A survey of networked and Wi-Fi enabled practices to support disabled learners in museums

Abstract

This article reports on a survey of network and Wi-Fi enabled technologies to support disabled learners in museums and similar cultural heritage environments. In this study, literature is classified using the Epistemological Model of Disability, classifying and defining methodologies and ontologies as it does so. Data was collected using a systematic literature review using six academic databases, which included peerreviewed articles from a range of sources. The analysis addressed two research questions, and was developed in three phases: the first phase examined trends, definitions and methods of teaching and learning in cultural heritage; the second categorized genres that emerged in the first phase and discussed meta-levels; the third developed a critical discussion on teaching and learning models. The study had two principal findings: 1) museums have done much to make themselves part of the inclusion agenda, 2) more needs to be done to improve management strategies, increase agency and reduce practice using deficit models.

Contemporary Trends in the Accessibility of Cultural Facilities, Based on the Example of Barcelona

“…Realised research on the accessibility of cultural facilities focusses on the transspatial, sensory or intellectual level. Furthermore, there is an evolution of the transmission towards increased accessibility for people with learning disabilities (Hayhoe, S., 2019;Reichinger, A., 2018). The literature review presented by Munch et al (Munch et al 2022) clarifies the criteria included in the accessibility guidelines for museum facilities, divided into elements related to orientation and navigating the facility.…”