IDEA: Inclusive Description for Equality and Access

IDEA：平等和机会的包容性描述

• 批准号: AH/V010549/1
• 负责人: Hannah Thompson
• 金额: $ 12.83万
• 依托单位: Royal Holloway University of London
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Fellowship
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2021 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=AH%2FV010549%2F1
• 关键词: IDEA; Inclusive; Description; Equality; Access

Audio Introductions are used by many theatres to provide blind and partially sighted theatre goers with essential information about a play's setting, costumes, props and characters. Despite their obvious benefits for audience comprehension, engagement and enjoyment, audio introductions are not currently provided by film and television makers although there is nascent interest in adding them. The fellowship will engage theatre professionals, audio describers and BPS people with the creation and promotion of inclusive audio introductions which celebrate actors' diversity. References to actors' or characters' protected characteristics such as race, gender, sexuality, disability and age are not always made in inclusive and equitable ways in audio introductions. Either describers erase markers of diversity by avoiding mention of certain characteristics for fear of 'saying the wrong thing', or they inadvertently use loaded or negative language to describe them. In both cases, the improved inclusion of disabled people in the audience achieved through the provision of audio description is undermined when people on stage are either erased or treated unfairly. Inclusive audio introductions, particularly those created after consultation with actors and the creative team, are a means of improving accessibility, diversity and inclusion for both audience members and members of the theatre company. The Fellowship will disseminate the findings of the report Describing Diversity: An Exploration of the Description of Human Characteristics Within the Practice of Theatre Audio Description which was published by Royal Holloway and VocalEyes in September 2020. The report's findings address the current lack of inclusive audio introductions by presenting a set of 12 recommendations about best practice in inclusive audio description for both audio describers and theatre professionals. These recommendations are designed to promote equality, diversity and inclusion both for people being described (actors and their characters) and for people listening to the descriptions (including but not limited to BPS theatre goers). The fellowship will enable, support and encourage the implementation of these recommendations through a programme of workshops to co-create audio introductions for 10 productions, chosen to include a wide range of protected characteristics; activities to engage diverse theatre audiences with the benefits of inclusive audio description; and the development of training materials and resources about the value of audio introductions both in and beyond theatrical settings. The fellowship will support and enable theatre professionals and audio describers to engage with and explore the research findings in order to promote the creation of inclusive descriptions which celebrate diversity in accessible ways. We will work with casting directors, actors, access professionals, front-of-house teams and producers from 5 producing theatres to promote the benefits of inclusive audio introductions for theatre professionals and audience members. We will enable audio describers to work with theatre professionals on the creation of inclusive audio introductions and we will involve BPS theatre goers and members of the communities depicted in the productions through a process of consultative co-creation. The fellowship aims to promote the value of the inclusive audio introduction as both a communicator and a driver of equality and diversity. As part of its promotion of inclusive audio description, the fellowship will also seek to increase the diversity of audio describers, BPS theatre goers and theatre professionals by engaging under-represented groups with the creation and reception of inclusive audio description. By showcasing the benefits of inclusive audio introductions in the project MOOC, the fellowship will also encourage the wider creative industries, particularly film and television companies, to add audio introductions to their access provision.

音频介绍被许多剧院用来为盲人和部分失明的观众提供有关戏剧背景、服装、道具和人物的基本信息。尽管音频介绍对观众的理解、参与和享受有明显的好处，但电影和电视制作商目前还没有提供音频介绍，尽管人们对添加音频介绍的兴趣正在兴起。该奖学金将吸引戏剧专业人士，音频描述者和BPS人员参与创建和推广庆祝演员多样性的包容性音频介绍。在音频介绍中，提及演员或角色的受保护特征，如种族、性别、性取向、残疾和年龄，并不总是以包容和公平的方式进行。要么描述者通过避免提及某些特征来消除多样性的标记，以免“说错话”，要么他们无意中使用加载或负面的语言来描述它们。在这两种情况下，通过提供音频描述改善残疾人在观众中的包容性，当舞台上的人被抹去或受到不公平待遇时，这种情况就会受到破坏。包容性的音频介绍，特别是与演员和创作团队协商后制作的音频介绍，是改善观众和戏剧公司成员的无障碍性、多样性和包容性的一种手段。该奖学金将传播报告的结果描述多样性：探索戏剧音频描述实践中的人类特征描述，该报告由皇家霍洛威和VocalEyes于2020年9月出版。该报告的调查结果解决了目前缺乏包容性音频介绍的问题，为音频描述者和戏剧专业人员提出了一套关于包容性音频描述最佳实践的12项建议。这些建议旨在促进被描述者（演员及其角色）和听描述者（包括但不限于BPS剧院观众）的平等、多样性和包容性。该研究金将通过一个讲习班方案，为10部作品共同制作音频介绍，使这些建议得到落实，并支持和鼓励落实这些建议，这些作品的选择包括广泛的受保护特征;开展活动，让不同的剧院观众参与，享受包容性音频说明的好处;以及开发关于戏剧环境内外音频介绍价值的培训材料和资源。该奖学金将支持和使戏剧专业人员和音频描述者参与和探索研究结果，以促进创造包容性的描述，以无障碍的方式庆祝多样性。我们将与选角导演，演员，访问专业人士，前台团队和来自5个生产剧院的制作人合作，为剧院专业人士和观众推广包容性音频介绍的好处。我们将使音频描述者与戏剧专业人士合作，创造包容性的音频介绍，我们将通过协商共同创作的过程，让BPS剧院观众和作品中描绘的社区成员参与进来。该研究金旨在促进包容性音频介绍作为平等和多样性的传播者和推动者的价值。作为促进包容性音频描述的一部分，该研究金还将寻求通过让代表性不足的群体参与包容性音频描述的创作和接收，来增加音频描述者、BPS剧院观众和剧院专业人员的多样性。通过在MOOC项目中展示包容性音频介绍的好处，该奖学金还将鼓励更广泛的创意产业，特别是电影和电视公司，将音频介绍添加到他们的访问提供中。