艺术,科学和包容:多感官免疫学的科学 针对盲人,低视力和各种需求的受众
Erica Tandori1, Stuart Favilla1,2
1Rossjohn Lab, Monash Sensory Science, Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia.
Immunology and cell biology
|May 2, 2024
概括
这项研究展示了多感官艺术如何使免疫学和生物医学能够让盲人和视力受损者接触到. 它弥合了科学沟通的差距,通过创新的,共同创建的展览来促进STEM的包容性.
科学领域:
- 科学传播是科学传播.
- 艺术与科学的合作.
- 免疫学和生物医学
背景情况:
- 从历史上看,艺术传达了科学发现,但STEM中的视觉依赖排除了视力受损的个体.
- 传统的科学传播往往无法吸引多样化的受众,特别是那些失明或视力低下的人.
- 需要在科学,技术,工程和数学 (STEM) 话语中采取包容性的方法.
研究的目的:
- 为盲人和视力受损的观众介绍使用艺术探索免疫学和生物医学的新展览计划.
- 利用多感官设计和共同创造的方法来提高科学可访问性.
- 展示包容性艺术在科学传播中的潜力.
主要方法:
- 发展了科学和艺术合作,专注于免疫学和生物医学概念.
- 利用多感官设计原则,结合触觉和听觉元素.
- 采用共同创作方法,涉及法律上盲目的艺术家和目标受众.
- 设计了一个展览计划,以吸引盲人和视力受损的参与者.
主要成果:
- 多感官艺术展成功地向视力受损的观众传达了复杂的免疫学和生物医学概念.
- 共同创作过程和艺术家的生活经验对于有效的沟通至关重要.
- 参与者报告说,他们对科学主题的参与和理解增加了.
- 该计划强调了纯粹视觉科学传播的局限性.
结论:
- 多感官艺术为科学传播提供了一个强大而包容的替代方案,特别是对于视力障碍者来说.
- 艺术科学合作可以有效地弥合STEM领域的可访问性差距.
- 这种方法促进了多样化个体在科学话语中更大的代表性和参与.
- 未来的倡议应该优先考虑科学外展和教育中的包容性设计.
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