BLINDNESS IN THE MUSEUM
ESRC seminar series
Friday 1st November 10.30am - 5.30pm
Tate Modern
Speakers:
Prof. Marian Hobson Jeanneret, Modern Languages, Queen Mary, University of
London
Prof. David Howes, Anthropolgy, Concordia University, Canada
Georgina Kleege, novelist and author of Sight Unseen
Prof. Deborah Cherry, History of Art, University of Sussex
David Rudkin, playwright (tbc.)
Is it possible for someone who has never seen or who has lost their sight to appreciate art? Can we begin to think about an aesthetic model
which is embodied and includes smell, touch, taste, hearing, rhythm and balance? How can art historians and museum staff begin to discuss art
in ways that are not primarily visual?
'Blindness in the Museum' is the first in a series of four day-long seminars run in response to both a need for research on multisensory art
education and to recent Disability Discrimination legislation which makes blind people's access to museums a legal requirement. All the
seminars are interdisciplinary and will be of interest to museum and gallery staff, art educators, academics, policy makers and the social
services.
Places are free but limited and need to be booked in advance by contacting Caro Howell on [log in to unmask], telephone 020 7401 5114.
For more information contact Fiona Candlin on [log in to unmask], telephone 020 7631 6610
Funding is available to cover the travel expenses of those on low incomes, please write briefly stating why you require financial assistance.
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