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Building access : universal design and the politics of disability / Aimi Hamraie.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hamraie, Aimi, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Universal design--Political aspects--United States.
- Universal design.
- People with disabilities--United States.
- People with disabilities.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (335 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis, Minnesota University of Minnesota Press 2017.
- Summary:
- "All too often," wrote disabled architect Ronald Mace, "designers don't take the needs of disabled and elderly people into account." Building Access investigates twentieth-century strategies for designing the world with disability in mind.
- Contents:
- Normate Template : Knowing-Making the Architectural Inhabitant
- Flexible Users: From the Average Body to a Range of Users
- All Americans : Disability, Race, and Segregated Citizenship
- Sloped Technoscience : Curb Cuts, Critical Frictions, and Disability (Maker) Cultures
- Epistemic Activism : Design Expertise as a Site of Intervention
- Barrier Work : Before and After the Americans with Disabilities Act
- Entangled Principles : Crafting a Universal Design Methodology.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-4529-5555-7
- OCLC:
- 978295732
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