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

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来宣传手工艺能力网络成果，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；同时，让残疾人和公众了解和庆祝来自十个国家的包容性艺术工艺和设计工作，南部非洲残疾人联合会（SAFOD）在当地社区帮助了5万人。该项目将向生活在南部非洲的6600万人提供信息，提高他们对包容性手工艺和现有辅助技术资源的认识。一项由AHRC赞助的网络活动（艺术和手工艺能力，编号：AH/R004307/1）涉及了来自南部非洲残疾人联合会（SAFOD）和来自英国的残疾人艺术和手工艺者，强调了一些值得庆祝的方面和需要解决的挑战：1)在英国和南部非洲，残疾艺术家和手工艺者的需求非常相似，无论是健全的还是残疾的；2)需要为他们的艺术品找到一个愿意为他们的作品支付公平价格的市场；3)使制作工艺品更加容易；（四）培养新的残疾人艺人和手工艺人；5)表彰创意和概念的质量，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（作为“没有人”的残疾人，在某些情况下因为他们是女性），并更包容地看待他们的工作；7)利用多种机会，利用不同的沟通形式和技术，通过对话分享知识、技能和想法。通过庆祝正在生产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的代表更喜欢使用残疾人一词，而不是生活在残疾人或类似的术语，因此这是整个提案中使用的术语。计划在纳米比亚举办的展览将延续文化交流和提高包容性手工艺意识的主题。展览将附有一份手工制品和产品目录，其中还将包括日常生活辅助技术（AT产品）以及获得它们的地点。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博士将详细介绍之前网络活动的成果，并推广包容性手工艺的资源，包括英国手工艺委员会提供的资源。该目录将有一个预付费回复卡，以要求有关任何突出主题的进一步信息。使用请求卡的人将能够通过一系列通信选项要求通知任何新的事件或工作；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。

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.