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- Accessibility as far as the eye can see: an accessible film festivalPublication . Martins, Cláudia; Ferreira, Cláudia Maria PintoCurrently, we can no longer speak of monolingual societies but rather of a linguistic heterogeneity that cuts across every sector of society. In line with this, numerous international and national laws have been signed; however, few have come into actual effect, as it happens in Portugal. If, on the one hand, we all agree on the need for linguistic mediation for language minorities, e.g. people with sensory impairments, on the other, only scattered measures, initiatives or events can be pinpointed as far as cultural events are concerned, namely in the film industry. Accessible festivals showcase not only films made by people with disabilities, but also festivals that include such modalities as audiodescription, subtitling for the deaf and hard-of-hearing and/or sign language interpreting. Historically speaking, the first film festival to make use of audiodescription is said to be Cannes Festival in 1989 (Benecke, 2011). Others followed suit, but it has been a slow though steady progress to reach the stage where disability has become the focus of some festivals, for instance, in Brazil, San Francisco, USA, or Lyon, France. Therefore, our aim with this paper is two-fold: we seek to review the major national and international film festivals dedicated to disability and/or that provide accessibility so as to understand the array of choices they offer, and report on our accessible cinema festival, a joint organization of the Polytechnic Institute of Bragança and the Avanca Film Club.
- Museum audio guides as an accessibility enhancerPublication . Martins, CláudiaAccessibility to museums is enhanced by various types of cultural mediation, such as the use of audio guides, which consist of a means for innovative mediation put forth to make the museum visit more autonomous and simultaneously replace the traditional guided visit. Their use is integrated in the tendency for museum democratisation felt in Europe between the 60s and the 80s of the 20th century, especially with the development of educational services at museums and their opening to schools. It is also an invaluable solution for foreign visitors and particularly people with special needs, such as the blind and visually impaired, the deaf and hard-of-hearing or the intellectual disabled. This talk intends to analyse examples of audio guides on offer in Portuguese museums, so as to ascertain the current practices and whether they perform their role as an accessibility tool.