Participatory inquiry method of life and health by the use of tactile sense ; development and application

提出了一种利用触觉进行生命健康参与式询问的方法(坑法)。在这种方法中，参与者关于生命和健康的隐藏概念被外化和可视化为触觉概念图。采用PITS法对冲绳和福冈地区的在校儿童和视障人士的生活健康相关观点进行访谈，并对PITS法的使用效果进行评价。在福冈和福岛的讲习班上进一步应用了PITS方法。PITS方法被认为是自我反省和相互交流的无障碍概念工具。

Participatory inquiry method of life and health by the use of tactile sense (PITS method) was developed. In this method, participants' hidden concept regarding life and health is externalized and visualized as a tactile conceptual map. Life and health related views of school children and visually impaired subjects living in Okinawa and Fukuoka were interviewed by the use of PITS method, and performance of PITS method was evaluated. PITS method was further applied at workshops in Fukuoka and Fukushima. PITS method is judged as the barrier free conceptual tool for self-reflection and mutual communication.