Carmen Papalia

Carmen Papalia

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{{Short description|Canadian artist}}
{{Short description|Canadian artist}}
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'''Carmen Papalia''' (born 1981) is a blind artist from [[Vancouver]], British Columbia. His practice focuses on "creative wayfinding", the use of alternative modes of navigation without visual cues. Papalia is known for his performances. This includes a performance in [[Santa Ana, California]] where Papalia was guided only by a marching band playing predetermined audio cues for physical obstacles and navigation.{{cite news |last1=Tracey |first1=Emma |title='I ditched my cane for a marching band' |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-ouch-31749643 |access-date=20 January 2022 |work=BBC News |date=9 March 2015}} Papalia also conducts non-visual walking tours for sighted people. In 2015, Papalia proposed an anti-policy approach to accessibility "''rethinking of the terms on which all of us care for and coexist with one another''"{{Cite web |last=Papalia |first=Carmen |title=An Accessibility Manifesto for the Arts |url=https://canadianart.tempurl.host/essays/access-revived/ |access-date=2026-01-29 |website=Canadian Art |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Wayback Machine |url=https://trainingforthenotyet.net/files/training/00002/CarmenPapaliaOpenAccessConceptualframewo.pdf |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240624075342/https://trainingforthenotyet.net/files/training/00002/CarmenPapaliaOpenAccessConceptualframewo.pdf |archive-date=2024-06-24 |access-date=2026-01-29 |website=trainingforthenotyet.net}} in his Open Access conceptual framework.
'''Carmen Papalia''' (born 1981) is a blind artist from [[Vancouver]], British Columbia. His practice focuses on "creative wayfinding", the use of alternative modes of navigation without visual cues. Papalia is known for his performances. This includes a performance in [[Santa Ana, California]] where Papalia was guided only by a marching band playing predetermined audio cues for physical obstacles and navigation.{{cite news |last1=Tracey |first1=Emma |title='I ditched my cane for a marching band' |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-ouch-31749643 |access-date=20 January 2022 |work=BBC News |date=9 March 2015}} Papalia also conducts non-visual walking tours for sighted people. In 2015, Papalia proposed an anti-policy approach to accessibility "''rethinking of the terms on which all of us care for and coexist with one another''"{{Cite web |last=Papalia |first=Carmen |title=An Accessibility Manifesto for the Arts |url=https://canadianart.tempurl.host/essays/access-revived/ |access-date=2026-01-29 |website=Canadian Art |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Conceptual Framework |url=https://trainingforthenotyet.net/files/training/00002/CarmenPapaliaOpenAccessConceptualframewo.pdf |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240624075342/https://trainingforthenotyet.net/files/training/00002/CarmenPapaliaOpenAccessConceptualframewo.pdf |archive-date=2024-06-24 |access-date=2026-01-29 |website=trainingforthenotyet.net}} in his Open Access conceptual framework.


Papalia filed a complaint against his landlord through the BC Human Rights Tribunal. His complaint involved his right to use cannabis for pain relief in a non-smoking household. The landlords objected due to their own disability, asthma. In December 2023 the BCHRT found the landlords did not discriminate. The panel found that this was a "disability on disability" matter and the landlords did not have to risk their own health to accommodate Papalia.{{cite web |url=https://www.canlii.org/en/bc/bchrt/doc/2023/2023bchrt233/2023bchrt233.html?resultId=05c1ac232e50446099afe40e563ba50f&searchId=2025-04-06T15:46:49:062/90e15734e4cb4aae96afe17d33c08c33 |website=Canlii}}{{cite news |title=Tenant loses human rights complaint after BC landlord prohibits medical cannabis |url=https://infotel.ca/in420/tenant-loses-human-rights-complaint-after-bc-landlord-prohibits-medical-cannabis/it102381 |publisher=infotel}}
Papalia filed a complaint against his landlord through the BC Human Rights Tribunal. His complaint involved his right to use cannabis for pain relief in a non-smoking household. The landlords objected due to their own disability, asthma. In December 2023 the BCHRT found the landlords did not discriminate. The panel found that this was a "disability on disability" matter and the landlords did not have to risk their own health to accommodate Papalia.{{cite web |url=https://www.canlii.org/en/bc/bchrt/doc/2023/2023bchrt233/2023bchrt233.html?resultId=05c1ac232e50446099afe40e563ba50f&searchId=2025-04-06T15:46:49:062/90e15734e4cb4aae96afe17d33c08c33 |title=Papalia v. Yeager and another (No. 2), 2023 BCHRT 233 |author=British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal |website=Canlii.org |date=December 14, 2023 |access-date=April 19, 2026}}{{cite news |title=Tenant loses human rights complaint after BC landlord prohibits medical cannabis |url=https://infotel.ca/in420/tenant-loses-human-rights-complaint-after-bc-landlord-prohibits-medical-cannabis/it102381 |publisher=infotel}}


==Education==
==Education==