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

The paper argues that hostile environments for disabled people arise from an ableist Cartesian sociotechnical imagination that separates mind from body and devalues disabled body-minds. By integrating enactive embodied cognition and critical disability studies, the authors propose a framework that disrupts this imagination, emphasizing the interdependence of body, mind, and environment. They suggest that recognizing the dynamic, relational nature of embodied experience can challenge ableist assumptions and foster more inclusive sociotechnical systems. The work offers a theoretical intervention rather than empirical findings.

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