Disability, Spaces and Places of Policy Exclusion

Soldatić, Karen; Morgan, Hannah; Roulstone, Alan

doi:10.4324/9780203739846

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“…Physical public space is essentially designed by and for people with the ability to see it. The same goes for other types of disabilities: urban environments are essentially designed by and for able-bodied people (Gleeson, 2002;Soldatic et al, 2014;Titchkosky, 2011). We will discuss our findings against this ocular-centrism in a descriptive manner, seeking to identify unforeseen troubles by focusing on the haecceity ('just thisness'; Garfinkel, 1991) of how blind people encounter objects and obstacles.…”

Section: An Ethnomethodological Contribution To the Sociology Of Spacementioning

confidence: 98%

“…'Troublesome' objects: This research does not address the overall design of urban environments within, for example, architecture or human geography, and we do not make claims regarding the appropriate design of urban space for disabled people (cf. Gleeson, 2002;Soldatic et al, 2014). The kinds of objects we have considered in this article are those that blind people themselves encounter during their everyday, naturally occurring walks in urban environments.…”

Section: The Affordances Of Objects and Their Consequences For Futurementioning

confidence: 99%

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Troublesome Objects: Unpacking Ocular-Centrism in Urban Environments by Studying Blind Navigation Using Video Ethnography and Ethnomethodology

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This article reports on research into the navigational practices of blind and visually impaired people in urban environments. The members of this community encounter many types of obstacles, but this article focuses on ‘unpredictable inanimate moveable objects’. The analyses are based on recorded video material from ‘naturally occurring’ walks in a Danish urban area and are informed by ethnomethodology, with a focus on how blind or visually impaired people navigate and deal with trouble sources. This research unpacks the detailed features of navigation and obstacle-detection in the urban environment and demonstrates the value of using ethnomethodology to analyze the skilled character of everyday navigation in spaces in which the walker-with-cane is a kind of assemblage in harmony or at odds with other surfaces and objects. The findings have implications for space design and technology developments which can assist blind people with obstacle detection. The article uses empirical cases to discuss an ocular-centric bias and suggests the need for a more granular understanding of physical objects and tactile experiences in future developments of a sociology of space.

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Section: An Ethnomethodological Contribution To the Sociology Of Spacementioning

confidence: 98%

Section: The Affordances Of Objects and Their Consequences For Futurementioning

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Troublesome Objects: Unpacking Ocular-Centrism in Urban Environments by Studying Blind Navigation Using Video Ethnography and Ethnomethodology

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“…Participants were recruited using purposive sampling through community businesses that were spatially proximal to members of the Pakistani community [ 54 ]. The business areas acted as enabling places and encouraged participation [ 55 ].…”

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Social networks, health and identity: exploring culturally embedded masculinity with the Pakistani community, West Midlands, UK

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Background Migrants from South Asia living in developed countries have an increased risk for developing cardiovascular disease (CVD), with limited research into underlying social causes. Methods We used social capital as an interpretive lens to undertake analysis of exploratory qualitative interviews with three generations of at-risk migrant Pakistani men from the West Midlands, UK. Perceptions of social networks, trust, and cultural norms associated with access to healthcare (support and information) were the primary area of exploration. Results Findings highlighted the role of social networks within religious or community spaces embedded as part of ethnic enclaves. Local Mosques and gyms remained key social spaces, where culturally specific gender differences played out within the context of a diaspora community, defined ways in which individuals navigated their social spheres and influenced members of their family and community on health and social behaviours. Conclusions There are generational and age-based differences in how members use locations to access and develop social support for particular lifestyle choices. The pursuit of a healthier lifestyle varies across the diverse migrant community, determined by social hierarchies and socio-cultural factors. Living close to similar others can limit exposure to novel lifestyle choices and efforts need to be made to promote wider integration between communities and variety of locations catering to health and lifestyle.

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“…It may also reflect ideological shifts towards person-centred and non-institutional forms of care outlined above, in concert with a politicisation of bodies in all their diversity. Moreover, in building design since the end of the 20th century, embodied issues have been foregrounded in legislation relating to, for instance, issues of access and inclusive design (Imrie and Luck 2014; Soldatic, Morgan and Roulstone 2014). Nevertheless, the prominence of the architects’ rehearsal of multiple imagined bodies throughout the interviews was striking, as we explore in the following sections.…”

Section: Imagined Bodies and Body Workers In Health And Social Carementioning

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Imagined bodies: architects and their constructions of later life

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This article comprises a sociological analysis of how architects imagine the ageing body when designing residential care homes for later life and the extent to which they engage empathetically with users. Drawing on interviews with architectural professionals based in the United Kingdom, we offer insight into the ways in which architects envisage the bodies of those who they anticipate will populate their buildings. Deploying the notions of 'body work' and 'the body multiple', our analysis reveals how architects imagined a variety of bodies in nuanced ways. These imagined bodies emerge as they talked through the practicalities of the design process. Moreover, their conceptions of bodies were also permeated by prevailing ideologies of caring: although we found that they sought to resist dominant discourses of ageing, they nevertheless reproduced these discourses. Architects' constructions of bodies are complicated by the collaborative nature of the design process, where we find an incessant juggling between the competing demands of multiple stakeholders, each of whom anticipate other imagined bodies and seek to shape the design of buildings to meet their requirements. Our findings extend a nascent sociological literature on architecture and social care by revealing how architects participate in the shaping of care for later life as 'body workers', but also how their empathic aspirations can be muted by other imperatives driving the marketisation of care.KEY WORDS -architects, body work, later life, imagined bodies, residential care home design.

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Disability, Spaces and Places of Policy Exclusion

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Troublesome Objects: Unpacking Ocular-Centrism in Urban Environments by Studying Blind Navigation Using Video Ethnography and Ethnomethodology

Troublesome Objects: Unpacking Ocular-Centrism in Urban Environments by Studying Blind Navigation Using Video Ethnography and Ethnomethodology

Social networks, health and identity: exploring culturally embedded masculinity with the Pakistani community, West Midlands, UK

Imagined bodies: architects and their constructions of later life

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