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Mediated publics for inclusion are spaces that are open up participation to all. As a case study, I created Crafting Access to empower communications access for deaf and hard of hearing students in workplace, it’s impact, and what this might mean for design.My research into communications access began with the question of communications in collaboration. Informed by research on innovative environments and the link to social interactions within communities of collaborators.Where the sparks for innovation are found in these spaces isn’t the primary tasks, but in the side or social conversations. Inability to access social conversation has consequences for career satisfaction for deaf and hard of hearing, but also anyone with a barriers to social communications from gender to language. These barriers isolate workers and, in the case of the deaf and hard of hearing, create especially high numbers of un- or underemployed and reliant on public assistance, some of which can be traced to workplace discomfort.For those that stay in the workforce, advancement and achievement can be out of reach as social conversation is associated with career advancement.
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MEDIATEDPUBLICS FOR INCLUSION
CHRISTOPHER TAYLOR EDWARDS
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Our biggest creative breakthroughs come when people learn from, compete with, and collaborate with other people. Richard Florida
SOCIALTASK
CASE STUDY: SMALL & IN FLUX
DECLINE IN DHH YOUTH
POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION
NOT IN LABOR FORCE
16.5%4.3%26%
Holt, Judith, Sue Hotto, and Kevin Cole. DEMOGRAPHIC ASPECTS OF HEARING IMPAIRMENT: QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Third Edition, 1994. Research Support & International Affa. Gallaudet University, 21 Mar. 2012. Web. 29 Apr. 2015. .
Allen, Thomas E. Who Are the Deaf and Hard-of-hearing Students Leaving High School and Entering Postsecondary Education? Research Support & International AffairsG. Gallaudet University, 05 Dec. 2011. Web. 29 Apr. 2015. .
75%CASE STUDY: MAINSTREAMED
WORKER COWORKER
BOSSSENNETTSSOCIAL TRIANGLE
Sennett, Richard. Together: The rituals, pleasures and politics of cooperation. Yale University Press, 2012.
DEAF/HH ALLIES
CAREER NAVIGATORSMODIFIED SOCIAL TRIANGLE
APPLY
JOB LEADS
INTERVIEW
INSIDE CONTACTS
TRAIN
MEETING COLLEAGUES
WORK
COLLAB- ORATION
PROMOTION
WORK- RELATED GOSSIP
SUPERVISE
EMPLOYEE SENTIMENT
CAREER STAGES
HIRING WORKING ADVANCING
SOCIAL NEEDS
SELF DEFINITION
DISCLOSURE RULES OF ENGAGEMENT
NOTES & TIMELINE
IDENTIFYING ALLIES
CONVERSATION FRAMEWORK
CAREER SERVICESWORKBOOKSCAREER BOOKS
SCORE ASSOCIATION(nonprofit)
COMMUNITIES OF RECOVERY(positive deviance)
WALK [YOUR CITY]
(tactile urbanism)
ZINES
(hand made, open distribution)
TOOLS AND STRATEGIES FOR DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING IN THE WORKPLACE
HACKa strategy or technique adopted in
order to manage ones daily activities
CRAFTan activity involving skill
INDVIDUAL ASSESSMENT INTERDEPENDENCE
GUIDED DISCUSSIONFINDING ALLIES RULES OF ENGAGEMENTDEFINE & DISCLOSE
It's very interesting and useful when we discussed and share experiences together. I learned something new from others like
how to deal with an interview.
ASSUMPTION
ACTIVITIES
OBJECTIVES
Social systems turn impairments into disabilities. Access to social communications requires social tools.
Web & social media
Online communities
Free & paid work-books
Low-costworkshops
Paid 1-on-1 coaching
Develop free-to-paid framework that supports interdependent accessibility.
Individual empowerment System interdependence
Facilitating 1-on-1 and group interactions
Distributing workbook and framework online
Impacting career services tools
Develop workshop distribution channel
Job coaching and intersecting with
career consultants
Make use of emerging behavior change tech
Relieve anxiety over access challenges through pre-planning
Support conversations allies and impaired
Increasing agency and job satisfaction for DHH in their careers.
INTENDED SHORT TERM
OUTCOMES
INTENDED LONG TERM OUTCOMES
ASSUMPTION
THEORY OF CHANGE
WORKSHOPS
ONE-ON-ONE COACHING
CAREER SERVICES
ONLINE
CRAFT HACK
PRESENT
Nobody goes for a walk without having something that supports that walk, something outside of ourselves. Judith Butler
Examined Life: Judith Butler and Sunaura Taylor. Dir. Astra Taylor. Perf. Slavoj Zizek, Cornel West, Peter Singer, Judith Butler, and Kwame Anthony Appiah. Zeitgeist Films, 2008. YouTube. Google, 6 Oct. 2010. Web. 26 Nov. 2014. .
MEDIATEDPUBLICS FOR INCLUSION
THANK YOU
@craftingaccess