Hacking the Underground: Disability, Infrastructure, and London's Public Transport System

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Raquel Velho Banu Subramaniam

Hacking the Underground

Disability, Infrastructure, and London's Public Transport System

Raquel Velho, Banu Subramaniam, Rebecca Herzig

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University of Washington Press
06 December 2023

Disability: social aspects; Impact of science & technology on society; Transport planning & policy; Buses, trams & commercial vehicles: general interest

Series: Feminist Technosciences

"""Minding the gap"" while using a wheelchair on the London Underground goes beyond a sharp eye and careful foot placement to avoid a fall: it can entail carrying and deploying a portable ramp to embark and disembark or carefully mapping out a custom route ahead of time. The extensive infrastructure of London's public transportation system requires constant improvisation from users who move through the system differently than nondisabled people do. Centering the voices of disabled passengers, Hacking the Underground highlights how marginalized groups subvert and ultimately transform infrastructures, actively shaping them.

Raquel Velho draws on emancipatory action research in London, capturing the hegemonic character of infrastructures without losing the experiences and actions of marginalized users. Proposing a crip feminist and profoundly relational approach to infrastructure, Velho illustrates how the built environment holds the potential for both inclusionary and exclusionary world-building."

By: Raquel Velho
Series edited by: Banu Subramaniam, Rebecca Herzig
Imprint: University of Washington Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 305g
ISBN: 9780295751948
ISBN 10: 0295751940
Series: Feminist Technosciences
Pages: 202
Publication Date: 06 December 2023
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Raquel Velho is assistant professor of science and technology studies at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.