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Epistemologically speaking, higher education (HE) is oftentimes regarded as a place of “receiving” knowledge and skills rather than “giving”, a place of watching creation happen rather than participating in this creation process. However, in the new millennium, HE institutions have gradually been rediscovering constructivism and broadening its scope to a more participatory approach. Thus, cocreation ecosystems, quoting the IPB’s president’s terminology, have mushroomed and given rise to a number of projects, experiences and work philosophies and methodologies, among which Demola at the IPB is worth to mention.
Participatory methodologies were set in train by a team of professors-reseachers, junior researchers and collaborators with impairments for the project “Culture for All Bragança” that the IPB carried out for the Municipality of Bragança. Throughout 2 years, we worked side by side in producing a number of resources which enabled us to amass experience and expertise in cocreation, specifically in local cultural venues. This inspired us to focus on the IPB as a whole, though at a first stage only at the campus, in order to set up similar resources that could cater for different needs of different groups of people, be it students or staff of the IPB. Ultimately, our goal is to help make the IPB a more accessible institution for diverse people.
As such, we wish to report on the development of this project from the joint diagnosis of the accessibility conditions of the 3 schools at the campus, along with the central services, to the production of 2.5D/high relief plans and their mediation texts, which include audiodescription, Portuguese Sign Language and easy language. By working together with people with impairments, we sought to grapple with challenges that are posed by contemporary societal demands but also with the future employment landscape, which requires professionals to be able to deal with diversity be it in terms of functionality or ethnical, to name just a few.
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Cocreation Participatory methodologies People with impairments Diversity Access for all