1.5 Inclusive Design and the IDRC So What? Library and Information Science Podcast
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Alan Harnum is an Inclusive Developer at the Inclusive Design Research Centre (IDRC) at OCAD University in Toronto. His work, and that of the IDRC, is focused on ensuring that emerging information technologies and practices are designed inclusively. Using approaches such as co-design, community engaged scholarship, and an activist perspective, the IDRC epitomizes the “nothing about us without us” philosophy of the disability community. Alan talks about his role, key principles of software design, specific IDRC projects, and their engagement strategies.
A transcript of this episode is available online: http://sowhat.fims.uwo.ca/1-5-inclusive-design-and-the-idrc/
Episode producer: Mike Ridley
Alan Harnum is an Inclusive Developer at the Inclusive Design Research Centre (IDRC) at OCAD University in Toronto. His work, and that of the IDRC, is focused on ensuring that emerging information technologies and practices are designed inclusively. Using approaches such as co-design, community engaged scholarship, and an activist perspective, the IDRC epitomizes the “nothing about us without us” philosophy of the disability community. Alan talks about his role, key principles of software design, specific IDRC projects, and their engagement strategies.
A transcript of this episode is available online: http://sowhat.fims.uwo.ca/1-5-inclusive-design-and-the-idrc/
Episode producer: Mike Ridley
14 min