Happy to share that our publication “Access and tinkering: designing assistive technologies as political practice” I co-authored with my colleagues from the research network “Dis/Abilities and Digital Media” funded by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) has been published on Emerald Insight: Bieling, T., Şahinol, M., Stock, R. and Wiechern, A. (2022), “Access and tinkering: designing assistive technologies […]
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Arts & Design, Open Source & DIY Perspectives on Dis/ability (07 July 2022, 6-7 pm CEST | 12-1 pm EST | 7-8 TRT)
Session as part of the ongoing series “Disability and the Digital. Conversations Across Sociology, Cultural Studies and Disability Studies”. When: July, 07, 2022, 6-7 pm CEST | 12-1 pm EST | 7-8 TRT Please register here for the event. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email with information about attending the meeting. Download the flyer for […]
Disability And The Digital. Conversations Across Sociology, Cultural Studies and Disability Studies
I would like to draw your attention to the international conversation series Disability and the Digital, which addresses the intersections of the sociology of the body, cultural studies, and disability studies that I am co-organizing with colleagues from Berlin, Hamburg and New York. You can find more information and register for the individual sessions below. […]
Vortrag / Sunum “Das Soziale und das Technische gemeinsam denken: 3D gedruckte Prothesen für Kinder als Enabler?” 24.2., 14h Türkisch-Deutsche Uni Istanbul
Ich wurde zur Soziologie-Gesprächsreihe am Institut für Soziologie der Türkisch-Deutschen Universität eingeladen. Mein Vortrag mit dem Titel “Das Soziale und das Technische gemeinsam denken: 3D gedruckte Prothesen für Kinder als Enabler?” findet am Donnerstag, den 24.02.2022 um 14:00 Uhr statt. Türk-Alman Üniversitesi Sosyoloji bölümündeki Sosyoloji Konuşmaları serisine davet edildim. “Das Soziale und das Technische gemeinsam […]
New Publication: Living in the Age of Neuro-Digitalization. Brain-Computer Interfaces for Patients with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
I am happy to share with you my latest publication: Şahinol, M. (2021). Living in the Age of Neuro-Digitalization. Brain-Computer Interfaces for Patients with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. Philosophy, Theology and the Sciences, 8 (Being Human in a Technological Age), 53-80. doi:10.1628/ptsc-2021-0005 Abstract This paper examines the development of brain-computer interfaces (BCI) and new types of […]
“Crip Making” keynote by Aimi Hamraie, 16 September 2021, 7–8:30pm (CEST)
Download Flyer Abstract Is design informed by the lived experiences of disability inherently political? Several concepts exist within critical disability studies to name disability-led design. These include crip technoscience (Hamraie 2017; Hamraie and Fritsch 2019), “microactivist affordances” (Dokumaci 2020), “Criptastic hacking” (Yergeau 2014), and the “design theory of disability” (Guffey and Williamson). These approaches center […]
Keynote: Anne Waldschmidt “Inclusion – Accessibility – Normality: Some Remarks from a Dispositif-Analytical Perspective” 17 September 2021, 3:30-5pm (CEST)
Download Flyer Abstract It is Critical Disability Studies as an innovative discourse, which has significantly contributed to revising simplistic and individualistic views of disability and impairment. Introduced in the 1970s, the social model of disability has since fundamentally changed the international disability discourse. This approach, as Disability Studies scholars and disability rights activists know well, […]
Visiting the Department for Media Studies, University of Paderborn – fall 2021, substituting Prof. Dr. Jutta Weber #sts #mediastudies #SociologyofMedia
It’s official. In fall 2021 I will substitute Prof. Dr. Jutta Weber at the Department for Media Studies at the University of Paderborn as part of a guest stay. With this context, I am preparing four Seminars at the intersection of Media/Digitalization, Medicine, Posthumanism and Disability Studies: Cochlea-Implantate, bionische Prothesen und andere assistive Technologien. Digitale […]
Kick-Off Meeting: Scientific Network Dis-/Abilities and Digital Media (10-11 Dec 2020)
Our DFG scientific network #DisAbilities & #DigitalMedia has started its activities. I am very excited and look forward to this great kick-off meeting with some public lectures. You can find details about the meeting below. For information about our network please visit our website: https://dis-abilities-and-digital-media.org/ . Agency – Participation – Cooperation The Praxeological Production of […]
edited volume “Upgrades der Natur, künftige Körper – Interdisziplinäre und internationale Perspektiven” published (eds. @mesahinol @ChriXCoenen #Motika) #ststwitter #körper #sport #technik #enhancement #disability #cyborg
The edited volume “Upgrades der Natur, künftige Körper – Interdisziplinäre und internationale Perspektiven”, on which we have been working since the workshop of the same title in 2016, has been published. And here is the link: https://lnkd.in/e4fhYzh