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«The four worlds of the Lake Geneva» or exploring the polysensoriality of landscape with visually-impaired people

Abstract:

Geographical research on blindness and visual impairment tends to focus on the difficulties and fears of the visually-impaired, thus excluding them from other approaches to sensitivity and perception, such as landscape studies. However, the daily experiences of those with visual impairments are not limited to such feelings. In an attempt to go beyond the usual oculo-centrism in landscape studies, this paper describes our exploration with visually-impaired people of the extent to which they ca...

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Published
Peer review status:
Peer reviewed

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10.7202/1014547ar

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
SSD
Department:
SOGE
Sub department:
Geography
Role:
Author
Publisher:
Consortium Érudit Publisher's website
Journal:
Cahiers de Geographie du Quebec Journal website
Volume:
56
Issue:
158
Pages:
279-295
Publication date:
2012-09-01
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ISSN:
0007-9766
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pubs:733164
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uuid:07525dd7-9227-4873-b908-02be92e2d7bd
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pubs:733164
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733164
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2018-04-16

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