyDisabled kids and disability artsPlay and performance Links: Touretteshero website2025-04-1641 minContra*Episode 49: Crips for eSimsWhat has been the role of remote access before and during the COVID-19 pandemic for the disability community? In this mini-episode, Kelsie looks at Crips for E-sims for Gaza, an effort by Alice Wong, Leah Lakshmi Piepzna Samarasinha and Jane Shi to encourage disabled people and their allies to donate to get eSims to people in Gaza. Kelsie reflects on the relationship between mutual aid, remote access and the importance of doing something, however small. For a full episode transcript, visit criticaldesignlab.comLinks:Donate to Crips for Esims for GazaRe...2025-04-0907 minContra*Episode 48: Contra* Fashion and Performance with Sky CubacubThis episode, we hear from Sky Cubacub, a Filipinx, non-binary disabled activist, designer and educator, who founded Rebirth Garments. They discuss their journey to gender-affirming fashion, fashion newsletters, and navigating social media. And, they share their current project with kids – at the intersection of education, performance, and interdependence that is rooted in community care and trust. For a full episode transcript, visit criticaldesignlab.comThemes: Fashion, performance, and fashion showsSocial media and remote community buildingHybrid and remote performancesImmunocompromised and remote community Zoom parti...2025-04-0236 minContra*Episode 47: Olmstead Quality of Life SurveyWhat has been the role of remote access before and during the COVID-19 pandemic for the disability community? In this mini-episode, Kelsie looks at the Olmstead Quality of Life Survey and reflects on the limits of remote access. For a full episode transcript, visit criticaldesignlab.comLinks:Remote Access Archive2025-03-2606 minContra*Episode 46: Contra* Remote Access Parties with moira williamsOn this episode, we hear from moira williams, an Indigenous disabled artist. moira shares their experience with pre-pandemic and pandemic forms of remote access, especially as it pertains to joy, community-building, performance, nightlife and parties, visual protests and more. For a full episode transcript, visit criticaldesignlab.comThemes: Joy as resistanceHybrid and remote parties and community buildingMovement in disability spaces and communities Zoom participation and community buildingIndigenous communities and disability justiceLand acknowledgement in remote digital settingsDisability art...2025-03-1944 minContra*Episode 45: Glitch RealmWhat has been the role of remote access before and during the COVID-19 pandemic for the disability community? In this mini-episode, Kelsie shares a bit about Glitch Realm, a piece of digital art by Yo-Yo Lin and Kevin Gotkin, developed for one of the Remote Access parties and reflects on joy and access magic. For a full episode transcript, visit criticaldesignlab.comLinks:Remote Access Archive2025-03-1207 minContra*Episode 44: Contra* Environmental Illness and Remote Life with Susan MolloyOn this episode of Contra*, Aimi talks to Susan Molloy, a white disabled woman and environmental illness activist. Susan is a resident of a remote, disability community outside of Snowflake, Arizona. Susan shares how she found her way to remote disability advocacy, the barriers to remote access faced by folks with environmental illnesses, and how she and others in her neighborhood advocate, innovate, and design living spaces that fit their needs. For a full episode transcript, visit criticaldesignlab.comThemes: Remote access and navigating different sensitivities Chemical sensitivities, electrical sensitivities, and ele...2025-03-0548 minContra*Episode 43: Communication FirstWhat has been the role of remote access before and during the COVID-19 pandemic for the disability community? In this mini-episode, Kelsie looks at five documents sent to us by Communication First. Communication First works to advance the rights of people who cannot rely on speech. These documents highlight the need for some disabled people to have in person support, including in person support to participate in remote access.Find the full epsiode transcript at criticaldesignlab.com.Links:Communication FirstRemote Access Archive2025-02-2606 minContra*Episode 42: Contra* Audio Descriptions with Thomas ReidThis episode, we hear from Thomas Reid, who is a Black disabled and blind man, podcast producer extraordinaire, and host of Reid My Mind Radio. Thomas discusses audio description and access, especially in the film industry, Blackness and disability, accessibility and blindness, and cross-disability community as he has navigated becoming blind as an adult.
He also shares his reasons for hope in the audio description and narration industry, and how remote access has transformed his ability to connect with and grow his community.
For a full transcript, visit criticaldesignlab.com.
T...2025-02-1933 minContra*Episode 41: Alice Wong Takes a Trip to the White HouseWhat has been the role of remote access before and during the COVID-19 pandemic for the disability community? In this mini-episode, Kelsie looks at two articles documenting Alice Wong’s 2015 trip to the White House via a robot.
In this mini-episode, Kelsie looks at documents that highligt an innovative remote access technology and the importance of remote access before the COVID-19 pandemic.
For an episode transcript, visit criticaldesignlab.com
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Disability Visibility Project
Remote Access Archive2025-02-1205 minContra*Episode 40: Contra* Podcasting in Community with Qudsiya NaquiThis episode, we hear from Qudsiya Naqui, a blind South Asian lawyer and podcast creator. Qudsiya shares how remote access has transformed her daily work and inspired her to start her own podcast, Down to the Struts, welcoming her into the broader disability community.
Themes:
Disability advocacy and justice
Advocating for remote workplace access
Blindness and screen readers
Podcast remote recordings and production
Navigating access in cross disability communities
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Qudsiya’s podcast, Down to the Struts
Qudsiya on Linkedin
Remote...2025-02-0536 minContra*Episode 39: UCLA Hybrid Access StrikeAt the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, we spoke with a number of scholars and activists about mutual aid and pandemic times. This season we’re sharing some of those conversations. We’re also taking a closer look at some of the documents in the remote access archive.
What has been the role of remote access before and during the COVID-19 pandemic for the disability community? In this mini-episode, Kelsie looks at documents associated with the UCLA Hybrid Access Strike and reflects on solidarity.
For an episode transcript, visit criticaldesignlab.com
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Down to the StrutsIntroducing the Remote Access Archives (and season 4 of the Contra* podcast)The team at Down to the Struts is thrilled to share the trailer for Season 4 of Contra*!
This season, Aimi Hamraie and the Critical Design Lab share oral history interviews from the Remote Access Archives. At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, they spoke with scholars and activists about mutual aid and pandemic times. This season, they’ll be sharing some of these conversations.
Aimi Hamraie, Cavar, Jen White-Johnson, Jiya Pandya, Julia Rose Karpicz, Katie Sullivan, and our very own Down to the Struts creator and host, Qudsiya Naqui, contributed to this season’s introduction.
Con...2025-01-2805 minContra*Episode 38: Contra* Remote Access History with Corbett O’TooleThis season of Contra*, we’re sharing oral history interviews from the Remote Access Archives. At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, we spoke with a number of scholars and activists about mutual aid and pandemic times.
What did remote access look like 20 years ago? 30 years ago? How has the disability community been innovating with phones, emails and the internet since these were emerging technologies? This episode features a conversation with Corbett O’Toole, a white, queer, disabled elder, artist and author, who discusses the significance of remote access technologies over the past few decades – from her role in...2025-01-2248 minContra*Episode 37: The Toomey GazetteAt the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, we spoke with a number of scholars and activists about mutual aid and pandemic times. This season we’re sharing some of those conversations. We’re also taking a closer look at some of the documents in the remote access archive in mini-episodes, like the one you're listening to today!
What was the role of remote access before the COVID-19 pandemic for the disability community? In this mini-episode, Kelsie looks at documents associated with the Toomey Gazette, later known as the Rehabilitation Gazette, a print newspaper sent out by a reha...2025-01-1507 minContra*Episode 36: Contra* Remote Access with Hector RamirezWelcome to Season 4 of Contra*! We’re back with new episodes from the Remote Access Archives. At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, we spoke with a number of scholars and activists about mutual aid and pandemic times. This season we’re sharing some of those conversations.
For an episode transcript, please visit criticaldesignlab.com.
What has been the role of remote access before and during the COVID-19 pandemic for the disability community? Aimi’s conversation with Hector Ramirez, a disabled, queer and Two-Spirit, and biracial disability rights advocate focuses on how remote access has transfo...2025-01-0847 minContra*Season 4 TrailerWelcome to Season 4 of Contra*!
On this season of Contra*, we’re sharing oral history interviews from the Remote Access Archives. At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, we spoke with a number of scholars and activists about mutual aid and pandemic times. This season, we'll be sharing some of these conversations.
For a transcript of this episode, please visit criticaldesignlab.com.2025-01-0103 minContra*Episode 34: Contra*History (2) with Elizabeth Guffey and Bess WilliamsonFor more information on our guest, show notes, and transcript please go to criticaldesignlab.com.2024-11-1433 minContra*Episode 33: Solidarity Chat 10: Embry Wood OwenFor more information on our guest, show notes, and transcript please go to criticaldesignlab.com.2024-10-3045 minContra*Episode 32: Solidarity Chat 9: Max LiboironFor more information on our guest, show notes, and transcript please go to criticaldesignlab.com2024-10-3032 minContra*Episode 31: Contra* Accessibility's History with Elizabeth Guffey and Bess WilliamsonFor more information on our guest, show notes, and transcript please go to criticaldesignlab.com.2024-10-3036 minContra*Episode 30: Solidarity Chat 8: Dasom NahFor more information on our guest, show notes, and transcript please go to criticaldesignlab.com2024-10-3029 minContra*Episode 29: Solidarity Chat 7: Jay SalazarFor more information on our guest, show notes, and transcript please go to criticaldesignlab.com2024-10-3035 minContra*Episode 28: Mourning, Mobilization, and Mutual AidFor more information on our guest, show notes, and transcript please go to criticaldesignlab.com.2024-10-3003 minContra*Episode 27: Solidarity Chat 6: Sulaiman KhanFor more information on our guest, show notes, and transcript please go to criticaldesignlab.com2024-10-3023 minContra*Episode 26: Solidarity Chat 5: Ayah NuriddinFor more information on our guest, show notes, and transcript please go to criticaldesignlab.com.2024-10-3028 minContra*Episode 25: Contra*Maintenance with Leah SamplesFor more information on our guest, show notes, and transcript please go to criticaldesignlab.com2024-10-3044 minContra*Episode 24: Solidarity Chat 4: Michelle MurphyFor more information on our guest, show notes, and transcript please go to criticaldesignlab.com2024-10-3026 minContra*Episode 23: Solidarity Chat 3: Jay DolmageFor more information on our guest, show notes, and transcript please go to criticaldesignlab.com2024-10-3026 minContra*Episode 22: Solidarity Chat 2: Alice WongFor more information on our guest, show notes, and transcript please go to criticaldesignlab.com2024-10-3022 minContra*Episode 21: Solidarity Chat 1: Arrianna PlaneyFor more information on our guest, show notes, and transcript please go to criticaldesignlab.com2024-10-3034 minContra*Episode 20: Contra*Technology with Liz EllcessorFor more information on our guest, show notes, and transcript please go to criticaldesignlab.com2024-10-3055 minContra*Episode 19: Contra*Making (2) with Corbett O'TooleFor more information on our guest, show notes, and transcript please go to criticaldesignlab.com2024-10-3038 minContra*Episode 18: Contra*Making with Corbett O'TooleFor more information on our guest, show notes, and transcript please go to criticaldesignlab.com.2024-10-3039 minContra*Episode 17: Contra*Curation with Chandler, Fisher, and LeeFor more information on our guest, show notes, and transcript please go to criticaldesignlab.com2024-10-3045 minContra*Episode 16: Contra*Arts Access with Emily WatlingtonFor more information on our guest, show notes, and transcript please go to criticaldesignlab.com2024-10-3046 minContra*Episode 15: Contra*Description with Liza SylvestreFor more information on our guest, show notes, and transcript please go to criticaldesignlab.com2024-10-3034 minContra*Episode 14: Contra*Fashion with Sky CubacubFor more information on our guest, show notes, and transcript please go to criticaldesignlab.com2024-10-3043 minContra*Episode 13: Contra*Stairs with Shannon FinneganFor more information on our guest, show notes, and transcript please go to criticaldesignlab.com2024-10-301h 03Contra*Episode 12: Contra*Performance with Alice SheppardFor more information on our guest, show notes, and transcript please go to criticaldesignlab.com2024-10-3050 minContra*Episode 11: Announcing the Crip Ritual ProjectFor more information on our guest, show notes, and transcript please go to criticaldesignlab.com2024-10-3006 minContra*Episode 10: Contra* Wrap UpFor more information on our guest, show notes, and transcript please go to criticaldesignlab.com.2024-10-3001 minContra*Episode 9: Contra*Hashtag with Moya Bailey and Vilissa ThompsonFor more information on our guest, show notes, and transcript please go to criticaldesignlab.com2024-10-301h 05Contra*Episode 8: Contra*Access with Marcel LaFlammeFor more information on our guest, show notes, and transcript please go to criticaldesignlab.com.2024-10-301h 17Contra*Episode 7: Contra*Podcasting with Cathy HannabachFor more information on our guest, show notes, and transcript please go to criticaldesignlab.com. 2024-10-3040 minContra*Episode 6: Contra* Neoliberalism with Robert McRuerFor more information on our guest, show notes, and transcript please go to criticaldesignlab.com. 2024-10-3027 minContra*Episode 5: Contra* Straw Ban with Alice WongFor more information on our guest, show notes, and transcript please go to criticaldesignlab.com. 2024-10-3052 minContra*Episode 4: Contra*Hacking with Alice WongFor more information on our guest, show notes, and transcript please go to criticaldesignlab.com. 2024-10-3056 minContra*Episode 3: Contra*Certainty with Kevin GotkinFor more information on our guest, show notes, and transcript please go to criticaldesignlab.com. 2024-10-3049 minContra*Episode 2: Contra*DSM with Mimi KhucFor more information on our guest, show notes, and transcript please go to criticaldesignlab.com. 2024-10-3026 min
Contra*Episode 1: Contra*design with Sara HendrenFor more information on our guest, show notes, and transcript please go to criticaldesignlab.com2024-10-3050 min
Active Travel PodcastAccessibility and Urban DesignDr. Harrie Larrington-Spencer, Research Fellow at the Active Travel Academy, interviews Professor Aimi Hamraie, who directs the Critical Design Lab, and whose research focuses on disability, accessibility, and urban design. Show notes and transcript link available at https://blog.westminster.ac.uk/ata/accessibility-and-urban-design-ata-podcast-20241/. Show notes by Professor Rachel Aldred and podcast editing by Chris Gregory of Alternative Stories. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2024-01-2548 min
Driving the Narrative: Women in ArchitectureDriving the Narrative: Women in Architecture | Karen BraitmayerWelcome to ‘Driving the Narrative: Women in Architecture’ a podcast by SB Architects. This series will narrate honest conversations with women in design and delve deeper into what it means to be a woman in architecture. Jeanette Hoffman, Associate at SB Architects, will be your host. We're extremely excited to introduce you to this incredible series, where we have the honor of chatting with some of the biggest and best names in the business. Today’s guest is Karen Braitmayer, Principal and APAC-BE, ICC Accessibility Inspector/Plans Examiner at Studio Pacifica. ...2023-05-3143 min
Digital AlchemyDigital Alchemy - Aimi Hamraie on media design and disabilityIn this episode of Digital Alchemy, Moya Bailey interviews Aimi Hamraie who is the Associate Professor of Medicine, Health and Society and American Studies at Vanderbilt University, and director of the Critical Design Lab. Aimi discusses their media design, talking about the importance of medium, form and design in their work and how the digital helps with disability in their design.Click here for the episode transcript FeaturingMoya Z BaileyAimi Hamraie SponsorsNorthwestern University School of Communication...2023-01-2513 min
Residential SpreadRemote AccessThis week, Aimi Hamraie joins us to discuss the Critical Design Lab. The lab has developed strategies for accessible teaching during the pandemic, hosted a series of remote-access nightlife parties, and is currently working on the Remote Access Archive, which seeks to track and document "the ways disabled people have used remote access before and during the COVID-19 pandemic."https://www.mapping-access.com/Transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1j16jsJAG5TkG5cUuk2MWh6y3P36TOmX-SfbRKN8Ue2Y/edit?usp=sharing--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/residential-spread/message2021-12-0624 min
That Feels like HomeS3 Episode 6: Embodying HomeDomestic design rests on assumptions about who lives and uses that space, about what our bodies can do, how our bodies think, move and feel. In this episode Ana Baeza Ruiz is joined by Aimi Hamraie, assistant professor of Medicine, Health and Society at Vanderbilt University, and Ellen Clifford, disabled activist and author to discuss what homes do to our bodies and to what extent their design can accommodate experiences of impairment and illness.
Transcript, Links and Resources can be found on the episode web page: https://moda.mdx.ac.uk/conversations/home-body
Join our po...2021-12-0646 min
Learning on the JobLesson #25: Same Team, Karen!Happy Halloween!
This one is pretty appropriately horrifying, particularly if you're concerned about the education outcomes of Black and Brown students. But, hey, what else is new? We dive into the crisis happening across education as the pandemic continues to disproportionately diminish outcomes and opportunities for students of color. And it's, like, real bad. From there we spend a bit of time thinking through the recent Docent drama at the Art Institutes of Chicago. Honestly, if this isn't an argument for the importance of cross-racial solidarity, we're running out of time to figure out what is. We a...2021-10-251h 07
CollegelandS2 Episode 1: Accommodations DeniedAs campuses across the country have returned to in-person education this fall, requests by faculty for accommodations have been routinely ignored or denied. So for our first episode for Season 2, we reached out to three members of the Accessible Campus Action Alliance (ACAA), an organization of disability studies scholars and activists that has called on universities to do better with their statement “Beyond High Risk,” first released back in June of 2020 and updated in July of 2021.Aimi Hamraie, Jonathan Sterne & Bess Williamson challenge the celebration of being “back to normal” and the failing accommodations systems that have put fina...2021-10-1535 min
Disability VisibilityEp 100: Podcasting
Today’s subject is this podcast because it’s episode 100!! Whether this is the first time you’re listening or if you’re a longtime listener, this podcast is co-audio produced by three people and myself: Sarika Mehta, Geraldine Ah-Sue, and Cheryl Green. I’m proud to work with all three of them since the podcast started in 2017. You’ll hear us talk about the lack of disabled voices in radio or podcasts, our collaborative process, and the future of the podcast. And this is a supersized episode! After the conversation, you’ll hear some feedback from podcast listene...2021-04-0449 min
Down to the StrutsCritical Design in the Age of CovidFrom Zoom conferences to live-streamed concerts, the Covid-19 pandemic appears to have made much of our world more flexible. But does this mean it's more accessible? How do we critically design digital spaces to be truly accessible, during and beyond a global crisis?
In this episode, Qudsiya discusses sociospatial thinking and critical design with Aimi Hamraie, Associate Professor of Medicine, Health, & Society at Vanderbilt University, and director of the Critical Design Lab.2021-03-0237 min
Disability Saves the World with Dr. Fady ShanoudaDr. Eliza ChandlerIn today's show, I am joined by Dr. Eliza Chandler, Assistant Professor of Disability Studies at Ryerson University and co-director of the Bodies in Translation. We discuss everything cripping the arts, her love of disability scholarship, and how she thinks disability can save the world.
Academic crush - Aimi Hamraie
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Imagine Otherwise by Ideas on FireAimi Hamraie on Sustainability and Disability JusticeHow does disability justice provide tools for building more sustainable social relations and practices, both during and beyond the current pandemic? In episode 121 of Imagine Otherwise, host Cathy Hannabach interviews permaculture designer and disability studies scholar Aimi Hamraie about using natural cycles to prevent burnout, how disability culture practices like slowness and mutual aid reimagine sustainability as collective, and why building a world beyond scarcity is how Aimi imagines otherwise. TRANSCRIPT AND SHOW NOTES: https://ideasonfire.net/121-aimi-hamraie2020-10-2839 min
Tending Seeds: Adventures in GardeningEp 30 - Pruning Fruit Trees with Aimi HamraieToday I'm speaking with Aimi Hamraie who gives us a really knowledgeable overview of the ins and outs of fruit tree pruning. They discuss what types of tools to use, why we should be pruning, what to look for when pruning, and even some recommendations of plant guilds for your fruit trees. Make sure to check out our Patreon for additional materials to accompany this episode, including pruning links and book suggestions from Aimi as well as the episode transcript. ~*~ If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting us over on Patreon! @foxandelder on instagram foxandelder.com Episode Transcript2020-10-1636 min
Tending Seeds: Adventures in Gardening, Homesteading, and HerbalismPruning Fruit Trees with Aimi HamraieToday I'm speaking with Aimi Hamraie who gives us a really knowledgeable overview of the ins and outs of fruit tree pruning. They discuss what types of tools to use, why we should be pruning, what to look for when pruning, and even some recommendations of plant guilds for your fruit trees. Make sure to check out our Patreon for additional materials to accompany this episode, including pruning links and book suggestions from Aimi as well as the episode transcript. ~*~ If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting us over on Patreon! 2020-10-1636 min
DisTopiaMy Dearest Friends Project: Aimi HamraieDisArt friend Aimi Hamraie talks about your commitment to their community during the COVID-19 pandemic during this My Dearest Friends Podcast episode. For a full transcript of this episode please visit https://www.disartnow.org/podcasts/episode-53-aimi-hamraie/2020-09-2550 min
Rendering Unconscious Podcast: Psychoanalysis & CultureRU88: DAMIEN PATRICK WILLIAMS - TECHNOLOGY & ANTI-BLACK SURVEILLANCEDamien Patrick Williams is a PhD candidate at Virginia Tech in the Department of Science, Technology and Society. His research areas include ethics, epistemology, philosophy of technology, philosophy of mind, nonhuman intelligence, machine consciousness, comparative religious traditions, human biotechnological interventions and the occult.
You can follow his work at:
https://twitter.com/Wolven
http://www.afutureworththinkingabout.com
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Mr. Williams contributed to Rendering Unconscious the book. "Better than This" in Rendering Unconscious: Psychoanalytic Perspectives, Politics and Poetry (2019): store.trapart.net/details/00000
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COVIDCalls#10 COVIDCalls 3.27.2020 - Disaster & DisabilityWhy were tools of accessibility, like video conferencing and live transcription, only embraced by institutions in response to COVID-19, despite being denied to disabled people pre-pandemic? What can disability studies add to our understanding of COVID-19 and society’s response to the pandemic?
Dr. Aimi Hamraie an assistant professor of Medicine, Health, & Society and American Studies at Vanderbilt University and Dr. Amy Slaton, a professor of History at Drexel University, discuss how disaster, and COVID-19 in particular, reveals how society routinely devalues disabled people. Both experts in disability studies, Slaton and Hamraie discuss how extractive capitalism creates vi...2020-06-011h 01
UX CakeChanging the Disability Design NarrativeEp. #25: This week we’re talking about designing withdisability, rather than fordisability, with my guest Liz Jackson. Liz is a disability advocate who is trying to shift the disability narrative. We talked about how the way we currently approach disability in design can actually cause more problems that solutions for people with disabilities, and how language - phrases we commonly use in design, like accessibility and inclusion, and even design thinking methodology - makes disabled people the recipients, rather than the drivers, of design. And what a product or design team can do to get the perspectives they need and make su...2019-01-1434 min
Imagine Otherwise by Ideas on FireHeath Fogg Davis on Gender's AdministrationDo we really need sex classification in our education system, our public restrooms, or our government IDs? How can we alleviate some of the harm that trans and gender-nonconforming people who don't fit into a binary face? How might gender studies scholars best work with community members on these issues? Episode 68 of the Imagine Otherwise podcast is the final episode in a three-part miniseries that was recorded live in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania at a recent gathering of interdisciplinary cultural studies scholars. The three authors featured in this miniseries—Sami Schalk, Aimi Hamraie, and Heath Fogg Davis—have recently publ...2018-08-0134 min
Imagine Otherwise by Ideas on FireAimi Hamraie on the Politics of Disability and Design How has the concept of Universal Design and its application to architectural practice changed over the years? Who is left out of design practices that are meant for “everyone”? What if the design industry actually employed the people with disabilities who have been designing adaptable and accessible products for decades? Episode 67 of the Imagine Otherwise podcast is the second in a three-part miniseries that was recorded live in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania at a recent gathering of interdisciplinary cultural studies scholars. The three authors featured in this miniseries—Sami Schalk, Aimi Hamraie, and Heath Fogg Davis—have recently published cultural...2018-07-1827 min
Imagine Otherwise by Ideas on FireSami Schalk on Disability and Black Women's Speculative FictionHow does speculative fiction provide us models for more queer, just, and creative futures? How are Black women novelists helping us reimagine what (dis)ability and embodiment mean? What is missing from our conversations in popular representation, disability studies, and Black studies? Episode 66 of the Imagine Otherwise podcast is the first in a three part miniseries that was recorded live in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania at a recent gathering of interdisciplinary cultural studies scholars. The three authors featured in this miniseries—Sami Schalk, Aimi Hamraie, and Heath Fogg Davis—have recently published cultural studies books that have made big splash...2018-07-0420 min
New Books in ArchitectureAimi Hamraie, “Building Access: Universal Design and the Politics of Disability” (U Minnesota Press, 2017)The Americans with Disability Act passed in 1990, but it was just one moment in ongoing efforts to craft the meaning and practice of “good design” that put people with disabilities at the center. In their new book, Building Access: Universal Design and the Politics of Disability (University of Minnesota Press, 2017), Aimi Hamraie takes a “sledgehammer to history” in the spirit of one guerrilla activist group that they track in the archives—among many other people, objects, and historical contexts. Hamraie focuses on work around “access-knowledge”—that is, the forms of expertise that were considered legitimate ways of knowing and responding to dis...2018-04-2544 min
New Books in Human RightsAimi Hamraie, “Building Access: Universal Design and the Politics of Disability” (U Minnesota Press, 2017)The Americans with Disability Act passed in 1990, but it was just one moment in ongoing efforts to craft the meaning and practice of “good design” that put people with disabilities at the center. In their new book, Building Access: Universal Design and the Politics of Disability (University of Minnesota Press, 2017), Aimi Hamraie takes a “sledgehammer to history” in the spirit of one guerrilla activist group that they track in the archives—among many other people, objects, and historical contexts. Hamraie focuses on work around “access-knowledge”—that is, the forms of expertise that were considered legitimate ways of knowing and responding to dis...2018-04-2544 min
New Books in Disability StudiesAimi Hamraie, “Building Access: Universal Design and the Politics of Disability” (U Minnesota Press, 2017)The Americans with Disability Act passed in 1990, but it was just one moment in ongoing efforts to craft the meaning and practice of “good design” that put people with disabilities at the center. In their new book, Building Access: Universal Design and the Politics of Disability (University of Minnesota Press, 2017), Aimi Hamraie takes a “sledgehammer to history” in the spirit of one guerrilla activist group that they track in the archives—among many other people, objects, and historical contexts. Hamraie focuses on work around “access-knowledge”—that is, the forms of expertise that were considered legitimate ways of knowing and responding to dis...2018-04-2544 min