IESA arts&culture is offering you a preview of the talk by Nicolas Wagner of the Parc de la Villette for the cultural training “Mediation and Disability in Cultural Sites: 2015 Outlook”
For 4 years now, concerned with raising awareness of accessibility for people with disabilities in cultural venues in France and abroad, IESA art & culture has been organizing cultural training days in Paris on the theme “Mediation and Disability in Cultural Sites: 2015 Outlook” for cultural sector professionals. Its goal? To let professionals leave with the tools, contacts and meaningful examples to be able to implement an accessibility policy in their own organization.
Next dates: May 16 and 17, 2013
After a 1st day devoted to specific courses (2005-2015 legislation, mediation tools such as audio guides and tactile models, communication tools such as accessible websites, etc.), the 2nd day, devoted to on-site workshops, will show very concretely how an accessibility and mediation system is set up in an institution. The morning workshop will be held at the Muséum d’histoire naturelle, which offers innovative tools in the field, while the afternoon one will feature the Parc de la Villette, a multidisciplinary site that places accessibility and mediation for people with disabilities at the heart of its cultural policy. Nicolas Wagner, cultural programs officer, will share his expertise and experience of the actions implemented by this institution.
Nicolas Wagner will thus present:
- The role of the Disability Strategy Committee
- Specific adaptations: buildings and circulation routes
- “Accessible” cultural offerings and the related mediation actions (both along visitor routes and in performances)
- Communication tools
- HR policy, training and awareness-raising actions for employees
Finally, to make things as concrete as possible, Nicolas Wagner will take you to the Parc and Grande Halle de la Villette to see an example of accessible design: the Folie Information-Ticket Office and the Park’s circulation and its tactile path.