Investigating accessibility in Latin American science museums and centers

dc.creatorRocha, Jessica Norberto
dc.creatorMassarani, Luisa Medeiros
dc.creatorAbreu, Willian Vieira de
dc.creatorInacio, Luiz Gustavo Barcellos
dc.creatorMolenzani, Aline Oliveira
dc.date2020-10-05T18:37:06Z
dc.date2020-10-05T18:37:06Z
dc.date2020
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-26T20:33:16Z
dc.date.available2023-09-26T20:33:16Z
dc.identifierROCHA, Jessica Norberto et al. Investigating accessibility in Latin American science museums and centers. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, Rio de Janeiro, v. 92, n. 1, p. 1-16, 2020.
dc.identifier0001-3765
dc.identifierhttps://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/43818
dc.identifier10.1590/0001-3765202020191156
dc.identifier1678-2690
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/8859404
dc.descriptionFundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (FAPERJ); Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq); Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES).
dc.descriptionScience museums are powerful places not only for science communication, informal science teaching, and leisure but also for promoting science and technology in an equitable, diverse, and inclusive mode. The paper presents an overview of accessibility in Latin American science museums and centers, based on a questionnaire comprised of open and closed questions in Portuguese and Spanish. The answers received from directors and other personnel responsible for 109 institutions in twelve countries were analyzed using an accessibility indicator tool. The fi ndings suggest that these institutions generally offer some physical accessibility resources and fewer communicational and attitudinal accessibility resources. Data also show that there is an absence of institutional practices that might underpin any endeavor to take into consideration the inclusion of people with disabilities. More funding must be made available for practices and research in this area. We also recommend that persons with disabilities play a greater role as protagonists and professionals and likewise as a research public in the realm of science communication and at the region’s science museums and centers.
dc.formatapplication/pdf
dc.languageeng
dc.rightsopen access
dc.subjectAcessibilidade
dc.subjectInclusão
dc.subjectComunicação e Divulgação Científica
dc.subjectMuseus de Ciência
dc.subjectAccessibility
dc.subjectInclusion
dc.subjectScience Communication
dc.subjectScience Museums
dc.subjectPessoas com Deficiência
dc.subjectComunicação e Divulgação Científica
dc.subjectMuseus
dc.subjectExposições Científicas
dc.titleInvestigating accessibility in Latin American science museums and centers
dc.typeArticle


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