Pregled bibliografske jedinice broj: 855921
Non-Visual Conceptualization of Space: Elements of the Physical Form of the City in the Conception of the Blind Persons
Non-Visual Conceptualization of Space: Elements of the Physical Form of the City in the Conception of the Blind Persons // Geographic information: for a better world
Málaga, Španjolska, 2016. (predavanje, međunarodna recenzija, sažetak, znanstveni)
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Naslov
Non-Visual Conceptualization of Space: Elements of the Physical Form of the City in the Conception of the Blind Persons
Autori
Šakaja, Laura
Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni
Skup
Geographic information: for a better world
Mjesto i datum
Málaga, Španjolska, 29.09.2016. - 30.09.2016
Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje
Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija
Ključne riječi
blind persons, conceptual image of city, Kevin Lynch
Sažetak
The paper aims to investigate the elements of the physical form of the city in the conception of the blind. It is based on 20 interviews carried out in Zagreb. Although the blind primarily rely on information on the area closest to their bodies, the general concept of space is extremely important to them. Their conceptual image of the area provides movement that is more successful and helps to avoid disorientation. Research indicates that the perception of blind persons of city space is made up of the same elements that Kevin Lynch singled out, analysing perceptual forms of urban environments in his influential book (1960). The paper argues that a blind persons’ conceptual image of urban space, just as the image of the city which people with sight have, consists of certain spatial elements: landmarks, routs, edges, nodes and districts. These elements, however, are conceptualised in a different way.
Izvorni jezik
Engleski
