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1/4 "One unifying feature of all of the uses of 'access' is that they convey a positive outcome—'access' is routinely understood as an individual benefit or a public good." Elizabeth Ellcessor, Restricted Access, p. 7

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2/4 "A second commonality lies in the tendency to talk about access or accessibility as something that can be possessed or 'had.'" Elizabeth Ellcessor, Restricted Access, p. 7

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Ashlee @ SFCG

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6 May

3/4 "These assumptions must be challenged in order to build a robust theorization of access, as they threaten to constrain analyses through their positivist slants." Elizabeth Ellcessor, Restricted Access, p. 7

Ashlee @ SFCG

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6 May

4/4 "Thinking critically about access requires consideration of it as a relational, unstable phenomenon that both grants benefits and interpellates individuals into larger social systems that may be empowering, exploitative, or both." Elizabeth Ellcessor, Restricted Access, p. 7