Archive for January, 2009

Design for All workshop 2009

Thursday, January 15th, 2009

DfA workshop 2009, the PROGRAMME. Lectures are open for all!

Wednesday 21.1.2009

10-11 Workshop in practice: introductions of the participants, agreements for the outcomes etc.
11-12 Introduction: Collaboration in DfA and projects improving accessibility (Antti)
12-12.30 Discussion

12.30-13.30 Lunch

13.30-15.30 Päivi Rainò: SYKE-PULSE – a different project in Dfa. Visualizing rhythm and music for the deaf and hard of hearing.

13.30-15.00 Presentation of the participant: Suvi Kitunen’s pre-assignments exposed.

Programme ends, but participants should continue working with own texts and an assignment given by Antti

Thursday 22.1.2009

10-12 Marketta Kyttä: Theory of affordances and softGIS methodology in person-environment research
12-12.30 Discussion

12.30-13.30 Lunch

13.30-17.00 Presentations of the participants, pre-assignment exposed:
– Joanna Saad-sulonen
– Tarja Toikka
– Hans Põldoja
– Kati Heljakka
– Batsirai Chivhanga
– Juhani Tenhunen

Friday 23.1.2009

10-12 Sonja Iltanen: Aesthetics in DfA and special needs design
12-12.30 Discussion

12.30-13.30 Lunch

13.30-15.00 Discussion and conclusions

Welcome to listen (and watch) the lectures!