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ONLINE: Post-pandemic opportunities for visually impaired museum visitors

06 July 2022, 1:00 pm–2:00 pm

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The next talk of the 'Disability and the Cultural Sector' seminar series will be given by Dr Rafie Cecilia, who will explore the long-term positive and negative effects of the pandemic on the physical and digital museum experience of disabled visitors.

This event is free.

Event Information

Open to

All

Availability

Yes

Cost

Free

Organiser

Dr Rafie Cecilia

The COVID-19 pandemic is having a severe impact on museums and the cultural sector. Changes in the museum experience potentially pose a threat to the experience of disabled visitors, as they create new barriers to access the environment and the collection. This presentation reflects on the long-term positive and negative effects of the pandemic on the physical and digital museum experience of disabled visitors. It shares findings on how new embodied and digital practices can become long-term opportunities to enhance inclusion, rather than another barrier for disabled visitors. 

This talk of the 'Disability and the Cultural Sector' seminar series will take place on Zoom (https://ucl.zoom.us/j/96186837544), and there is no need to register in advance. Live Captioning for the event will be provided by Stagetext.   

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The seminar series is sponsored by the IAS Octagon Small Grants Fund and is organised by Dr Rafie Cecilia (UCL Institute of Archaeology and Centre for Critical Heritage Studies) together with the Global Disability Innovation Hub

 

About the Speaker

Dr Rafie Cecilia

Researcher at UCL and the Global Disability Innovation Hub

Her research examines how disabled museum visitors make meaning of their visit through embodied experiences of technology. Rafie collaborates with Wellcome Collection, the Fitzwilliam Museum, and the British Museum as an audience researcher and access consultant. She is an advocate for equality, social justice, and sustainable change, and her work is in service to the idea that cultural heritage must be accessible to everyone in society. 

More about Dr Rafie Cecilia