Hacking the Underground : disability, infrastructure, and London's public transport system / Raquel Velho.

Author/creator Velho, Raquel author.
Format Book
PublicationSeattle : University of Washington Press, [2023]
Descriptionxiv, 182 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Subjects
People with disabilities--Transportation. --England. --London.
Local transit--Barrier-free design. --England. --London.
Subways--Social aspects. --England. --London.
People with disabilities--England. --London. --Social conditions.
Personnes handicapées--Transport. --Angleterre. --Londres.
Transports publics--Accessibilité aux personnes handicapées. --Angleterre. --Londres.
Métros--Aspect social. --Angleterre. --Londres.
Personnes handicapées--Angleterre. --Londres. --Conditions sociales.

SeriesFeminist technosciences
Feminist technosciences. ^A1379009
Contents In their words -- Partial histories ("Obviously it is a Victorian network...") -- Designed materiality ("Stop sending me apologies. I want change.") -- Situated knowledges: "Local knowledge required" -- Beyond invisibility ("I feel a lot of the time that I'm invisible still." -- Conclusion: "They're changing the network, the world, just by being there."
Abstract "'Minding the gap' while using a wheelchair on the London Underground goes beyond a sharp eye and careful foot placement to avoid a fall: it can entail carrying and deploying a portable ramp to embark and disembark or carefully mapping out a custom route ahead of time. The extensive infrastructure of London's public transportation system requires constant improvisation from users who move through the system differently than nondisabled people do. Centering the voices of disabled passengers, Hacking the Underground highlights how marginalized groups subvert and ultimately transform infrastructures, actively shaping them. Raquel Velho draws on emancipatory action research in London, capturing the hegemonic character of infrastructures without losing the experiences and actions of marginalized users. Proposing a crip feminist and profoundly relational approach to infrastructure, Velho illustrates how the built environment holds the potential for both inclusionary and exclusionary world-building"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 165-174) and index.
Issued in other formOnline version: Velho, Raquel. Hacking the Underground Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2023] 9780295751955
LCCN 2023027629
ISBN9780295751931 hardcover ; alkaline paper
ISBN0295751932 hardcover ; alkaline paper
ISBN9780295751948 paperback ; alkaline paper
ISBN0295751940 paperback ; alkaline paper
ISBNelectronic book

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