MSMS-GA 3330 - 001

Regular Academic Session

2734

Graduate

4 units

GSAS Graded

Digital Frictions-Museum Accessibility and Digital

Current issues in the museum profession and the interdisciplinary study of museums. Outside museum scholars, specialists, and university faculty offer in-depth examination of topics

Department Consent Required

This class examines the potential for museums to embrace multi-modal ways to make experiences and collections accessible through digital design and new technologies. Several classes will co-facilitated with NYU’s Ability Lab, an interdisciplinary research space dedicated to the intersection between disability and technology located at NYU’s Tandon campus. Students will learn about accessible alternative formats, sonification, haptic technologies, and the creation of visual descriptions supported by open-source, cloud-hosted toolkits. We will also examine both strategies and failures employed by museums to design for individuals with diverse motor, cognitive, sensory and behavior-emotional abilities.

Rosanna N Flouty

Th 5:00PM - 8:00PM

01/24/2022 - 05/09/2022

In-Person

Washington Square

Washington Square

Open