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    Architectural sites of discrimination: Positive to negative

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    Authors
    Smith, Dianne
    Date
    2018
    Type
    Book Chapter
    
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    Smith, D. 2018. Architectural sites of discrimination: Positive to negative. In K. Ellis, R. Garland-Thomson, M. Kent, R.Robertson (eds), Manifestos for the Future of Critical Disability Studies, 142-155. Routledge.
    Source Title
    Manifestos for the Future of Critical Disability Studies
    DOI
    10.4324/9781351053341-13
    ISBN
    9781138483910
    School
    School of Design and the Built Environment
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/73709
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    Architecture and interior settings are important aspects of everyday life for people with disabilities. An environmental situation consists of the contextually located architectural envelope, the interior – as well as constituent parts such as furniture – as well as its occupants. The physical environment can be an enabler for those who have impairments – the environmental concepts of space and place are thus implicated in the discourse of disability. Architecture and interior settings are important aspects of everyday life for people with disabilities. Places where author reside, study, shop, recuperate and play provide a multitude of possibilities for each and every one of them. Concurrently, these same places are sites of differentiation and discrimination – opportunities to interpret and judge are inherent. In the field of design for people with disabilities, these assumptions and expectations are underpinned by the same principles, and are just as important.

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