Podcast
Episode 14
Contra* Fashion with Sky Cubacub
October 30, 2024
What is "queercrip fashion?" In this episode of Contra*, I talk to Sky Cubacub, a fashion designer known for their colorful lycra, mesh, and chain mail designs. We discuss Sky's Rebirth Garments and Radical Visibility projects, as well as how specific materials shape their approach to design. And I talk a bit about my own sewing practice.
Episode 13
Contra* Stairs with Shannon Finnegan
October 30, 2024
How are disabled artists challenging the design of museums and public spaces? In this episode of Contra*, Critical Design Lab member Kevin Gotkin and I talk to Shannon Finnegan, whose work draws attention to the need for rest in spaces that often require extended sitting, standing, and movement.
Episode 12
Contra* Performance with Alice Sheppard
October 30, 2024
How do disability culture and design practices shape contemporary disability art? In this episode of Contra*, Critical Design Lab member Cassandra Hartblay and I talk to disability dancer Alice Sheppard about her project, DESCENT, which includes choreography, spatial design, and technology design.
Episode 11
Announcing Crip Ritual Project
October 30, 2024
In this episode, Aimi, Cassandra, and Jarah announce a new Critical Design Lab project: Crip Ritual. This project focuses on how disabled people use rituals to change daily life or broader structures.
Episode 10
Contra* Wrap-Up with Aimi Hamraie
October 30, 2024
Aimi Hamraie wraps up season one of Contra* with some reflections on central themes.
Episode 9
Contra* Hashtag with Moya Bailey and Vilissa Thompson
October 30, 2024
In this episode, I speak with black feminist disability activists and scholars Dr. Moya Bailey and Vilissa Thompson, LMSW about “hashtag activism” as a strategy in black feminist and black feminist disabled communities.
Episode 8
Contra* Access with Marcel LaFlamme
October 30, 2024
In Episode eight, Critical Design Lab contributor Cassandra Hartblay and director Aimi Hamraie speak to Marcel LaFlamme about how the concept of open access publishing relates to accessibility. This episode is the second in a two-part series about critical design and accessibility within or adjacent to academia.
Episode 7
Contra* Podcasting with Cathy Hannabach
October 30, 2024
In this episode, we talk to Ideas on Fire CEO Cathy Hannabach about podcasting design as a tool for creating more just worlds.
Episode 6
Contra* Neoliberalism with Robert McRuer
October 30, 2024
In this episode, Vanderbilt Graduate students and Critical Design Lab members Maggie Mang and Rebecca Rahimi speak to Robert McRuer about his book Crip Times: Disability, Globalization, and Resistance.
Episode 5
Contra* Straw Ban with Alice Wong
October 30, 2024
In this second episode with Alice Wong, we discuss the politics of the straw ban.
Episode 4
Contra* Hacking with Alice Wong
October 30, 2024
In this episode, we begin a two-part episode with disability activist Alice Wong, who has done incredible work with social media to strengthen connections between global disability communities.
Episode 3
Contra* Certainty with Kevin Gotkin
October 30, 2024
In Episode three, I talk to Critical Design Lab artist-in-residence Kevin Gotkin about practices of “crip nightlife” and accessible DJing, which he is developing as part of the DIY club scene in New York City. Kevin is thinking about DJing as both art and design practice encompassing archival collection and the curation of experiences.
Episode 2
Contra* DSM with Mimi Khuc
October 30, 2024
In Episode two, Vanderbilt graduate student and Critical Design Lab member Maggie Mang interviews Mimi Khuc about her curation and design of Open in Emergency, a special issue of the Asian American Literary Review focused on mental health.
Episode 1
Contra* Design with Sara Hendren
October 30, 2024
In this first episode of the podcast, we talk to design researcher Sara Hendren, who teaches at Olin College of Engineering, about disability, critical design, and poetic creation.
