BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:655@ssa.ccny.cuny.edu DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240411T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240411T190000 DTSTAMP:20240318T205147Z URL:https://ssa.ccny.cuny.edu/events/spring-2024-sciame-lecture-series-aim i-hamraie/ SUMMARY:CANCELED: Spring 2024 Sciame Lecture Series: Aimi Hamraie DESCRIPTION:Please note this lecture has been canceled. \n\nAimi Hamraie ( they/them) is Associate Professor of Medicine\, Health\, &\; Society an d American Studies at Vanderbilt University\, and director of the Critical Design Lab. Hamraie’s research contributes critical perspectives on acc essibility\, disability\, and technology. Hamraie is author of Building Ac cess: Universal Design and the Politics of Disability (University of Minne sota Press\, 2017) and host of the Contra* podcast on disability and desig n. They are a member of the U.S. Access Board and were a 2022 United State s Artists Fellow.\n\n"Critical Access Studies": What is “access?” For some\, it is a synonym for legal compliance with the Americans With Disabi lities Act (ADA). For others\, it is a form of belonging\, the ability of an individual to participate in a space or find employment. And for others \, access is a form of critique\, the basis of radical projects of collect ive access-making. There are often tensions between the meanings of access in disability rights (legal) frameworks and disability justice (social mo vement) discourses. This talk traces the genealogy of access from legal co mpliance and liberal belonging to the frictions of architectural and cultu ral critique\, noting the ways that emerging critical frameworks within di sability studies are challenging earlier established wisdom about accessib ility. Drawing on critical design\, crip-of-color critique\, and anti-impe rialist approaches to the question of access\, the talk reveals emergent\, sticky\, and often-frictioned material and philosophical approaches to ac cess that emerge from disability culture and community.\n\nSuggested Readi ng: “Introduction: Critical Access Studies\,” Building Access: Univers al Design and the Politics of Disability.\n\n"Access and Beyond: Architect ure and Disability" answers the call for disability justice in our time. A rchitects\, designers\, and scholars\, inspired by critical disability stu dies\, make up the distinguished roster of speakers who situate disability \, ability\, and access in pointed\, specific critiques of design\, cultur e\, and power. This series invites practitioners to probe assumptions embe dded in universal design\, to center belonging in design practice\, to cri tique technology in relation to inclusion\, and to apprehend the rich cont ribution of difference in the sensorial experiences of places.\n\nAll lect ures are free\, open to the public\, and held in the Bernard and Anne Spit zer School of Architecture Sciame Auditorium. Live captioning and ASL inte rpretation will be available upon request. For access requests or question s\, please contact ssadean@ccny.cuny.edu. \n\nSee https://www.ccny.cuny.e du/return-campus for current requirements for in-person visitors.\n\nThis lecture series is made possible by the Spitzer Architecture Fund and the g enerous support of Frank Sciame ’74\, CEO of Sciame Construction. CATEGORIES:Events,Lectures,Sciame Lectures LOCATION:Sciame Auditorium (Room 107)\, 141 Convent Avenue\, New York\, NY\ , 10031\, United States GEO:40.8177595;-73.95047339999996 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=141 Convent Avenue\, New Yo rk\, NY\, 10031\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Sciame Auditori um (Room 107):geo:40.8177595,-73.95047339999996 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240310T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR