| Description | Discussion between Charles Parker and sighted teachers at Lickey Grange on the reactions of sighted people to blindness, the ability of sighted people to appreciate blindness and the links between racial prejudice and prejudice against blind people (track 1)
Interview with Mr Lorrimer, a blind teacher at Lickey Grange. He discusses blind people's perceptions of maps and symbols, the impression of shape conveyed by touch and the comprehension that sighted and blind people have of objects. He talks about his own loss of sight and his spatial consciousness, comparing touch image with visual image, and describing the perceptions of some of his students about shape (tracks 2-6).
Total: 16.31 mins
Dubber's reference number: PLA KF565D0967780 |