Transport infrastructures and social inclusion… or, how wheelchair users rebel
Transport infrastructures are important social nexus: they provide a means to travel between the private sphere (the home) and the social sphere (work, leisure, politics). In this paper, infrastructures are discussed through the lens of disabled people’s experiences of access to the public transport...
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peri-article-78572018-07-10T17:19:06Z Transport infrastructures and social inclusion… or, how wheelchair users rebel Infraestruturas de transportes e inclusão social… ou, como os cadeirantes se revoltam Velho, Raquel Sociologia – Outras Sociologias Específicas Acessibilidade; Deficiência; Infraestrutura; Segregação Social; Transporte. Transport infrastructures are important social nexus: they provide a means to travel between the private sphere (the home) and the social sphere (work, leisure, politics). In this paper, infrastructures are discussed through the lens of disabled people’s experiences of access to the public transport system in London, UK. Through qualitative research, it is argued, firstly, that public transport in London materializes centuries of social exclusion, resulting in a vicious cycle of social segregation of disabled people. It is then shown how wheelchair using passengers have developed mechanisms of inclusion through political activism but also through subversive and individual actions in their daily travels. The article concludes with some theoretical remarks on the nature of infrastructure, questioning its common definition as “invisible” and the importance of “labor”, and proposing some lessons for the Brazilian context. Infraestruturas de transporte são nexos sociais importantes: elas permitem a locomoção da esfera privada (o lar) para a esfera social (o trabalho, o lazer, o político). Neste artigo, questiona-se a questão de acessibilidade à infraestrutura de transporte público na cidade de Londres, capital inglesa, da perspectiva de passageiros cadeirantes. Baseado em pesquisa de caráter qualitativo, argumenta-se, primeiramente, que séculos de exclusão social estão materializados no sistema de transporte público, resultando assim em um ciclo vicioso de segregação de pessoas com deficiência. Mostram-se em seguida as maneiras em que cadeirantes em Londres efetuam um processo de re-inclusão social por movimentos políticos, mas também por ações subversivas e individuais no quotidiano. Para concluir, propõe-se algumas reflexões teóricas sobre o estudo de infraestruturas, questionando conceitos como “invisibilidade” e “trabalho”, e algumas lições para o contexto brasileiro. Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná (UTFPR) CAPES 2018-05-20 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf http://periodicos.utfpr.edu.br/rts/article/view/7857 10.3895/rts.v14n32.7857 Revista Tecnologia e Sociedade; v. 14, n. 32 (2018) Revista Tecnologia e Sociedade; v. 14, n. 32 (2018) 1984-3526 1809-0044 10.3895/rts.v14n32 por http://periodicos.utfpr.edu.br/rts/article/view/7857/5079 Direitos autorais 2018 CC-BY http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
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Transport infrastructures are important social nexus: they provide a means to travel between the private sphere (the home) and the social sphere (work, leisure, politics). In this paper, infrastructures are discussed through the lens of disabled people’s experiences of access to the public transport system in London, UK. Through qualitative research, it is argued, firstly, that public transport in London materializes centuries of social exclusion, resulting in a vicious cycle of social segregation of disabled people. It is then shown how wheelchair using passengers have developed mechanisms of inclusion through political activism but also through subversive and individual actions in their daily travels. The article concludes with some theoretical remarks on the nature of infrastructure, questioning its common definition as “invisible” and the importance of “labor”, and proposing some lessons for the Brazilian context. |
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