Awareness-raising Activities

Activities organised by researchers in the network in order to spread their knowledge on accessibility to society. The goal is to raise awareness on how important it is for everyone to have access to communication and information, as well as to offer innovative solutions.

Past Activities

  • Day:
    -
  • Time:
    17:00
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    18:30
  • Place:

The research groups TraDiLex (UPF) and TransMedia Catalonia (UAB), together with Associació Kudwa, will explore inclusion in educational and political spaces at the online seminar “Educational and Political Spaces For All” through research from the UNIVAC and MILE projects.

  • Day:
  • Time:
    18:00
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    22:00
  • Place:

    CosmoCaixa, Barcelona

Four groups in the AccessCat Network (ReLaTe, TALN, TraDiLex, and TransMedia Catalonia) will participate in Research Night with the following activities:

 

  • “Digital content for all: Research on accessibility at Catalan universities”: Workshops to find out if we can create video games, dictionaries, and other accessible digital content for all, and if AI can help us do this. There will be Catalan sign language interpreting.
     
  • “Discovering cultural heritage in terms of accessibility and sustainability: Where the past meets the future”: Unveiling of the YoungArcHers, ATHENA, and WELL projects on accessibility to communication, culture, and education.
     
  • “Accessibility and inclusion in communication and the discussion on climate change and migration: GreenSCENT and MILE”: Interactive questions on sustainability and diversity to discover the strategies for change put forth by these two projects.
  • Day:
    -
  • Place:

    Autonomous University of Barcelona

Activities on accessibility for people with low vision and other blindness-related needs. These activities were conducted within the framework of Campus Ítaca, a socio-educational program at UAB aimed at secondary school students that involves a stay on campus during June and July.