Re-Imagining Accessibility
![Shepard Fairey’s “Barack Obama/Hope” image went viral during the 2008 election. Then controversy about the image’s source transformed it into the poster child for fair use in the public debate over copyright and free culture. Now FULAB takes “Hope” as its icon [Image source: Wikipedia]](http://fairuselab.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/shepard_fairey_hope_2008.jpg "shepard_fairey_hope_2008")
Re-imagining accessibility through the transformations of culture -- particularly the transformative promise of accessible technology for people with disabilities -- is the work of the Fair Use Lab. What does Shepard Fairey’s Hope poster have to do with accessibility? Read more: Shape-Shifters in the Fair Use Lab [MiT6 2009]
Remix: Danger Mouse
![Promotional artwork for "The Grey Album" by Justin Hampton. This was not used for the actual cover, but appeared on the Danger Mouse website in 2004. [Source: Wikipedia]](http://fairuselab.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/danger_mouse_grey_album_cover_200.jpg "danger_mouse_grey_album_cover_200")
Will DJ Danger Mouse become the Che Guevara of digital sampling? Consider the case for fair use made by The Grey Album.Blind Photographers
In the moment when Paul Strand photographed her surreptitiously on the street in New York, the social engineers who created a system for licensing beggars never imagined that a blind woman had culture or could make culture. She herself may not have imagined it. Paul Strand probably didn’t give her much credit for making culture, either. Read more: Curiosity & The Blind Photographer [MiT5 2007] See more on blind photographers.Disability As Praxis
I am a parent, homeowner, knowledge worker, and person with disabilities. Oppression is not my true word, but praxis is. In Paulo Freire’s transformative work, I find an affirmation deeper than ideology or political activism -- an affirmation of the dynamic role of disability in culture. I believe the daily praxis of making adaptations and negotiating accommodations represents a significant form of cultural production. Read Disability As Praxis.ADA 20th Anniversary
![President George H.W. Bush signs into law the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) on July 26, 1990 as Justin Dart looks on. [Source: ucp.org]](http://fairuselab.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/ada_signing_072690_ucp_2.jpg "ada_signing_072690_ucp_2")
On its 20th anniversary, pundits will debate what the Americans with Disabilities Act has accomplished. I still believe what I said in a TV interview after the ADA signing ceremony in 1990. “The ADA will not end disability discrimination overnight. But in a nation governed by the rule of law, getting it in writing is the place to start.” So what is the ADA's legacy? A Generation of Problem-Solvers.
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Lab Notebook – June 2, 2013
A Very Pedestrian Superhero Grapples With Mexico City Traffic – WSJ.com 052913 MEXICO CITY—If you ever get stuck in gridlock at an intersection in this crowded capital city, you can’t expect help from a street cop. But you might try … Continue reading
Lab Notebook – May 19, 2013
My Medical Choice by Angelina Jolie – NYTimes.com 051413 Angelina Jolie’s Disclosure Highlights a Breast Cancer Dilemma – NYTimes.com 051413 Now four decades later, another leading lady — the actress Angelina Jolie — has focused public attention on breast cancer … Continue reading
Lab Notebook – May 12, 2013
Communication privacy management theory – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Communication privacy management theory, originally known as communication boundary management, is a communication theory first developed by Sandra Petronio.[1][2] Petronio’s conclusions are relevant to the study of communication because before Communication … Continue reading
MiT8 Abstract Highlights
“Gangnam Style, Azonto and the Cosmopolitan Remix” | Media in Transition 8: public media, private media abstracts and papers Ethan Zuckerman: “Internet memes — humorous, remixable, amateur content designed for spread online — have attracted attention as an rapidly expanding … Continue reading
Lab Notebook – May 1, 2013
Watch FDR on Lying: Hiding a Disability on PBS. See more from American Experience. WGBH American Experience : PBS video Alistair Cooke interviews Hugh Gallagher about FDR on Lying: Hiding a Disability Hugh Gallagher, “Biographer: The country just simply didn’t … Continue reading