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DESCRIPTION:Elizabeth Guffey will present at the Modern Design History Semi
 nar on Wednesday\, October\n23\, at 6 pm. Her talk is entitled “‘The\nRigh
 t to Live in the World’: Design or Disability.”\n\nBuilding\non the semina
 l writings of Jacobus ten Borek and his 1966 assertion of “the\nright to l
 ive in the world\,” this talk looks at the underdiscussed subject of\ndesi
 gn\, civil rights\, and the law. From the construction of ramps to the use
  of\nBraille signage\, design has played a significant role in implementin
 g the\nAmericans with Disability Act. In the last thirty years\, our desig
 ned\nenvironment has been subtly—but significantly—reshaped by this law. B
 ut\njust how universal are these changes? And how much was the ADA—and its
  design\nculture—shaped by a distinctly American understanding of citizens
 hip\,\nindependence\, and “rights”?\n\nElizabeth Guffey works at the\ninte
 rsection of art\, design\, and disability studies. Her book Designing\nDis
 ability: Symbols\, Space and Society (Bloomsbury\, 2018)\nargues that desi
 gns like the International Symbol of Access or “wheelchair\nsymbol” can al
 ter the environment\, making people more disabled or less\,\ndepending on 
 the design’s planning and use. She is also Founding Editor of\nthe academi
 c journal Design and Culture. Guffey currently heads\nthe MA in Modern and
  Contemporary Art\, Criticism and Theory at the\nState University of New Y
 ork\, Purchase College.
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SUMMARY:Bard Graduate Center: 'The Right to Live in the World'
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