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Architecture and sightless
Luciaková, Katarína ; Petelen, Ivan (referee) ; Žalmanová, Petra (referee) ; Ing.Petr Karásek (referee) ; Šindlar, Jiljí (advisor)
This thesis explores the relationship between architecture and the blind people. For better clarity and understanding of the topic, The work has been divided into five distinctive parts. In the first, introduction part, I approach space sensation of a blind person from the physiological and psychological angle. This analysis is very important for the understanding of imagination, which the blind person has. Another important fact to understand is the way in which the blind person gets the information about the space and what is his ability to process it. Further, I explain the basic principles of the blind person’s movement through space and describe instructions of how to help blind people in the concrete spatial situations. In the next part, I give a short information about the historical progress of the relation between the society and the blind people. An important fact is that, as late as 200 years ago, the blind people were considered as “sub men” and did not have the full freedom privilege. This relation has been modified over time and nowadays, the blind people have the freedom of movement and all the rights to enjoy their lives. To meet the needs of the blind people, many associations have been created that act on their behalf. The associations have different modes of functioning, but their common goal is to help blind people with their social rehabilitation, looking for employment and removing architectural barriers. The core of my work is divided into two parts. In the first one, I focus on the problematic of the blind people and architecture from the functional aspect. The functional aspect is vital for the blind people. It corresponds to their safety in the environment. In this chapter, I treat in detail basic elements for designing buildings, for specifying barriers and principles of design for blind people. Furthermore, I describe the help tools the blind people need in order to move in the space. I evaluate the future of these tools and indicate the rapid technological progression which makes the life of blind people more comfortable. In the next part, I focus on the problematic of the blind people and architecture from the aesthetic aspect. This question has not been much explored yet, but is, nonetheless, very important. In this part of my work, I use more my personal experience and the knowledge coming from the exploration of space. Aesthetical values are subjective for all the people, with or without a handicap. Therefore, in this final chapter, I try to note the facts that can be used in the process of the aesthetical perception and to reflect on them. In the domain of aesthetical research, there also exist tools and institutions that help blind people in their comprehension of architecture. The division of my work emerged from the compilation of diverse facts in the process of writing. This thesis has an informative and practical character. It is intended for people who want to understand and to be informed about how to design architecture for the blind people. It will be directed towards people who build this kind of architecture and need an overview of how to make it. It is also intended for people interested in learning more about architecture.
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Media education and digital literacy of blind high school students
Fraiová, Anna ; Wolák, Radim (advisor) ; Šťastná, Lucie (referee)
The paper addresses issues of media education in blind high-school students, especially in the topical context of digital media. The theoretical part devotes to problems of education of visually impaired persons. Next, concern the subsumption of media education as a cross- sectional subject into Czech primary and high-schools education. This part is also concerned with specific digital media and extensive opportunities of its utilization for visually impaired persons. In the experimental part of the paper, discrete components of digital literacy of sightless high-school students are analysed. The method of focused (semi-structured) interviews was selected. Interviews were executed with ten visually impaired high-school students and subsequently analysed with the help of qualitative content analysis. The aim of the paper is to give a notice on dependence of blind people to digital media and its specifics and, in this conjunction, emphasise the importance of media education.
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Processing of Haptic model of fresco st. George with dragon
KOVÁCSOVÁ, Kristýna
The theoretical part of the bachelory thesis focuses on the character of Saint George and the importance of his cult. The emphasis is put mainly on various ways of depiction of this saint in the European context and also in Bohemian countries. Full attention is drawn to the art of painting and wall paintings with regard to the topic of the practical part of presented work. Hence there is mentioned the issue of people with visual disabilities and, in coherence with that, haptic perception. The aim of the practical part of the thesis is to make a haptic model based on the fresco of St. George and the dragon, that is going to work as an aid for the blind or purblind people. The model is made of burnt ceramic clay and coloured with acrylic paints. The created work will be placed in the monastic Church of the Sacrifice of Virgin Mary in České Budějovice as a part of the exposition "Haptic models for disabled people".
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Media education and digital literacy of blind high school students
Fraiová, Anna ; Wolák, Radim (advisor) ; Šťastná, Lucie (referee)
The paper addresses issues of media education in blind high-school students, especially in the topical context of digital media. The theoretical part devotes to problems of education of visually impaired persons. Next, concern the subsumption of media education as a cross- sectional subject into Czech primary and high-schools education. This part is also concerned with specific digital media and extensive opportunities of its utilization for visually impaired persons. In the experimental part of the paper, discrete components of digital literacy of sightless high-school students are analysed. The method of focused (semi-structured) interviews was selected. Interviews were executed with ten visually impaired high-school students and subsequently analysed with the help of qualitative content analysis. The aim of the paper is to give a notice on dependence of blind people to digital media and its specifics and, in this conjunction, emphasise the importance of media education.
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Architecture and sightless
Luciaková, Katarína ; Petelen, Ivan (referee) ; Žalmanová, Petra (referee) ; Ing.Petr Karásek (referee) ; Šindlar, Jiljí (advisor)
This thesis explores the relationship between architecture and the blind people. For better clarity and understanding of the topic, The work has been divided into five distinctive parts. In the first, introduction part, I approach space sensation of a blind person from the physiological and psychological angle. This analysis is very important for the understanding of imagination, which the blind person has. Another important fact to understand is the way in which the blind person gets the information about the space and what is his ability to process it. Further, I explain the basic principles of the blind person’s movement through space and describe instructions of how to help blind people in the concrete spatial situations. In the next part, I give a short information about the historical progress of the relation between the society and the blind people. An important fact is that, as late as 200 years ago, the blind people were considered as “sub men” and did not have the full freedom privilege. This relation has been modified over time and nowadays, the blind people have the freedom of movement and all the rights to enjoy their lives. To meet the needs of the blind people, many associations have been created that act on their behalf. The associations have different modes of functioning, but their common goal is to help blind people with their social rehabilitation, looking for employment and removing architectural barriers. The core of my work is divided into two parts. In the first one, I focus on the problematic of the blind people and architecture from the functional aspect. The functional aspect is vital for the blind people. It corresponds to their safety in the environment. In this chapter, I treat in detail basic elements for designing buildings, for specifying barriers and principles of design for blind people. Furthermore, I describe the help tools the blind people need in order to move in the space. I evaluate the future of these tools and indicate the rapid technological progression which makes the life of blind people more comfortable. In the next part, I focus on the problematic of the blind people and architecture from the aesthetic aspect. This question has not been much explored yet, but is, nonetheless, very important. In this part of my work, I use more my personal experience and the knowledge coming from the exploration of space. Aesthetical values are subjective for all the people, with or without a handicap. Therefore, in this final chapter, I try to note the facts that can be used in the process of the aesthetical perception and to reflect on them. In the domain of aesthetical research, there also exist tools and institutions that help blind people in their comprehension of architecture. The division of my work emerged from the compilation of diverse facts in the process of writing. This thesis has an informative and practical character. It is intended for people who want to understand and to be informed about how to design architecture for the blind people. It will be directed towards people who build this kind of architecture and need an overview of how to make it. It is also intended for people interested in learning more about architecture.
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Application of visually impaired people in the labor market in the Czech Republic
Kanioková, Veronika ; Vostrovská, Zdenka (advisor) ; Pikhart, Zdeněk (referee)
The bachelor thesis addresses the problem of visually disabled persons in the Czech republic's labour market. The goal of this thesis is to analyze current situation of visually disabled at the labour market and to recommend solutions, which will lead to higher employment of these people. The first part of this thesis is segmenting people with visual disability and their social benefits leading to obtaining a job. The second part concerns different ways of education that lead to higher employment and also different types of compensatory aid that help educating visually disabled. Last but not least the different labour political approaches for visually disabled will be discussed. A questionnaire that was used for the practical part reveals the opinions and attitudes of both visually disabled persons and employers towards the problem of unemployment. The final part concerns particular suggestions towards the improvement of current labour market for visually disabled.
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Life of blind children in the Czech republic
REITINGEROVÁ, Martina
The bachelor thesis deals with the life of visually impaired children in the Czech Republic. The objective of this work is to provide basic information about the visual impairment and the role of the family in the integration of visually impaired children into society, which is demonstrated by a case study. The bachelor thesis is divided into two parts. Theoretical part is focused on visual impairments, their division, it provides overview of institutions dealing with care, support and education of visually handicapped, it mentions mobility aids, and finally it deals with the possibility of the integration of visually impaired children, especially the influence of the family in the whole process. Practical part is based on interviews with visually impaired children and their families. The research questions are aimed mainly to determine status, opportunities and possible obstacles in the integration of visually impaired children into society. The bachelor thesis is intended for general public, but may be also beneficial to social educators as guidance on this issue.
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Emergency Call Service 112 and its Possibilities in Receiving Emergency Calls from Handicapped Citizens
DVOŘÁKOVÁ, Kamila
This bachelor thesis deals with the possibilities of calls made by handicapped people (deaf, blind or physically handicapped) to emergency lines, including line 112. According to the European Parliament Directive 2002/22/ES of 7 March 2002 on universal service and users' rights relating to electronic communications networks and services, specifies that each citizen, whether healthy or handicapped has the right to call to emergency line 112 free of charge. This thesis involves a questionnaire based research. Sets of questions focused on handicapped citizens asked whether they had sufficient possibilities to call to emergency lines. The questionnaires were distributed to handicapped citizens in South Bohemia. The aim was to find out whether the efforts of the Fire Rescue Service in the field of reception of emergency calls from handicapped people were sufficient or not and whether these citizens are or will be interested in using the line in the future. The research has shown that handicapped people may communicate with the emergency lines by means of mobile phones like healthy people, provided their handicap does not prevent them from doing that. Blind and sand-blind people do not have problems with telephoning either, mostly from mobile telephones. They might only have a problem with specification of the event location. Deaf and hearing impaired people actually have problems with mobile phone communication, but the Fire Rescue Service of the South Bohemia Region enables them to send SMS, thanks to which they can receive assistance of the same quality as any healthy person in emergency situation occurrence. As for legislation, a new draft Fire Rescue Service Act, which contains the issues of emergency calls from handicapped people, is being consulted at present.
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