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dc.contributor.authorEllis, Katie
dc.contributor.authorGoggin, G.
dc.contributor.authorKent, Michael
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T10:41:32Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T10:41:32Z
dc.date.created2016-02-02T19:30:22Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.identifier.citationKent, M. and Ellis, K. and Goggin, G. 2015. Disability's Digital Frictions: Activism, Technology and Politics. The Fibreculture Journal. 26: pp. 7-31.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/4756
dc.identifier.doi10.15307/fcj.26.188.2015
dc.description.abstract

This paper argues that disability activism and politics can be seen as paradigmatic for the wider debates on the philosophies, forms, and formats embedded in technologies. Firstly, the paper discusses disability activism movements that use digital technology to intervene into digital technology, especially in the social media area. In both cases, activists seek to use the platforms themselves to argue for, and obtain, greater accessibility, customisability, and configurability, of the platform for users with disabilities. Yet there is a clear clash between philosophies embedded within these social media platforms, and the aspirations and values of many of the activist strands of disability. Secondly, the paper explores the use of digital technologies by disability activism movements in relation to welfare and work reforms—notably the UK struggles in the 2010–2014 periods. Here disability activists have made extensive use of digital media technologies, and we discuss their innovations, and the lessons they offer.

dc.titleDisability's Digital Frictions: Activism, Technology and Politics
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume26
dcterms.source.startPage7
dcterms.source.endPage31
dcterms.source.titleThe Fibreculture Journal
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This open access article is distributed under the Creative Commons license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

curtin.departmentDepartment of Internet Studies
curtin.accessStatusOpen access


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