Why Disability Is Technologically Mediated
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11275150 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ehsan Arzroomchilar (0000-0001-6642-4365, University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 47 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 713-726 |
| Publication date | 2024-12-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Human Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0163-8548 • E-ISSN: 1572-851X |
| Publisher | Springer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1007/s10746-024-09722-9 |
| OpenAlex | W4394720975 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 22 |
The social model of disability is predicated upon the dichotomy of disability and impairment, which proves vulnerable to objections. Phenomenological approaches to disability in particular found this sharp distinction contrived, and accordingly implausible. Moreover, the social model ignores lived body of individuals and the inside-out perspective on disability. A phenomenological approach thus places the emphasis on the embodied nature of being-in-the-world. Yet, when it comes to the role of technology in disabled people’s life, and in particular assistive technologies, it does not do justice to the role they play, and as a result, technology is treated predominantly as instrumental. In this article, I suggest taking a more systematic approach to technology in disability studies and bringing its role into an interrogation. To that purpose, I will draw from the postphenomenology movement to show how technology may actively mediate individuals’ life and, perhaps more importantly, how disability is technologically mediated
Epistemology · Linguistics · Modern philosophy · Political philosophy · Political science · Politics · Sociolinguistics · Sociology · Assistive Technology in Communication and Mobility · Disability Education and Employment · Disability Rights and Representation · Law · Philosophy
Dis/ability Studies
What Things Do
Phenomenology of Perception
Merleau-Ponty
The Imperative of Health
Ideas Pertaining to a Pure Phenomenology and to a Phenomenological Philosophy
Moralizing Technology
Le Monde Sensible et le Monde de L’expression (French)
Understanding disability policy
‘I guess I was surprised by an app telling an adult they had to go to bed before half ten’
Aging in light of digitalization of healthcare
Disability Studies and Phenomenology
Obstetric Ultrasound and the Technological Mediation of Morality
Misfits
The Social Model of Disability and the Disappearing Body
| Citations per year | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |