Visually Impaired Persons and Social Encounters in Central Melbourne

Bibliographic Data

ID22018444
AuthorsShirin Pourafkari (The University of Melbourne, corresponding author)
Year2023
Volume8
Issue4
Publication date2023-07-28
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueUrban Planning (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2183-7635 • E-ISSN: 2183-7635
PublisherCogitatio (PUBLISHER • PT)
DOI10.17645/up.v8i4.6548
OpenAlexW4385344380
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited23

Urban spaces are areas where routes, activities, and people, including visually impaired persons (VIPs), intersect. Most urban research on VIPs focuses on wayfinding. However, the experience of urban spaces is not limited to utilitarian functions and also includes people’s lived experiences and random social encounters. To understand how a broader range of activities, experiences, and encounters may be better enabled, VIPs have participated in multi-method research including interviews, word games, walking interviews, and diary recordings in central Melbourne. Results not only indicate a broad range of unmediated conflicts between VIPs’ mobility needs and key aspects of intense street life but also reveal opportunities that are potentially hidden in random encounters in public spaces

Geography · Sociology · Visually impaired · Medicine · Psychology · Spatial Cognition and Navigation · Urban Design and Spatial Analysis · Urban Transport and Accessibility

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