Research Catalog

Title

Blind visitor experiences at art museums / Simon Hayhoe.

Author

Hayhoe, Simon

Publication

Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2017]

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Description

xxv, 208 pages; 24 cm

Summary

Blind Visitor Experiences at Art Museums seeks to answer two questions: 1. Given the guiding principle of visual art being understood only by sight, what do people understand when sight is diminished or not present? 2. Moreover, given the experience of blindness, what are the effects of vision loss or no vision on a cultural identity in art? It does this by exploring seven in-depth case studies of visitors to the education department at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, and the experiences of leading groups by two teachers. In addition, this book includes findings from participant observations in classes and touch tours for blind and visually impaired people at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. After reading this book, readers will understand both passive and active social exclusion from the museum's facilities (active exclusion is defined as a deliberate act of exclusion based on the belief that blind people are incapable of understanding visual art, whereas passive exclusion is defined as exclusion resulting from an aspect of miseducation, such as inappropriate building design or learning materials, or a lack of training, knowledge, resources, access materials or buildings).

Subject

• Art museum visitors
• Art museums and people with disabilities
• Art museums > Educational aspects
• Museums and people with visual disabilities
• People with visual disabilities and the arts
• Art museum visitors
• Museums and people with visual disabilities
• People with visual disabilities and the arts

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Theories on blindness, disability and art. Why do we think that people who are blind cannot understand the visual arts? -- The earliest art education of people who are blind -- Case study -- Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art : a New York icon -- Experiences of verbal imaging -- Experiences of teaching and independent visits -- The two questions.

ISBN

• 9781442272057
• 1442272058
• 9781442272064
• 1442272066

LCCN

• ^^2017003385
• 40027288274

OCLC

970396712

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library