Weaving lighthouses and stitching stories: blind and visually impaired people designing e-textiles
Proceedings of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2018•dl.acm.org
We describe our experience of working with blind and visually impaired people to create
interactive art objects that are personal to them, through a participatory making process
using electronic textiles (e-textiles) and hands-on crafting techniques. The research
addresses both the practical considerations about how to structure hands-on making
workshops in a way which is accessible to participants of varying experience and abilities,
and how effective the approach was in enabling participants to tell their own stories and feel …
interactive art objects that are personal to them, through a participatory making process
using electronic textiles (e-textiles) and hands-on crafting techniques. The research
addresses both the practical considerations about how to structure hands-on making
workshops in a way which is accessible to participants of varying experience and abilities,
and how effective the approach was in enabling participants to tell their own stories and feel …
We describe our experience of working with blind and visually impaired people to create interactive art objects that are personal to them, through a participatory making process using electronic textiles (e-textiles) and hands-on crafting techniques. The research addresses both the practical considerations about how to structure hands-on making workshops in a way which is accessible to participants of varying experience and abilities, and how effective the approach was in enabling participants to tell their own stories and feel in control of the design and making process. The results of our analysis is the offering of insights in how to run e-textile making sessions in such a way for them to be more accessible and inclusive to a wider community of participants.