{"product_id":"hacking-the-underground-raquel-velho-9780295751931","title":"Hacking the Underground: Disability, Infrastructure, and London's Public Transport System","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eReveals how knowledge from the margins shapes infrastructures\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"Minding the gap\" while using a wheelchair on the London Underground goes beyond a sharp eye and careful foot placement to avoid a fall: it can entail carrying and deploying a portable ramp to embark and disembark or carefully mapping out a custom route ahead of time. The extensive infrastructure of London's public transportation system requires constant improvisation from users who move through the system differently than nondisabled people do. Centering the voices of disabled passengers, \u003ci\u003eHacking the Underground\u003c\/i\u003e highlights how marginalized groups subvert and ultimately transform infrastructures, actively shaping them. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRaquel Velho draws on emancipatory action research in London, capturing the hegemonic character of infrastructures without losing the experiences and actions of marginalized users. Proposing a crip feminist and profoundly relational approach to infrastructure, Velho illustrates how the built environment holds the potential for both inclusionary and exclusionary world-building.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Raquel Velho\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0295751932\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780295751931\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Washington Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/21\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 202\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.03lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.63d","brand":"Raquel Velho","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44567055827199,"sku":"9780295751931","price":105.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_faac8165-4f82-4c3f-ba4b-88d4224b3b1f.jpg?v=1701375822","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/hacking-the-underground-raquel-velho-9780295751931","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}