Workshop
90 minutes
Location: Theaterhaus
from 15 years

Friday, September 13th, 04:00 pm registration

Audio description is an accessibility tool for blind and visually impaired people, for example in the theatre, television and museums. At the same time, it always has the potential to become an art form in its own right and a practice critical of discrimination.
This workshop is a first introduction to the many questions associated with this:  

What types of audio description are there?

What is needed for an intersectional and discrimination-critical* audio description?

What are important organisational aspects?

Is audio description always the right approach?

The workshop is free of charge and is aimed at anyone interested in audio description. No previous knowledge or theatre experience is required.

* Intersectional discrimination-critical means acting and speaking in such a way that nobody is judged or disadvantaged based on an (ascribed) characteristic (e.g. gender, disability, etc.). This is not just about individual forms of discrimination (e.g. sexism, racism, etc.), but about all of them together and their intersections.

© Omar Zyami

Contributors

Annika Jakobs

Paula Emmrich

Workshop
90 minutes
Location: Theaterhaus
from 15 years

Friday, September 13th, 04:00 pm registration

Audio description is an accessibility tool for blind and visually impaired people, for example in the theatre, television and museums. At the same time, it always has the potential to become an art form in its own right and a practice critical of discrimination.
This workshop is a first introduction to the many questions associated with this:  

What types of audio description are there?

What is needed for an intersectional and discrimination-critical* audio description?

What are important organisational aspects?

Is audio description always the right approach?

The workshop is free of charge and is aimed at anyone interested in audio description. No previous knowledge or theatre experience is required.

* Intersectional discrimination-critical means acting and speaking in such a way that nobody is judged or disadvantaged based on an (ascribed) characteristic (e.g. gender, disability, etc.). This is not just about individual forms of discrimination (e.g. sexism, racism, etc.), but about all of them together and their intersections.

© Omar Zyami

Contributors

Annika Jakobs

Paula Emmrich