[Access Lunch] [Accessibility Lunch] Reading for July 9th

[Jeffrey Bigham]

For anyone who might be new, here is the Zoom link:
https://cmu.zoom.us/j/94637562700

On Mon, Jul 6, 2020 at 6:48 PM Lilian de Greef via Accessibility-lunch <
accessibility-lunch at lists.andrew.cmu.edu> wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> This week’s reading is about the theory of technology as an amplifier,
> which presents a different narrative about technology than the often hyped
> idea of “technology driving social change.”
>
> While this paper specifically focuses on the ICT4D space (“information and
> communication technology for development”, a field that explore how
> technology can improve the lives of underserved populations in
> low-income regions), it’ll be interesting to explore parallels for
> accessibility and disability and how this theory applies to our work.
>
> For anyone who wants to learn more, Kentaro Toyama (the author) dives
> deeper into the topic in his book Geek Heresy <https://geekheresy.org/>.
>
> Here’s a link to the paper:
> https://dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1145/1940761.1940772
> I’ve also attached a pdf to this email.
>
> Best,
> Lilian
>
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