Audiodescrição e divulgação científica em uma exposição no Museu dos Dinossauros em Uberaba/MG

Abstract

Throughout human history, people with disabilities have suffered exclusions and impediments to their equal participation in social, educational, cultural, and political environments, etc. The guarantee of rights for these people came from the Human Rights Convention promulgated by UNESCO in 1948. From then on, international and national organizations have updated and systematized laws and treaties that cover the improvement of issues related to disabilities and their specificities. The lack of accessibility for the visually impaired to cultural and scientific environments in the city of Uberaba/MG is noticed in all dimensions listed in the Universal Design (Inclusive Design). One of the alternatives for the inclusion of this public is the audio description, which is characterized as an intersemiotic translation that turns images into words, enabling the construction of meaning from the sound of the text. The objective of this study is to analyze a textual methodology for the elaboration of audio description applied to science museums beyond the static objects, incorporating to the text the exhibition scenarios and the accessible scientific language. To carry out the study, we used qualitative research, interviews, and the snowball sampling technique to compose the group of participants. The results obtained show that the final texts, developed from consultancy and dialogue with the participants, were able to provide the imagetic construction of the objects and artifacts on display, as well as the spatial location of each of them within the museum, the acquisition of vocabulary incorporating new words to the participant's everyday life, scientific knowledge and autonomy to visit in loco. Furthermore, we conclude that the construction of a methodology for scientific dissemination in science museums goes through several knowledge and techniques. Therefore, the writing of a script applied to audio description goes beyond the norms established by ABNT and must adapt to the contexts and specificities of each reality.