Some Touching Thoughts and Wishful Thinking

Authors

  • Georgina Kleege University of California, Berkeley

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18061/dsq.v33i3.3741

Keywords:

blindness, blind museum access, Museum of Modern Art, tactile aesthetics

Abstract

Abstract: I describe a recent touch tour I took at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, and suggest that since sighted visitors do not enjoy the opportunity to touch works of art, museums should collect the observations of blind visitors to expand cultural knowledge by including tactile aesthetics. 

Key words: blindness, blind museum access, Museum of Modern Art, tactile aesthetics. 

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Published

2013-05-12

How to Cite

Kleege, G. (2013). Some Touching Thoughts and Wishful Thinking. Disability Studies Quarterly, 33(3). https://doi.org/10.18061/dsq.v33i3.3741

Issue

Vol. 33 No. 3 (2013): Double Issue: Museum experience and blindness; general issue

Section

Special Topic: Museum Experience and Blindness, Part 3: Personal Accounts

License

Copyright (c) 2013 Georgina Kleege