Hello Marcus, Kirsty and Gemmers,
Thanks Marcus for your email. I have also a couple of handling sessions with visually impaired adults and I found the information and links are very useful. I would like to add that we have established that no more than 8 or 10 students can be part of the handling sessions, when it comes to a visually ( or any other) impaired group we tried to make the groups even smaller. The smaller the group is the more time each person will have to handle the objects and gain confidence to assess them, talk about them etc... Since all our objects are from East Asian countries I choose a variety of objects that easily can be related to the culture: bamboo, bronzes, lacquers, porcelain, jades etc… the material and the technique of the chosen objects lead me naturally to an introduction of the different cultures represented. So personally I start with questions and then I give the introduction, unless the group is extremely shy this process has been successful because they gain confidence and they ask more questions or use some of their own knowledge or experience to understand the objects. So the material and technique allows me to give, in an understanding way, the same introduction I will give to any other kind of group.
I know this practice cannot be adapted to all collections but I hope it is useful.
All the best,
Celia Dominguez
Education and Development Officer
Museum of East Asian Art
12 Bennett Street
Bath BA1 2QJ
Tel: 01225 464640
Fax: 01225 461718
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