Universal Design and Its Discontents

Godden, Richard H.; Hsy, Jonathan

doi:10.2307/j.ctv19cwdqv.9

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“…Using "humanity" in the first sense suggests universalism: the idea that a single design solution could work for all of humanity. This notion has been regarded as ultimately impossible and unworkable (if utopian) in discussions of universal design-even if, as a rhetorical device, the term "universal design" has been helpful for championing design decisions that include people who were previously excluded by designed systems [27]. Universalism in design has been even called harmful, as it erases the meaningful distinctions across certain groups [14].…”

Section: Universalism Vs Localismmentioning

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Toward Humanity-Centered Design without Hubris

Gorichanaz

2024

Extended Abstracts of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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Humanity-centered design is a concept of emerging interest in HCI, one motivated by the limitations of human-centered design. As discussed to date, humanity-centered design is compatible with but goes beyond human-centered design in that it considers entire ecosystems and populations over the long term and centers participatory design. Though the intentions of humanity-centered design are laudable, current articulations of humanity-centered design are incoherent in a number of ways, leading to questions of how exactly it can or should be implemented. In this article, I delineate four ways in which humanity-centered design is incoherent-which can be boiled down to a tendency toward hubris-and propose a more fruitful way forward, a humble approach to humanity-centered design. Rather than a contradiction in terms, "humility" here refers to an organic, piecemeal, patterns-based approach to design that will be good for our being on this earth.CCS Concepts: • Human-centered computing → Interaction design theory, concepts and paradigms; HCI theory, concepts and models.

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Section: Universalism Vs Localismmentioning

confidence: 99%

Toward Humanity-Centered Design without Hubris

Gorichanaz

2024

Extended Abstracts of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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“…One review (Murphy, 2021) found little systematic research demonstrating the effectiveness of UDL design, calling it a 'fad'. Godden and Hsy (2016) call UDL a 'utopian ideal' based on a mistaken universalism about the possibility of any learning environment being available to everyone (see also De Cauwer et al, 2009). Moreover, while emphasising design accommodations for learners with specific disabilities, Sadowski (2014) criticises UDL for neglecting issues of race and ethnicity, and specifically that 'UDL as currently structured is positioned as a tool to make classrooms innately accessible across lines of identity.…”

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Online education viewed through an equity lens: Promoting engagement and success for all learners

Farley

Burbules

2022

Review of Education

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Educational technologies have the potential to expand access to education to a wider range of people, including those currently without access to highquality learning opportunities. However, this promise is largely unfulfilled (see S. Protopsaltis and S. Baum, Does online education live up to its promise? A look at the evidence and implications for federal policy, 2019, Center for Educational Policy Evaluation). Although technology can remove some barriers, it can also have the opposite effect, creating new inequalities. This meta-synthesis summarises the main findings from current research that documents both structural and instructional barriers; and proposes researchsupported best practices in online course design and instruction in order to promote greater student satisfaction and success.

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Talking Scores and the Dismediation of Music Notation

Schuiling

2023

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In the 1990s, specialized libraries in the Netherlands developed an audio-based form of notation known as “talking scores” to be used as an assistive technology for blind and visually impaired musicians. A talking score, similar to the audiobooks on which it was based, narrates the information found in staff notation that would otherwise be accessed visually. The spoken instructions are divided into fragments and alternated with audio examples. This article discusses the working of such scores and analyzes the score for Debussy’s “Clair de Lune” to make detailed observations about the transformation from staff notation to talking score. This discussion is theoretically framed by a consideration of the “dismediation” of notation, i.e., of the centrality of questions of (dis)ability to discussions of the interactions between human bodies and media infrastructures, which forms the basis of a critique of Peter Szendy’s theory of musical arrangement.

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Universal Design and Its Discontents

Cited by 4 publications

References 5 publications

Toward Humanity-Centered Design without Hubris

Toward Humanity-Centered Design without Hubris

Online education viewed through an equity lens: Promoting engagement and success for all learners

Talking Scores and the Dismediation of Music Notation

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