SXSW 2025

Disabled Not Welcome - Fighting Ableism 1 Click At A Time

Description:

Access to arts and culture should be a fundamental human right, not a privilege or an exhausting process of constantly fighting against societal and attitudinal barriers for the right to attend.
Our panel will ask how we can collectively democratise more equitable access to arts and culture for disabled audiences harnessing the power of technology to improve access, remove barriers to engagement and welcome more disabled visitors to our theatres, concert halls, festivals, museums, galleries and arts centres globally.


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Takeaways

  1. How technology and digital systems can democratise more equitable access to arts and culture for disabled visitors
  2. How co-design with and for disabled people can develop more inclusive digital ecosystems to remove barriers to access
  3. Exploring the potential to develop a connected global digital ticketing ecosystem to enable more accessible ticket booking.

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Organizer

Owen Hopkin, Director New Technologies & Innovation, Arts Council England


Meta Information:

  • Event: SXSW
  • Format: Panel
  • Track: DEIB
  • Track 2
  • Level: Beginner


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