Critical Design in the Age of Covid

From Zoom conferences to live-streamed concerts, the Covid-19 pandemic appears to have made much of our world more flexible. But does this mean it's more accessible? How do we critically design digital spaces to be truly accessible, during and beyond a global crisis?

In this episode, Qudsiya discusses sociospatial thinking and critical design with Aimi Hamraie, Associate Professor of Medicine, Health, & Society at Vanderbilt University, and director of the Critical Design Lab.

Listen to the episode below or on your favorite podcast app, then scroll down for more information about the guests and links to resources mentioned in the episode. Read the transcript here.

Guest

Aimi Hamraie is Associate Professor of Medicine, Health, & Society at Vanderbilt University, where they also direct the Critical Design Lab, a multi-institution collaboratory of disabled designers and design researchers. They are also author of the book, Building Access: Universal Design and the Politics of Disability and host of the Contra* podcast on disability and design.