A MEMORY TO TOUCH AND LISTEN: MEDIATION AND ACCESSIBILITY AT THE ANGLO MEMORIAL

Authors

  • Francisca Ferreira Michelon Universidade Federal de Pelotas
  • Desirée Nobre Salasar Universidade Federal de Pelotas

Keywords:

Cultural accessibility. Visual impairment. Memorial. Mediation. Inclusion.

Abstract

The Anglo Memorial at the Federal University of Pelotas is a result of the Outreach Program “The Museum of Knowledge for all: cultural inclusion for people with disabilities” and since its opening it has been evaluated by the target audience: people with visual impairment. In this paper, some considerations about the result of the combination of assistive resources and mediation are presented, aiming to evaluate how mediation, which is also an assistive resource, becomes the inclusive event in that venue. The process of resources selection, their preparation and manufacture is explained. The paper also analyzes how this set of resources was conceived so that any person could understand the Memorial location and find the information it provides. It discusses whether the results meet the goal of providing the visitors, both the ones who can see and those visually impaired, with access to the heritage representing the memory of the former slaughterhouse.

Author Biographies

Francisca Ferreira Michelon, Universidade Federal de Pelotas

Professora da Universidade Federal de Pelotas (UFPel), Brasil. Doutora em História pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS). E-mail: fmichelon.ufpel@gmail.com

Desirée Nobre Salasar, Universidade Federal de Pelotas

Aluna do Curso de Terapia Ocupacional da Universidade Federal de Pelotas (UFPel), Brasil.

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Published

2015-04-27

Issue

Vol. 11 No. 1 (2015): Janeiro-Abril de 2015

Section

ARTIGOS

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