[accessibleimage] Re: Drawing and The Blind Wonderful news!

> Dear All,
Three things from me.
One. First a big thank you to Lisa for the wonderful Christmas/New Year
present - the links for prof. John M Kennedy's publications. Hats off for
prof. Kennedy for making these important, mind opening publications
available!
Two. I'd like to comment on Ike Presley's response to TJ's question (see
her response 4th December). Ike is absolutely right stressing howimportant
it is to remember about what we want to achieve by providing young totally
blind learners with tactile books and other materials. If we just want to
give children sth to touch, feel, do something with and enjoy (very
important) then we select suitable materials - books with different
textures,pockets with hidden surprises, zips etc. These are tactiles which
should not be confused with tactile graphics, although they may help
totally blind learners on their way to understand two dimensional
representations. And as for 'tactile graphics proper' I always think of
the bus drawn on German film by a totally blind girl from England - just
threee lines - one for the step, one for the pole to hold on to and one
for the seat.

Three. If you haven't discovered it yet, I'd like to draw your attention
to another wonderful biook, this time by Elke Zollitsch - a most wonderful
collection of drawings made by children born blind, with enlightening
comments on each drawing. The book is beautifully published as an art
album. A 'must' for all those interested in what blind children can draw
and how they interpret the "sighted" world - be ready for a few surprises!
Details about the book and preview of some downloadable pictures at:
          www.blinde-zeichnen.de
(the site and the book available in German and in English)

Best wishes - Boguslaw 'Bob' Marek


The librarian at work showed me a news from the Danish
> Synshandicap 4/2004 about the conference recently held in
> Stockholm that is worth gold and that is Professor John M.
> Kennedys' book  Drawing and The Blind is available on-line.
> At first I couldn't believe my eyes. Too wonderful to be
> true. Went to the link and there it was! Made a google
> search just to be sure. Well University Toronto, thank you
> very much! Dr. Kennedy thank you very very much.
> Good reading- A wonderful book!
>
> Here is the link
> Drawing and The Blind
> http://hdl.handle.net//1807/1021
>
> Also available by Dr. Kennedy
> Blind children recognizing tactile pictures respond like
> sighted children given guidance in exploration by
> D'Angiulli, Amede,; Kennedy, John M.,; Helle, Morton A,
> http://hdl.handle.net//1807/2321
>
> A Psychology of Picture Perception by John Kennedy
> http://hdl.handle.net/1807/948
>
> Drawings from Gaia, a blind girl
> http://hdl.handle.net/1807/2319
>
> Children's tactual exploration and copying without vision by
> D'angiulli, Amedeo,
> Kennedy, John M.,
> http://hdl.handle.net/1807/2393
>
> Haptic pictures: Fit judgments predict identification,
> recognition memory, and confidence by Kennedy, John M, Bai,
> Juan,
> http://hdl.handle.net/1807/2323
>
> Last but not least: Foreshortening gives way to
> forelengthening by Kennedy, John M,
> Juricevic, Igor,
> http://hdl.handle.net/1807/2391
>
> Cavanagh and Leclerc shape-from-shadow pictures: Do line
> versions fail because of the polarity of the regions or the
> contour? by Kennedy, John M, Bai, Juan,
> http://hdl.handle.net/1807/2322
>
> All the best,
> Lisa
>
>

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