[accessibleimage] Re: poster for people who are blind or visually impaired.


Hi there,

                  as part of an MA course in museum accessibility I have to design a conference poster. Because I am concentrating on the experiences of blind people, my poster will be aimed at primarily them. I am unsure about the best way to produce a poster that might grab the attention of a blind person, and am hoping that somebody might be able to advise me. The poster has to be A1 size. I'm wondering whether I might be able to have it embossed, or whether I might be able to make a tactile poster. What is the usual procedure in such situations -- I find myself in new territory! It would be great if someone could make some recommendations. Thanks,

                                      david.

From:  Lisa Yayla <fnugg@xxxxxxxxx>
Reply-To:  accessibleimage@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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Subject:  [accessibleimage] Workshops: Touch and the Value of Object Handling
Date:  Sat, 28 Oct 2006 09:40:02 +0200
>Hi,
>If you are in London this workshop may be of interest.
>Best,
>Lisa
>
>UCL News
>Workshops: Touch and the Value of Object Handling
>Workshops: Touch and the Value of Object Handling
>17 October 2006
>
>Links: UCL Museums and Collections events
>UCL Museums and Collections
>UCL Museums and Collections are hosting a series of workshops
>exploring touch and object handling in the context of museums.
>
>Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council, the workshops
>are open to all. The first workshop, ?The History of Touch: What do
>we Mean by Touch?? will be held in UCL?s Gustav Tuck Lecture Theatre
>from 10am?4pm on 3 November 2006.
>
>The programme features behavioural brain science expert Professor
>Alan Wing (University of Birmingham) whose session is on ?Weighty
>Issues in Handling Objects?, Dr Fiona Candlin (Birkbeck College) on
>?The Class Politics of Touch?, and neuroscientist Dr Hugo Critchley
>(UCL Institute of Neuroscience), whose session is entitled
>?Emotional Touch: a Neuroscientific Overview?
>
>Cognitive neuroscientist Professor Francis McGlone?s (Unilever
>Research and Development) session will cover how ?Discriminative and
>affective touch are subserved by separate peripheral and central
>neural systems?, and experimental psychologist Dr Charles Spence
>(University of Oxford) on ?Multisensory Contributions to ?Touch?:
>Recent Findings?.
>
>A further three workshops will take place as part of the series:
>?New Technologies for Enhancing Object Interpretation? will be held
>at the University of Central England on 1 December 2006. The series
>will return to UCL on 5 January 2007 for ?Touch and Memory: The Role
>of Reminiscence?, ?Therapeutic Approaches to Touch: Object Handling
>and Hospital Patients? will take place at the Royal London
>Homeopathic Hospital on 2 February 2007, and the end of project
>conference will take place at UCL on 4 May 2007.
>
>Workshops are free, and refreshments will be provided. To book a
>place or for further information contact Ms Devorah Romanek or Dr
>Helen Chatterjee on 0207 679 4113.
>

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