Hannah Thompson

How can museums create multi-sensory experiences, and collections records? How can The Sensational Museum resources help? How did it change the museum professionals' way of working? Find out! There's still plenty of time to sign up to join our sensational online showcase next week

Liverpool Hope hosts one of the most important and influential Disability Studies departments in the UK. Their emphasis on literary and cultural disability studies has produced research that has radically shaped thinking in the discipline and beyond and they have huge international reach.

@alisonfe.bsky.social @blindspothannah.bsky.social @sensationalmuseum.bsky.social

We are delighted to announce the winner of our #Teaching Prize, awarded to Prof Julia Prest @sta-modlangs.bsky.social for their course 'Translating French Opera' running with support from Birds of Paradise Theatre Company #skystorians #18thC 🗃️ 1/5

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Delighted to announce the keynote speakers for the #DARCI Conference on Disability, Accessibility and Representation in the Creative Industries. Raymond Antrobus will be presenting 'An Investigation of Missing Sound' and @blindspothannah.bsky.social 'The Sensational Museum' tinyurl.com/3bzs7wkr

I have broken my finger and can’t touch type atm so I’m using built-in speech to text tools to type for me.They are brilliant! I am amazed and grateful at how useful the little microphone icon is. Will I ever bother using my fingers again?

Interview with Hannah Thomson | DARCI: Disability, Accessibility and Representation in the Creative Industries In this episode Mariana interviewed Hannah Thompson, a partially blind academic and activist whose work focuses on the intersections between critical disability studies and French studies.

Last but not least, episode 12 featured @blindspothannah.bsky.social who shared her experiences working in the field of #accessibility. Hannah's work has had a huge influence in the ethos of the #EnhancedAD methods, and it was an honour to get to interview Hannah shows.acast.com/darci-1/epis...

My last shift of the year volunteering at Old Marston library this morning.

Our own Sensational @alisonfe.bsky.social has announced the exciting launch of free training course on Workshop for Inclusive Co-created Audio Description (W-ICAD). Aimed at museum professionals and students, audio describers, and those interested in inclusive interpretation, it runs on 14.01.25.

Save the date: Launch of free online training course for the Workshop for Inclusive Co-created Audio Description (W-ICAD). The free training course is launching on 14th Jan 2025, with a launch event (4-5pm GMT).
More details at w-icad.org
@blindspothannah.bsky.social @therealdrdebs.bsky.social

‘Of course blind people can cha cha!’ Presenter and disability activist, Lucy Edwards, on how Strictly's Chris McCausland is ‘demystifying’ blindness

"‘inspiration porn’ is where disabled people are portrayed as inspirational for simply being able to live with their disability... what’s so amazing about Chris is that people are just seeing him as a cool guy, not as a blind person, & that's the whole point”
www.goodhousekeeping.com/uk/lifestyle...

I still have the queasy feeling that a lot of people voted for him because they thought ‘he is an amazing dancer (for a blind person)’

Such a good point

‘I received a first but it felt tainted and undeserved’: inside the university AI cheating crisis More than half of students are now using generative AI, casting a shadow over campuses as tutors and students turn on each other and hardworking learners are caught in the flak. Will Coldwell reports ...

Interesting article about generative AI at university: www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Yes he has. (They all have.) But not because he is blind. Because he worked hard and practiced.

But why admire him more than a non-blind dancer?

I am finding all this ‘Chris McCauseland is AMAZING because he is a good dancer AND blind’ stuff actually rather patronising and dangerously close to the dreaded inspiration porn. As a partially blind person I am cross that he is getting pity/tragedy votes #strictly

(Actually Northern Europe and I’m not sure Paris is visible)

Thanks for the suggestion: my bio is too long so I’ve but these descriptions in a pinned post :)

My profile picture shows a photo of a white middle aged woman smiling with thick glasses and unusual eyes; my banner image shows a colourful tactile / braille map zooming in on south-east England and Northern France including Paris and London

Current mood: incredibly pleased to be part of the Sensational Museum project: just had a team meeting and there is some great stuff happening: sensationalmuseum.org

I love that you can set BlueSky to require you to add alt text to images… but I can’t work out how to add #alttext to my banner image. Anyone know how?

The Housemartins; Dire Straits; Groove Armada; Duran Duran; Underworld; Right Said Fred; Marina and the Diamonds; 21 Pilots; Blur; Self Esteem

Interview with Hannah Thomson | DARCI: Disability, Accessibility and Representation in the Creative Industries In this episode Mariana interviewed Hannah Thompson, a partially blind academic and activist whose work focuses on the intersections between critical disability studies and French studies.

A new episode of our #DARCI podcast on Disability, Accessibility and Representation in the Creative Industries is now available! A really insightful interview with the wonderful
@blindspothannah.bsky.social shows.acast.com/65942920c316...

Do you love museums? Do you define yourself as D/deaf, disabled or neurodivergent? There's still a full weekend to prepare your application to become a Curating Visibility Fellow. You can find BSL, subtitled and Easy Read information about the roles on the website. screensouth.org/events/curat...

Sensational Shorts - Multisensory The Sensational Museum · Episode

If you want to hear more from @sophievohra.bsky.social (and me too!) then there are a whole host of Sensational Museum podcasts available wherever you find your podcasts.

Including this 9 minute introduction to multisensory in museums: open.spotify.com/episode/4Dml...

A screenshot of Bluesky's alt text reminder options. At the top of the page it says "Accessibility" then underneath there are two options for "Alt text" which are "Require alt text before posting" and "Display larger alt text badges." The first of these is toggled to "on." There's also a "Media" option which is "Disable autoplay for videos and GIFs."

19 million @bsky.app users? Better make sure they all know about the handy alt text reminder! 🫡

Go to Settings > Accessibility and make sure "Require alt text before posting" is toggled on.

We love that accessibility is such a priority here.

Sensational Shorts - Identity The Sensational Museum · Episode

📢 NEW TSM PODCAST ALERT📢

@sensationalmuseum.bsky.social Sensational Short episode on Identity with me and @suryabowyer.com now ready for your ears (or eyes: descriptive transcript available - docs.google.com/file/d/1CU5v...)