Disabled Body-Minds in Hostile Environments: Disrupting an Ableist Cartesian Sociotechnical Imagination with Enactive Embodied Cognition and Critical Disability Studies.

Summary

This theoretical paper argues that hostile environments for disabled people arise from an ableist Cartesian sociotechnical imagination that separates mind from body and devalues non-normative bodies. By integrating enactive embodied cognition with critical disability studies, the authors propose a framework that disrupts this dualism, emphasizing how body-minds are dynamically coupled with their environments. The analysis suggests that reimagining sociotechnical systems through this lens can foster more inclusive and accessible spaces, challenging the exclusionary assumptions embedded in current design and policy.

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Disabled Body-Minds in Hostile Environments: Disrupting an Ableist Cartesian Sociotechnical Imagination with Enactive Embodied Cognition and Critical Disability Studies.