Investigating accessibility in Latin American science museums and centers
Abstract Science museums are powerful places not only for science communication, informal science teaching, and leisure but also for promoting science and technology in an equitable, diverse, and inclusive mode. The paper presents an overview of accessibility in Latin American science museums and c...
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| author | JESSICA NORBERTO ROCHA LUISA MASSARANI WILLIAN VIEIRA DE ABREU LUIZ GUSTAVO BARCELLOS INACIO ALINE OLIVEIRA MOLENZANI |
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| description | Abstract Science museums are powerful places not only for science communication, informal science teaching, and leisure but also for promoting science and technology in an equitable, diverse, and inclusive mode. The paper presents an overview of accessibility in Latin American science museums and centers, based on a questionnaire comprised of open and closed questions in Portuguese and Spanish. The answers received from directors and other personnel responsible for 109 institutions in twelve countries were analyzed using an accessibility indicator tool. The findings suggest that these institutions generally offer some physical accessibility resources and fewer communicational and attitudinal accessibility resources. Data also show that there is an absence of institutional practices that might underpin any endeavor to take into consideration the inclusion of people with disabilities. More funding must be made available for practices and research in this area. We also recommend that persons with disabilities play a greater role as protagonists and professionals and likewise as a research public in the realm of science communication and at the region’s science museums and centers. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2e0e7a13c3674e2d9519c4abf66b92c22022-12-22T04:12:15ZengAcademia Brasileira de CiênciasAnais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências1678-26902020-04-0192110.1590/0001-3765202020191156Investigating accessibility in Latin American science museums and centersJESSICA NORBERTO ROCHAhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-9754-3874LUISA MASSARANIhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-5710-7242WILLIAN VIEIRA DE ABREUhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-6685-2754LUIZ GUSTAVO BARCELLOS INACIOhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8526-6419ALINE OLIVEIRA MOLENZANIhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-6404-354XAbstract Science museums are powerful places not only for science communication, informal science teaching, and leisure but also for promoting science and technology in an equitable, diverse, and inclusive mode. The paper presents an overview of accessibility in Latin American science museums and centers, based on a questionnaire comprised of open and closed questions in Portuguese and Spanish. The answers received from directors and other personnel responsible for 109 institutions in twelve countries were analyzed using an accessibility indicator tool. The findings suggest that these institutions generally offer some physical accessibility resources and fewer communicational and attitudinal accessibility resources. Data also show that there is an absence of institutional practices that might underpin any endeavor to take into consideration the inclusion of people with disabilities. More funding must be made available for practices and research in this area. We also recommend that persons with disabilities play a greater role as protagonists and professionals and likewise as a research public in the realm of science communication and at the region’s science museums and centers.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001-37652020000101204&tlng=enaccessibilityinclusionscience communicationscience museums |
| spellingShingle | JESSICA NORBERTO ROCHA LUISA MASSARANI WILLIAN VIEIRA DE ABREU LUIZ GUSTAVO BARCELLOS INACIO ALINE OLIVEIRA MOLENZANI Investigating accessibility in Latin American science museums and centers Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências accessibility inclusion science communication science museums |
| title | Investigating accessibility in Latin American science museums and centers |
| title_full | Investigating accessibility in Latin American science museums and centers |
| title_fullStr | Investigating accessibility in Latin American science museums and centers |
| title_full_unstemmed | Investigating accessibility in Latin American science museums and centers |
| title_short | Investigating accessibility in Latin American science museums and centers |
| title_sort | investigating accessibility in latin american science museums and centers |
| topic | accessibility inclusion science communication science museums |
| url | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001-37652020000101204&tlng=en |
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