Raising awareness of inclusive crafts: building capacity and self-sufficiency of communication within the Charity SAFOD and the Countries of SA.

提高包容性手工艺的意识：在慈善机构 SAFOD 和南非国家内部进行能力建设和自给自足的沟通。

• 批准号: AH/S005765/1
• 负责人: George Torrens
• 金额: $ 7.86万
• 依托单位: Loughborough University
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2019 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=AH%2FS005765%2F1
• 关键词: Raising; awareness; inclusive; crafts; building

The aim of this follow-on proposal is to enhance the awareness of people within the countries of Southern Africa to the opportunities for inclusive arts and crafts through a Assistive Technology exhibition being organised in Namibia for April 2019 to publicise the Crafts abilities network outcomes; and, make people with disabilities as well as the general public aware of and celebrate the work in inclusive arts crafts and design from the ten Countries in which the Southern Africa Federation of the Disabled (SAFOD), who help 50,000 people in local communities. The project will deliver information and raise awareness among the 66 Million people who live in Southern Africa of Inclusive crafts and available Assistive Technology (AT) resources.An AHRC sponsored network activity (Arts and crafts abilities, ref: AH/R004307/1) that involved disabled arts and craftspeople from the Southern Africa federation of the disabled (SAFOD) and those from the UK highlighted a number of aspects to be celebrated and challenges to be addressed: 1) The needs of disabled artists and crafts people are very similar in the UK and Southern Africa, for able-bodied and disabled alike; 2) The need to identify a market for their artefacts that will pay a fair price for their work; 3) making it easier to produce artefacts; 4) Training of new disabled artists and craftspeople; 5) Celebrating the quality of ideas and concepts produced, as well as the heritage crafts used to create products and works of art; 6) Ways of reframing society's viewpoint of them (as 'no-person' disabled and in some cases because they are female) and viewing their work more inclusively; and, 7) Exploiting the many opportunities to share knowledge, skills and ideas through dialogue using different communication formats and technologies. Through a celebration of the quality and diversity of inclusive crafts being produced it is hoped to begin to change perceptions about disabled and female members of communities in Southern Africa and their value within their Society. The delegates from SAFOD preferred the term disabled people over people living with a disability or similar terms and so this is the term used throughout the proposal. The proposed exhibition in Namibia will continue the theme of cultural exchange and raising awareness of inclusive crafts. The exhibitions will be accompanied by a catalogue of artefacts and products produced, which will also include everyday living assistive technologies (AT products) and where to obtain them. The AT products and resources support an existing online project that identifies these resources AT-Info-Map, (https://assistivetechmap.org/). During the exhibition Dr Tim Whitehead will present more detail of the outcomes of the previous network event and promote resources for Inclusive crafts, including those accessible from the Crafts Council in the UK. The catalogue will have a pre-paid reply card to request further information about any of the topics highlighted. Those using the request card will be able to ask to be notified of any new events or work through a range of communication options; and, become members of SAFOD. This will facilitate future dialogue with a wider audience about a wider range of issues relating to disability assistive technology and inclusivity. The project will lead a pathway to the overarching aim of reframing society's view of disability and disabled people.

这项后续提案的目的是通过2019年4月在纳米比亚组织的辅助技术展览，提高南部非洲国家人民对包容性艺术和手工艺机会的认识，以宣传手工艺能力网络的成果;并且，在本发明中，让残疾人和公众了解并庆祝来自十个国家的包容性艺术、工艺品和设计工作，南部非洲残疾人联合会（SAFOD），帮助当地社区的5万人。该项目将向生活在南部非洲的6 600万人提供信息，并提高他们对包容性手工艺和现有辅助技术资源的认识。（艺术和手工艺能力，参考：AH/R 004307/1），其中涉及来自南部非洲残疾人联合会的残疾艺术和手工艺者。来自英国的代表强调了一些值得庆祝的方面和需要解决的挑战：1）残疾艺术家和手工艺者的需求在英国和南部非洲非常相似，对健全和残疾人都一样; 2）需要为他们的手工艺品找到一个市场，为他们的作品支付公平的价格; 3）使手工艺品的生产更加容易; 4）培训新的残疾艺术家和手工艺者; 5）庆祝所产生的思想和概念的质量，以及用于创造产品和艺术作品的传统工艺; 6）重塑社会对他们的看法的方法（作为“非人”残疾人，在某些情况下是因为她们是女性），并以更包容的眼光看待她们的工作;以及7）利用各种交流方式和技术，通过对话，利用各种机会分享知识、技能和想法。通过庆祝正在制作的包容性手工艺品的质量和多样性，希望开始改变对南部非洲社区残疾人和女性成员及其在社会中的价值的看法。来自SAFOD的代表更喜欢残疾人一词，而不是残疾人或类似的术语，因此这是整个提案中使用的术语。拟议在纳米比亚举办的展览将继续以文化交流和提高对包容性工艺品的认识为主题。展览将附有一份人工制品和产品目录，其中还将包括日常生活辅助技术（AT产品）以及在哪里获得它们。AT产品和资源支持识别这些资源的现有在线项目AT-Info-Map（https：//assistivetechmap.org/）。在展览期间，Tim Whitehead博士将介绍上一次网络活动成果的更多细节，并推广包容性工艺品的资源，包括从英国工艺品理事会获得的资源。该目录将有一个预付费的答复卡，要求进一步了解任何突出的主题。那些使用申请卡的人将能够通过一系列通信选项要求获得任何新活动或工作的通知;并成为SAFOD的成员。这将有助于今后与更广泛的受众就与残疾辅助技术和包容性有关的更广泛问题进行对话。该项目将为实现重塑社会对残疾和残疾人的看法这一总体目标开辟一条道路。