Tag Archives: disability

Assistance – On the History of Assistive Ensembles

Posted on March 12, 2021 by designabilities

The category of assistive technologies is often discussed as a political category (Alper 2017), as they invoke connotations such as “in need of help” with respect to the respective users* (Mills 2015; Kotsch 2012; Ott 2014). In the 2nd convention … Continue reading →

Posted in accessible, alternative communication, augmentative communication, body, care, Conference, deaf, Design History, disability aesthetics, disability studies, Diversity, education, Enhancement, event, Experience Disability, Health, interaction, STS, universal design | Tagged Access, Access Studies, Accessibility, barrierefrei, Critical Media Studies, Deutsche Forschungsgesellschaft, dfg, Digital Media, disability, disability studies, Leuphana, Medienwissenschaften, Meryl Alper, Northeastern University | Leave a comment

„It’s like theater“ – Soziale Konzepte von Gender und Körperlichkeit in Ari Asters Midsommar

Posted on May 15, 2020 by designabilities

von Sarah Reininghaus und Julia Willms Der vorliegende Artikel plant Entwürfe und Repräsentationen von Weiblichkeit im Zusammenhang mit Körperlichkeit und damit verstärkt Frauenfiguren[1] in Ari Asters Midsommar[2] in den Blick zu nehmen. Das Ziel ist es, anhand dieses populär-relevanten Beispiels … Continue reading →

Posted in body, Diversity, Film, gender, german/deutsch, movie, report | Tagged Ari Aster, behinderung, critique, critizsm, design, disability, Film, gender, Geschlecht, Gestaltung, horror, Julia Willms, kritik, midsommar, movie, Sarah Reininghaus, spoiler | Leave a comment

»Sein eigener Designer sein«. Wie Mike als Behinderter seinen Alltag gestaltet.

Posted on March 28, 2020 by designabilities

von Noëmi Burkhalter Sich im Alltag frei bewegen zu können, alles selbständig zu erledigen und zu unternehmen, was man möchte, ist für viele von uns eine Selbstverständlichkeit. Doch was geschieht, wenn durch eine unheilbare Krankheit alltägliche Handlungen zu einer grossen … Continue reading →

Posted in accessible, awareness, care, co-design, disability aesthetics, disability studies, Diversity, Experience Disability, german/deutsch, Health | Tagged barrierefrei, behinderung, disability, Exklusion, inklusion, Margot Schild, michael erlhoff, Muskelatrophie, Muskelschwund, nid, Noëmi Burkhalter, Non-intentional Design, Uta Brandes | 2 Comments

senseAbility – Mediale Praktiken des Sehens und Hörens (#BookReview, german)

Posted on December 12, 2016 by designabilities

Wer Hören und Sehen als zwangsläufig natürlich gegebene Fähigkeiten interpretiert, geht unweigerlich auch davon aus, dass als „unnatürlich“ gilt, wer nichts hört oder sieht. Was aber, wenn wir beides als Praktiken begreifen, die sich eher als Effekte technologisch bedingter Handlungszusammenhänge ergeben? … Continue reading →

Posted in accessible, alternative communication, augmentative communication, blind, cyborg, deaf, disability studies, Health, implants, Literature, senses | Tagged beate ochsner, blind, book, buch, cochlea, disability, disability studies, gehörlos, hören, hörgerät, implantat, karin harrasser, kulturwissenschaft, mediale praktiken, medienwissenschaft, michael schillmeier, review, rezension, robert stock, sehen, senseability, siegfried saerberg | Leave a comment

Disability Representation and the political Dimension of Art.

Posted on April 12, 2014 by designabilities

Tobin Siebers (University of Michigan) and Tom Bieling (Berlin University of the Arts) thoroughly explore the interconnections between disability, theory, aesthetics, artistic practice, as well as its political dimensions. The discussed elements help in setting the framework to a number … Continue reading →

Posted in art, disability aesthetics, disability studies, interview | Tagged art, disability, politics, tobin siebers, tom bieling | Leave a comment

CinemAbility (Documentary Trailer, 2013)

Posted on April 2, 2014 by designabilities

The US-documentary “CinemAbility” examines the ever-changing portrayals of disability story lines in film, TV and the web to see if the media has had a hand in transforming the societal inclusion of people with disabilities. It takes a detailed look at the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Adam Arkin, amputee, Ben Affleck, blind actor, CinemAbility, disability, disabled, film history, handicap, Michael Apted, movie, Peter Bogdanovich, trailer, wheelchair, zefr jslewis | Leave a comment

Book Review (german): Aus der Nähe – Zum wissenschaftlichen und behindertenpolitischen Wirken von Volker Schönwiese

Posted on February 21, 2014 by designabilities

Die Beiträge und Verdienste Volker Schönwieses für die Behinderungsthematik im deutschsprachigen Raum und seine kritischen, stets auch praxisbezogenen Denkanstöße zu Inklusion und Integration reichen bis in die 1970er Jahre zurück.Anlässlich seiner Pensionierung von der Universität Innsbruck ist nun ein Sammelband … Continue reading →

Posted in Literature | Tagged behinderung, besprechung, buch, christian mürner, disability, petra flieger, review, rezension, sascha plangger, volker schönwiese | Leave a comment

Mobile Alert Recognition (Deafness-inspired Interaction at Design Research Lab Berlin)

Posted on May 13, 2011 by designabilities

“Mobile Alert Recognition” is an application that identifies auditory alerts through signal recognition and informs the user about important events. It results from the Project “Speechless” at the DESIGN RESERACH LAB of the University of the Arts in collaboration with … Continue reading →

Posted in accessible, alternative communication, care, co-design, deaf, design project, design research, Film, movie, universal design | Tagged deaf, deafness, design research lab, designabilities, Designforschung, designresearch, Deutsche Telekom Laboratories, disability, gesche joost, hci, interaction, Interaction Design, Interface Design, mobile phone, T-Labs, tom bieling, Udk | 2 Comments

Welcome to DESIGNABILITIES!

Posted on June 1, 2009 by designabilities

… a research blog developed and run at

Posted in accessible, activism, advertisement, age, alternative communication, architecture, art, augmentative communication, awareness, bioethic, blind, blog, body, body modification, Calendar, Capability Simulation, care, co-design, comedy, Conference, cyborg, cymatics, deaf, deaf-blind, Definitions, demenz, design project, design research, design study, designwissenschaft, disability aesthetics, disability studies, echolocation, education, embodiment, Enhancement, event, exhibition, Experience Disability, fashion, Film, freak, game, gender, german/deutsch, graphic, humor, illiteracy, implants, interaction, interview, jewelery, jobs, Literature, movie, multimodality, music, neuroscience, people, performance, philodhopir, philosophie, photography, playful interaction, Politik, pop culture, posthumanism, prosthetics, prototyping, quote, reciprocal learning, report, research, senses, social design, sound, STS, sustainability and social innovation, synaesthesia, tactile communication, tangible interaction, team, toy, Transhumanity, typo, Uncategorized, universal design, virtual reality, visual communication | Tagged AAC, activism, aktivismus, Architektur, augmentative, Ökonomiekritik, barrierefrei, Bürgerwissenschaft, behinderung, blind, blind view, body, braille, Citizen Science, communication, deaf, deafblind, design, design for all, design research, design research lab, designabilities, designability, Designforschung, disability, fankultur, gebärdensprache, gehörlos, gesche joost, hci, inclusion, inclusive design, inklusion, interaction, interface, journal, Konsumkritik, kunst, lorm, participatory design, partizipation, perzeption, politik, Pop, Protest, protestkultur, science, sign language, silent talk, social design, social innovation, social integration, Soziotechnik, special needs, speechless, Stadt, Stadtsoziologie, STS, Techinksozoiologie, technology, teilhabe, Theorie, tom bieling, universal design, unterstützte kommunikation, Urbanism, usability, visual communication | Comments Off