The paradigm of the saw. What the hacking of a wheelchair reveals about the relationship between disabled bodies and technical aids
Tehel, Amélie
The paradigm of the saw. What the hacking of a wheelchair reveals about the relationship between disabled bodies and technical aids - 2023.
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This article explores the hack of a wheelchair by its user. By discontent of some of its functionalities, the user involves in this unusual DIY her extended body, which is composed by tools and assistants. She thus aims to adapt the technical device to her specific life and body experience. This rebellious act against a closed device shows her will of independence. It also demonstrate the complex construction of a bond between a disabled body and a wheelchair. The main tool of this hack is the saw. This tool highlights the radicality of an irreversible technical move, but it also symbolizes the anti-ableism political commitment of this woman.
The paradigm of the saw. What the hacking of a wheelchair reveals about the relationship between disabled bodies and technical aids - 2023.
8
This article explores the hack of a wheelchair by its user. By discontent of some of its functionalities, the user involves in this unusual DIY her extended body, which is composed by tools and assistants. She thus aims to adapt the technical device to her specific life and body experience. This rebellious act against a closed device shows her will of independence. It also demonstrate the complex construction of a bond between a disabled body and a wheelchair. The main tool of this hack is the saw. This tool highlights the radicality of an irreversible technical move, but it also symbolizes the anti-ableism political commitment of this woman.
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