 Imagining a world in which cultural facilities and institutions embrace inclusive design in their architecture, restoration, programming and education? Tantalizing! Inspiring! Difficult! But not...Impossible.
Last week, 18 of us traveled to London to be enlightened and inspired. Each of us came with a different set of skills - knowledgable in arts advocacy, accessibility or architecture; research, resources or relevance. On a tour designed by Anita Walker of Massachusetts Cultural Council and Valerie Fletcher of the Institute for Human Centered Design, we traveled by bus to over 15 different museums, theaters and design schools and met with expert colleagues from London. In many ways, the trip and what is to follow reminds me of the iconic London Eye---there are many bright lights on the way, there are many stakeholders, and we may feel sometimes like we are going in circles - but we wlll aim high to get a new perspective. Over the next few days, i hope to express through words and pictures some of the experiences I had on the trip - the perspective of one who is new to the world of universal design but who has learned much in a week, and eager to learn more.
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11/7/2013 12:00:54 am
I love the metaphor of the London Eye and your enthusiasm for the Universal Design Project. The things that most impressed me about the London Tour was the level of shared civic expectation that inclusion of all people is possible and part of who they are culturally. (While they still have many challenges they don't let that change their high expectation). They also don't seem reluctant to link public support for arts and culture, which seems robust relative to our own investment in the US, directly to this shared expectation, that is if its not inclusive its not going to be funded. 6/18/2014 02:51:51 pm
A study tour like this is enjoyable and educational. I have experienced such when I was in college and it was one of my memorable moments as a student. 6/4/2015 03:16:42 pm
Thank you for the great news story I did enjoyed reading it, I require to encourage that you continue your great job, have a lovely day. 10/15/2015 06:58:45 am
The things that most impressed me about the London Tour was the level of shared civic expectation that inclusion of all people is possible and part of who they are culturally. 8/2/2016 11:37:17 pm
I always like informative blogs and this is one of them. Thanks for sharing and please keep us up to date like this. Leave a Reply. |
Dr. Lisa M. Wong
I'm a musician and pediatrician, passionate about arts in education and about bringing the community together through music Archives
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