How can designers work with people with disabilities to improve the user experience and accessibility of digital technologies?

This audio is part of the Reimagining Access: Inclusive Technology for Archives & Special Collections,” online symposium  that took place on February 11, 2021. The event was hosted by ArtCenter College of Design and is part of an Institute of Museum and Library Services [IMLS] National Leadership Grant project exploring how to make digital archives more accessible. Results from the symposium will be used to help direct the project and the class which is being held in conjunction with the event.

In this podcast...

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2. Emerging Directions: Spotlighting innovative projects using accessible technology /  Speakers: Elizabeth Guffey (Professor of Art and Design History and Head of the MA Program in Art History at the State University of New York, Purchase College) and Jasmine Clark (Digital Scholarship Librarian, Temple University)
   
   
3. Emerging Directions: Spotlighting innovative projects using accessible technology /  Speakers: Crystal Lee (PhD candidate at MIT) and Sara Hendren (artist, design researcher, writer and Professor at Olin College of Engineering)  
   
   
4. Q&A
   

To learn more about the Reimagining Access: Inclusive Technology for Archives & Special Collections project, please visit the Designmatters site.

View the full presentations here.