Online vs offline inequality : Examining disableist infrastructure via open data

Thomas, Vanessa (2017) Online vs offline inequality : Examining disableist infrastructure via open data. In: European Symposium Series on Societal Challenges in Computational Social Science, 2017-11-15 - 2017-11-17.

[thumbnail of CSS presentation text]
Preview
PDF (CSS presentation text)
EUCSS_text.pdf - Published Version
Available under License Creative Commons Attribution.

Download (116kB)
[thumbnail of CSS presentation slides]
Preview
PDF (CSS presentation slides)
EUCSS_slides.pdf - Published Version
Available under License Creative Commons Attribution.

Download (56MB)

Abstract

In this talk, I explain why I believe that computational social science and (online) open data can expose, reproduce, and transpose (offline) infrastructural inequalities related to disability. To make this point, I draw on the first phase of a multi-stage, mixed methods research project that centres around a “public washrooms” dataset released by the City of Vancouver. I discuss how, in this case, open data can: be used to expose gaps in infrastructural services for wheelchair users; reproduce disableism by providing misleading or inaccurate data, and; transpose disableism from (offline) infrastructural and resource deficits into (online) informational deficits, which then also influence (offline) engagement with urban environments.

Item Type:
Contribution to Conference (Speech)
Journal or Publication Title:
European Symposium Series on Societal Challenges in Computational Social Science : Inequality and Imbalance
ID Code:
88757
Deposited By:
Deposited On:
17 Nov 2017 13:27
Refereed?:
No
Published?:
Published
Last Modified:
01 Sep 2024 23:08