Understanding people's needs in a commercial public space: About accessibility and lived experience in social settings

Alter

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 206-216

  Poldma, Tiiu ^a,b   Labbé, Delphine ^b,e   Bertin, Sylvain ^a,b   De Grosbois, E ^a   Barile, Maria ^d   Mazurik, Kathrina ^c   Desjardins, Michel ^c   Herbane, Hakim ^a   Artis, Gatline ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b CENTRE FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH IN REHABILITATION OF GREATER MONTREAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^d DAWSON COLLEGE   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accessibility; Disability; Public space; Social constructions of space; Way finding

Indexed keywords

ACTION RESEARCH; BUILDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTENT ANALYSIS; DISABLED PERSON; DOCUMENTATION; HUMAN; LOW VISION; NARRATIVE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC SPACE; SCIENTIST; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL STIGMA; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WHEELCHAIR;

EID: 84904069407     PISSN: 18750672     EISSN: 18750680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.alter.2014.02.007     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (28)

1. I. Altman, and K. Christensen Environment and behavior studies: emergence of intellectual traditions 1990 Plenum Press New York, NY
2. I. Altman, and E.H. Zube Public places and spaces 1989 Plenum Press New York, NY
3. S. Ardener Women and space: ground rules and social maps (Ed.) 1981 St. Martin's Press New York, NY
4. B. Atweh, S. Kemmis, and P. Weeks Action research in practice: partnerships for social justice in education (Eds.) 1998 Routledge New York, NY
5. P.L. Berger, and T. Luckmann The social construction of reality 1966 Anchor Books New York, NY
6. S. Bertin, E. Kehayia, C. Longo, T. Poldma, B. Swaine, S. Ahmed,..., and O. Overbury Diversity as a catalyst for co-constructing knowledge holistically: transforming experiences within an innovative research Living Lab known as MALL (Mall as A Living Lab) 2013 Paper presented at IASDR International Conference 2013 Tokyo, Japan
7. F. Birren The power of colour 1997 Carol Publishing New York, NY
8. P.H. Bloch, N.M. Ridgeway, and J.E. Nelson Leisure and the shopping mall Advances in Consumer Research 18 1 1991 445 452
9. Canadian Standards Association (CSA) Barrier-free-design (CANCSA-B651-95) 1995 CSA Ottawa, ON (106 pages)
10. M. Ely, R. Viz, M. Downing, and M. Anzul On writing qualitative research: living with words 1997 Falmer Press London, United Kingdom
11. C. Glesne, and A. Peshkin Becoming qualitative researchers: an introduction 1992 Longman Publishers New York, NY
12. E.G. Guba, and Y.S. Lincoln Competing paradigms in qualitative research N.K. Denzin, Y.S. Lincoln, Handbook of qualitative research 1994 Sage Publications London 105 117
13. J. Habermas The theory of communicative action. Volume two: A critique of functionalist reason (T. McCarthy, Trans.) 1989 Beacon Press Boston, MA (Original work published 1981)
14. J.-S. Kang, and N. Ridgeway The importance of consumer market interactions as a form of social support for elderly consumers Journal of Public Policy and Marketing 15 1 1996 108 117
15. R. Mace Universal design: housing for the lifespan of all people 1997 New York State University New York (The Center for Universal Design. Retrieved from: http://www.ncsu.edu/ncsu/design/cud/pubs-p/docs/housing for lifespan.pdf)
16. F. Mahnke Color, environment and human response: an interdisciplinary understanding of color and it use as a beneficial element in the design of the architectural environment 1996 John Wiley & Sons New York, NY
17. F. Malnar, and J.M. Vodvarka The interior dimension: a theoretical approach to interior space 1992 Van Nostrand Reinhold New York, NY
18. S. Pheasant Bodyspace: anthropometry, ergonomics and design 1986 Taylor & Francis London, United Kingdom
19. T. Poldma, D. Dastoor, and H. Brack Lighting Study at the Moe Levin Center of the Douglas Hospital. Analysis report of Phase 1: Exploration study of the effects of light on behaviour and well-being of people with dementia in a specialized environment 2007 Final report on the Lighting Study, Douglas Hospital, Moe Levin Centre & Université de Montréal
20. J. Price In acknowledgement: a review and critique of qualitative research texts R. Josselson, A. Lieblich, Making meaning of narratives 1999 Sage Thousand Oaks, CA 1 24
21. G. Rose Visual methodologies 2001 Sage London, United Kingdom
22. H.J. Rubin, and I.S. Rubin Qualitative interviewing: the art of hearing data 2005 Sage Thousand Oaks, CA
23. D. Spain Gendered spaces 1992 University of North Carolina Press Chapel Hill, NC
24. T. Vaikla-Poldma Meaning of designed spaces (Ed.) 2013 Fairchild Books, A Bloomsbury Imprint New York, NY
25. T. Vaikla-Poldma An investigation of teaching and learning processes in an interior design class: An interpretive and contextual inquiry 2003 McGill University Montreal (Unpublished doctoral dissertation)
26. K. Ward, J. Mitchell, and P. Price Occupation-based practice and its relationship to social and occupational participation in adults with spinal cord injury OTJR: Occupation, Participation and Health 27 4 2007 146 149
27. K. Weiss, and G. Moser Espaces de vie: aspects de la relation homme-environnement 2003 Armand Colin Paris, France
28. B. White Aesthetigrams: mapping aesthetic experiences Studies in Art Education 39 4 1998 321 335