E 08 - Dr. Jay Dolmage: “Designing through disability as an identity and culture”
Welcomed by Design
On this episode of Welcomed by Design, we sit down with Dr. Jay Dolmage to discuss his book, Academic Ableism, and how he navigates higher education as a disability studies scholar. We touch on various topics such as the deep-rooted history of eugenics in higher education, the mismatched architectural and pedagogical designs present on college campuses, and the importance of building disability culture on these campuses. (An unembedded link to the resource library, which includes transcripts, will be at the bottom of this description for anyone needing to copy and paste the link...
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Torch Pass: The Next Era of Welcomed by Design
Welcomed by Design
In this mini conversation, we usher in a new era of the show by introducing you to members of our takeover team! You’ll get to hear from the new host (Emily Vaiz) and oncoming producer (Paige Branagan) as they tell you a little about themselves, why they decided to join this project, and their future hopes and ideas for the show going forward. Welcomed by Design’s first host, Lynn Priestley, also gives thanks to the people that have made this project possible. (An unembedded link to the resource library, which includes transcripts, will be at the bottom of this...
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S 07 - On muppets, penguins, & (responsibly) speculative spaceships!
Welcomed by Design
This is the supplement recording for our seventh episode with Dr. Bess Williamson, Dr. Elizabeth Guffey, and Dr. Meryl Alper. Join us here to debrief on our favorite parts of the conversation, and do a fact and term check of the interview. It’s also the last Lynn and Dr. Fitz supplement, as a new student team will be getting behind the mic in the fall! (Emotions naturally ensue.) (An unembedded link to the resource library, which includes transcripts, will be at the bottom of this description for anyone needing to copy and paste the link in a web browser.) (for...
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E 07 - Drs. Bess Williamson, Elizabeth Guffey, & Meryl Alper: “Access as an ideal”
Welcomed by Design
On this episode of Welcomed by Design, we sit down with Dr. Bess Williamson, Dr. Elizabeth Guffey, and Dr. Meryl Alper to discuss the past, present, and future of disability design. Our talking points include the “wiggly” nature of access, the way mindsets around accessible design (particularly around Universal Design methodology) have differed/evolved across time and place, and the nuances around disability and visibility. (Our guests’ guiding advice around responsible speculative design and thoughts on the potentials of crip technoscience/design were particular Welcomed by Design...
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E 06 (Part 2) - Unwell: Queer Horror Week Special
Welcomed by Design
On this episode of Welcomed by Design, we listen back to Fall 2022’s Queer Horror Week, coordinated by Pitt’s Horror Studies Working Group. Members of our team got to panel with many cool creatives, including the wonderful, BBC award-winning team of Unwell, to talk about accessibility and identity in the world of audio dramas! With a topic like that, there’s obviously going to be far too much good conversation to have a mere hour of footage. So we’re releasing a two-part special (which, given its patchwork of event audio clips, a lá Frankenstein’s monster, is thematically spooky in...
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E 06 (Part 1) - Unwell: Queer Horror Week Special
Welcomed by Design
On this episode of Welcomed by Design, we listen back to Fall 2022’s Queer Horror Week, coordinated by Pitt’s Horror Studies Working Group. Members of our team got to panel with many cool creatives, including the wonderful, BBC award-winning team of Unwell, to talk about accessibility and identity in the world of audio dramas! With a topic like that, there’s obviously going to be far too much good conversation to have a mere hour of footage. So we’re releasing a two-part special (which, given its patchwork of event audio clips, a lá Frankenstein’s monster, is also thematically...
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S 05 - Science fiction is about the present.
Welcomed by Design
This is the supplement recording for our fifth episode with Dr. Kelsey Cameron. Join us here to debrief on our favorite parts of the conversation, do a fact check of the interview, and define some terms that got dropped in the episode. (This supplement is particularly packed with resources and recommendations for learning more about the sci-fi world we find ourselves in.) Listen until the end, and you may even unlock some secret information… Content warning: In this supplement, we are discussing our interview with Kelsey, about police body cams and their impact on policing and...
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E 05 - Dr. Kelsey Cameron: “Empathy is suspect”
Welcomed by Design
On this episode of Welcomed by Design, we sit down with Dr. Kelsey Cameron to discuss police body cams, the subjective nature of interpreting body cam footage, and why body cams fail as “perfect witnesses.” And we also talk about the design that goes into body cam operation: policy design affecting their use, how the footage gets handled once recorded, and the physical design of the cameras. This is a conversation that highlights critical nuances often left out of mainstream conversations around body cams, as well as why empathy might not always be what designers need to be seeking to...
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S 04 - “Welcome to gender!”
Welcomed by Design
This is the supplement recording for our fourth episode with Dr. Bridget Keown and Dr. Victoria Grieve. Consider this a bonus level of content, where members of the podcast team debrief on our favorite parts, do a fact check of the episode’s conversation, and define some terms that got dropped in the episode. We also take a moment to provide some more fun and less binary-based alternatives to “ladies and gentlemen.” Listen until the end, and you may even unlock some secret information… (An unembedded link to the resource library, which includes transcripts, will be...
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E 04 - Drs. Victoria Grieve & Bridget Keown: “Demand time and be specific.”
Welcomed by Design
On this episode of Welcomed by Design, we sit down with two Pitt professors, Dr. Victoria Grieve and Dr. Bridget Keown, to talk about gender inclusion. We discuss some gender-based “pain points” for designers to consider, how we live in the internet, and why diversity in the workplace can’t just end with hiring practices. This conversation spans everything from Starship robot families to statistics gone bad. (Seriously, the initial recording went for over an hour and a half. It was so much fun. Having to edit it down to under an hour and a half was less fun.) (An...
info_outlineOn this episode of Welcomed by Design, we listen back to Fall 2022’s Queer Horror Week, coordinated by Pitt’s Horror Studies Working Group. Members of our team got to panel with many cool creatives, including the wonderful, BBC award-winning team of Unwell, to talk about accessibility and identity in the world of audio dramas! With a topic like that, there’s obviously going to be far too much good conversation to have a mere hour of footage. So we’re releasing a two-part special (which, given its patchwork of event audio clips, a lá Frankenstein’s monster, is thematically spooky in structure).
In this part 2, we discuss inclusive world-building, from challenging what gets capital-O Othered and what is normalized, to some of the team’s favorite aspects of the world they’ve created.
Be sure to check out part 1 for even more conversation, which focuses on real-life accessibility and inclusion in their production.
Open episode transcript (which we’ve annotated this episode, in honor of Unwell!)
(An unembedded link to the resource library, which includes transcripts, will be at the bottom of this description for anyone needing to copy and paste the link in a web browser.)
Go to our resource library (for terms and recommended readings)
Check out Unwell, a fictional Midwestern Gothic Mystery podcast, about conspiracies, ghosts, and unusual families of blood and choice…
Host and producer: Lynn Priestley
Executive producer: Dr. Jessica FitzPatrick
Sound designer: Chloe Dahan
Producer: Emily Kuntz
Transcriber: Shivangi “Teddy” Tiwari
Sound credits:
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Turning to You” from Landmans Duet, by Blue Dot Sessions (www.sessions.blue)
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“Valantis” from Cauldron, by Blue Dot Sessions (www.sessions.blue)
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Some sound effects were sourced from Freesound.org.
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Julesv4 - Door Creaking
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Nettimato - Chain
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Keweldog - Crunching Scraping
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Mincedbeats - Gel Squelches
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TRP - Foot Squish Wet Mud Puddle Stratford
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Garzul - Analog Lazer fx
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Florianreichelt - Soft Wind
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The remaining sound clips used (except for the door opening sound clip), outside of spoken audio, were free sound effects from https://www.fesliyanstudios.com
If you have questions, guest suggestions, or comments about the accessibility of this podcast, please don’t hesitate to email us at [email protected].
Unembedded link to above-mentioned resource library: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1unKUUqD_SH2Qi0C94s2j7WEuXdtP0k0e?usp=sharing