Bess Williamson
Biographic Data
| ID | 3946222 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Bess Williamson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Bess |
| FAMILY NAME | Williamson |
| SIGNATURE | WILLIAMSON B |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Delaware |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7292-2413 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Measuring Difference, Numbering Normal: Setting the Standards for Disability in the Interwar Period by Coreen McGuire
Reviewed by: Measuring Difference, Numbering Normal: Setting the Standards for Disability in the Interwar Period by Coreen McGuire Bess Williamson (bio) Measuring Difference, Numbering Normal: Setting the Standards for Disability in the Interwar Period By Coreen McGuire. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2020. Pp. 248. Historians of technology are likely to come across certain disability technologies in their general reading: prosthetic li…
Modern by Design: Chicago Streamlines America
Chicago enjoyed a flourishing of design-related events and exhibitions in 2018 and 2019, much of it produced with the funds and support of the Terra Foundation’s Art Design Chicago initiative. Amon
Access + Ability , Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution
With its exhibition Access + Ability, the Cooper-Hewitt presents three rooms of current designs related to disability. The works on view run an impressive gamut including housewares, prosthetics, h
Getting a Grip: Disability in American Industrial Design of the Late Twentieth Century
From the 1970s to the end of the twentieth century, a number of American designers pursued the approach known as “universal design,” or design that can be used by both disabled and nondisabled people. Universal design informed a number of mainstream products as designers integrated disability-related features into functionally and aesthetically distinct offerings for the mass market. These successful, fashionable consumer goods reflected the idea…
Design Meets Disability , by Graham Pullin
(2010). Design Meets Disability, by Graham Pullin. Design and Culture: Vol. 2, No. 2, pp. 251-253.
Small-Scale Technology for the Developing World: Volunteers for International Technical Assistance, 1959–1971
Starting in 1959, a group of American engineers and scientists organized Volunteers for International Technical Assistance (VITA) to consult on practical technical issues in the developing world. Their work, disseminated through a mail-based inquiry service and several editions of the Village Technology Handbook , provided a counterpoint to the “modernization theory” favored among prominent social scientists and policy-makers of the period. VITA …
Small-Scale Technology for the Developing World: Volunteers for International Technical Assistance, 1959–1971
Starting in 1959, a group of American engineers and scientists organized Volunteers for International Technical Assistance (VITA) to consult on practical technical issues in the developing world. Their work, disseminated through a mail-based inquiry service and several editions of the Village Technology Handbook , provided a counterpoint to the “modernization theory” favored among prominent social scientists and policy-makers of the period. VITA …
Access + Ability , Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution
With its exhibition Access + Ability, the Cooper-Hewitt presents three rooms of current designs related to disability. The works on view run an impressive gamut including housewares, prosthetics, h
Small-Scale Technology for the Developing World: Volunteers for International Technical Assistance, 1959–1971
Starting in 1959, a group of American engineers and scientists organized Volunteers for International Technical Assistance (VITA) to consult on practical technical issues in the developing world. Their work, disseminated through a mail-based inquiry service and several editions of the Village Technology Handbook , provided a counterpoint to the “modernization theory” favored among prominent social scientists and policy-makers of the period. VITA …
Design Meets Disability , by Graham Pullin
(2010). Design Meets Disability, by Graham Pullin. Design and Culture: Vol. 2, No. 2, pp. 251-253.
Getting a Grip: Disability in American Industrial Design of the Late Twentieth Century
From the 1970s to the end of the twentieth century, a number of American designers pursued the approach known as “universal design,” or design that can be used by both disabled and nondisabled people. Universal design informed a number of mainstream products as designers integrated disability-related features into functionally and aesthetically distinct offerings for the mass market. These successful, fashionable consumer goods reflected the idea…
Access + Ability , Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution
With its exhibition Access + Ability, the Cooper-Hewitt presents three rooms of current designs related to disability. The works on view run an impressive gamut including housewares, prosthetics, h
Modern by Design: Chicago Streamlines America
Chicago enjoyed a flourishing of design-related events and exhibitions in 2018 and 2019, much of it produced with the funds and support of the Terra Foundation’s Art Design Chicago initiative. Amon
Measuring Difference, Numbering Normal: Setting the Standards for Disability in the Interwar Period by Coreen McGuire
Reviewed by: Measuring Difference, Numbering Normal: Setting the Standards for Disability in the Interwar Period by Coreen McGuire Bess Williamson (bio) Measuring Difference, Numbering Normal: Setting the Standards for Disability in the Interwar Period By Coreen McGuire. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2020. Pp. 248. Historians of technology are likely to come across certain disability technologies in their general reading: prosthetic li…
Sociology (5 works) · Crafts, Textile, and Design (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Art (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Engineering (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Social science (2 works)