The Question of Access

The Question of Access
Author: Tanya Titchkosky
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Total Pages: 201
Release: 2011-09-10
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1442662662

Values such as ‘access’ and ‘inclusion’ are unquestioned in the contemporary educational landscape. But many methods of addressing these issues — installing signs, ramps, and accessible washrooms — frame disability only as a problem to be ‘fixed.’ The Question of Access investigates the social meanings of access in contemporary university life from the perspective of Cultural Disability Studies. Through narratives of struggle and analyses of policy and everyday practices, Tanya Titchkosky shows how interpretations of access reproduce conceptions of who belongs, where and when. Titchkosky examines how the bureaucratization of access issues has affected understandings of our lives together in social space. Representing ‘access’ as a beginning point for how disability can be rethought, rather than as a mere synonym for justice, The Question of Access allows readers to critically question their own implicit conceptions of disability, non-disability, and access.

The Promise of Access

The Promise of Access
Author: Daniel Greene
Publisher: MIT Press
Total Pages: 269
Release: 2021-04-06
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 0262542331

Why simple technological solutions to complex social issues continue to appeal to politicians and professionals who should (and often do) know better. Why do we keep trying to solve poverty with technology? What makes us feel that we need to learn to code--or else? In The Promise of Access, Daniel Greene argues that the problem of poverty became a problem of technology in order to manage the contradictions of a changing economy. Greene shows how the digital divide emerged as a policy problem and why simple technological solutions to complex social issues continue to appeal to politicians and professionals who should (and often do) know better.

The Question of Access

The Question of Access
Author: Tanya Titchkosky
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Total Pages: 201
Release: 2011-01-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 144261000X

1 Introduction: Accessas an Act of Perception. 2 'Who?': DisabilityIdentity and the Question of Belonging. 3 'What?': RepresentingDisability. 4 'Where?': To Pee or Not to Pee. 5 'When? Not Yet': TheAbsent Presence of Disability in Contemporary University Life. 6 Towards a Politics of Wonder inDisability Studies.

Academic Ableism

Academic Ableism
Author: Jay Dolmage
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Total Pages: 255
Release: 2017-11-22
Genre: Education
ISBN: 047205371X

Places notions of disability at the center of higher education and argues that inclusiveness allows for a better education for everyone

Water and Liberalisation

Water and Liberalisation
Author: Matthias Finger
Publisher: IWA Publishing
Total Pages: 238
Release: 2007-01-01
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1843391139

In most network industries, new dynamics are leading to an unprecedented opening up to competition and private sector participation. With the development of a single European market, the in-stages liberalisation process of public utilities has spread to almost all sectors. However, the water supply and sanitation (WSS) sector is considered somehow different and it has been excluded until recently from the restructuring processes achieved in other sectors. Water and Liberalisation: European Water Scenarios presents a better understanding of the specific demands of the WSS sector. Covering the operators' strategies, the regulatory dynamics as well as their interactions on the evolution of the sector, it addresses the likelihood, the nature, and the forms the WSS sector may take in Europe in the foreseeable future. Adopting a neutral political stance, the book analyses the implications of alternative scenarios in economic, ecological, social, legal, and institutional terms. Key sections include: In depth introduction to the current situation in the WSS sector; The European water supply and sanitation markets; The institutional framework of the water supply and sanitation sector in the EU: a comparative analysis; Analysis of the EU explicit and implicit policies and approaches in the sector; Analysis of the strategies of the water operators in Europe scenarios on the evolution of the water sector in Europe; Economic, environmental, & social implications of the scenarios; Major implications per scenario.

Progress in Cryptology – INDOCRYPT 2016

Progress in Cryptology – INDOCRYPT 2016
Author: Orr Dunkelman
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 435
Release: 2016-11-09
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 3319498908

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Cryptology in India, INDOCRYPT 2016, held in Kolkata, India, in December 2016. The 23 revised full papers presented in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 84 submissions. The focus of the conference includes works on Public-Key Cryptography, Cryptographic Protocols, Side-Channel Attacks, Implementation of Cryptographic Schemes, Functional Encryption, Symmetric-Key Cryptanalysis, Foundations, and New Cryptographic Constructions.

The Right to Education in India

The Right to Education in India
Author: Florian Matthey-Prakash
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 301
Release: 2019-08-22
Genre: Law
ISBN: 0199097054

What does it mean for education to be a fundamental right, and how may children benefit from it? Surprisingly, even when the right to education was added to the Indian Constitution as Article 21A, this question barely received any attention. The book identifies justiciability—or, more broadly, enforceability—as the most important feature of Article 21A, meaning that children and their parents must be provided with means to effectively claim their right from the State; otherwise, it would remain a ‘right’ only on paper. The book highlights how lack of access to the Indian judiciary means that the constitutional promise of justiciability remains unfulfilled. It deals with the possible alternative means the State may provide for the poor to claim the benefits under Article 21A, and identifies the grievance-redress mechanism created by the ‘Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009’ as a potential system of enforcement. Even though this system is found to be deficient, the book concludes with an optimistic outlook, hoping that rights advocates may, in the future, focus on improving such mechanisms for legal empowerment.

Social Theory and the Urban Question

Social Theory and the Urban Question
Author: Peter Saunders
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 301
Release: 2003-09-02
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1134875118

First published in 1986. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Seven Skeletons

Seven Skeletons
Author: Lydia Pyne
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 290
Release: 2016-08-16
Genre: History
ISBN: 0698409426

An irresistible journey of discovery, science, history, and myth making, told through the lives and afterlives of seven famous human ancestors Over the last century, the search for human ancestors has spanned four continents and resulted in the discovery of hundreds of fossils. While most of these discoveries live quietly in museum collections, there are a few that have become world-renowned celebrity personas—ambassadors of science that speak to public audiences. In Seven Skeletons, historian of science Lydia Pyne explores how seven such famous fossils of our ancestors have the social cachet they enjoy today. Drawing from archives, museums, and interviews, Pyne builds a cultural history for each celebrity fossil—from its discovery to its afterlife in museum exhibits to its legacy in popular culture. These seven include the three-foot tall “hobbit” from Flores, the Neanderthal of La Chapelle, the Taung Child, the Piltdown Man hoax, Peking Man, Australopithecus sediba, and Lucy—each embraced and celebrated by generations, and vivid examples of how discoveries of how our ancestors have been received, remembered, and immortalized. With wit and insight, Pyne brings to life each fossil, and how it is described, put on display, and shared among scientific communities and the broader public. This fascinating, endlessly entertaining book puts the impact of paleoanthropology into new context, a reminder of how our past as a species continues to affect, in astounding ways, our present culture and imagination.

A Companion to the History of American Broadcasting

A Companion to the History of American Broadcasting
Author: Aniko Bodroghkozy
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 516
Release: 2018-07-23
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 1118646053

Presented in a single volume, this engaging review reflects on the scholarship and the historical development of American broadcasting A Companion to the History of American Broadcasting comprehensively evaluates the vibrant history of American radio and television and reveals broadcasting’s influence on American history in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. With contributions from leading scholars on the topic, this wide-ranging anthology explores the impact of broadcasting on American culture, politics, and society from an historical perspective as well as the effect on our economic and social structures. The text’s original and accessibly-written essays offer explorations on a wealth of topics including the production of broadcast media, the evolution of various television and radio genres, the development of the broadcast ratings system, the rise of Spanish language broadcasting in the United States, broadcast activism, African Americans and broadcasting, 1950’s television, and much more. This essential resource: Presents a scholarly overview of the history of radio and television broadcasting and its influence on contemporary American history Contains original essays from leading academics in the field Examines the role of radio in the television era Discusses the evolution of regulations in radio and television Offers insight into the cultural influence of radio and television Analyzes canonical texts that helped shape the field Written for students and scholars of media studies and twentieth-century history, A Companion to the History of American Broadcasting is an essential and field-defining guide to the history and historiography of American broadcasting and its many cultural, societal, and political impacts.