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DESCRIPTION:In celebration of Bess Williamson’s Accessible America: A Histo
 ry of Disability and Design\, which was awarded the 2019/20 Mr. and Mrs. R
 aymond J. Horowitz Book Prize\, leading disability history scholars\, arti
 sts\, and designers will discuss studies of access and design history.In t
 he morning\, 'Conversations' brings together writers on architecture\, spa
 ce\, and sound to reflect on the role of disabled activists\, designers\, 
 and engineers in producing the technological world we live in. As longtime
  collaborators and correspondents\, they also share correspondences betwee
 n their work across academic fields that come together in the practices of
  Disability Studies.The afternoon panel brings together Riva Lehrer\, Jenn
 ifer White-Johnson\, and Josh Halstead—artists\, designers\, writers\, and
  creative thinkers with deep ties to activist and creative histories of di
 sability. They share their own practices that draw on disability community
  and justice stories of past and present. Author Bess Williamson will mode
 rate and invite audience discussion.Conversations on Disability History an
 d Academic Community (10 am–12 pm)10 am - Welcome from Catherine Whalen (P
 rofessor\, Bard Graduate Center) and Introduction by Bess Williamson (auth
 or\, Accessible America: A History of Disability and Design)10:15 am - Bes
 s Williamson with Aimi Hamraie (author\, Building Access: The Politics of 
 Universal Design)11 am - Break11:15 am - Jonathan Sterne (author\, Diminis
 hed Faculties: A Political Phenomenology of Impairment) with Mara Mills (c
 o-editor\, Testing Hearing: The Making of Modern Aurality)Who Makes Access
 ? Designer + Artist roundtable (1:30–3 pm)Moderated by Bess Williamson. Wi
 th Riva Lehrer (artist\, author of Golem Girl)\, Jennifer White-Johnson (d
 esigner\, creator of 'Black Disabled Lives Matter' symbol and other work c
 elebrating Autistic Joy)\, and Joshua A. Halstead (designer\, co-author of
  Extra Bold: A Feminist\, Inclusive\, Anti-Racist\, Non-Binary Field Guide
  for Graphic Designers)Cart captioning and ASL provided. All visual materi
 al will be described.This event will be held via Zoom. A link will be circ
 ulated to registrants by 8 am on the day of the event. The Mr. and Mrs. Ra
 ymond J. Horowitz Book Prize for the best book on the decorative arts\, de
 sign history\, or material culture of the Americas published in 2019 or 20
 20 has been awarded to Accessible America: A History of Disability and Des
 ign by Bess Williamson (New York University Press). The prize rewards scho
 larly excellence and commitment to cross-disciplinary conversation.In comm
 ending Accessible America\, the prize committee points out how\, in a poli
 tically astute text\, the author does not treat disability in isolation\, 
 but as an issue with ramifications for design more generally: “Williamson 
 discusses seldomly contemplated objects that\, although initially addressi
 ng the needs of the disabled\, have shaped and continue to shape the lives
  of most people in the U.S.A. today\, and in the Americas more broadly. As
  such\, it is a compelling study of the relationships between people and t
 hings\, and is clearly an outstanding contribution not only to disability 
 studies but also to design studies and design history.”Bess Williamson is 
 associate professor of art history\, theory\, and criticism at the School 
 of the Art Institute of Chicago. She is co-editor of Making Disability Mod
 ern: Design Histories\, which examines objects\, buildings\, and systems t
 hat reflect changing design approaches to disability from the eighteenth c
 entury to the present.
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SUMMARY:Bard Graduate Center: Conversations on Access and Design
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