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Short history of the Aveuglami project
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Short history of the Aveuglami project
| The Aveuglami project was born at the end of 2003, following a question asked on the Origami France discussion list. The essence of the project is to allow blind or visually impaired people to enter the world of origami, something they cannot do alone today. The final objective is to establish a method of teaching origami adapted to the blind, to validate it with them, then to disseminate this method to trainers. A presentation of the first elements of the Aveuglami project to the French Movement of Paper Folders was made on May 21, 2004 during a round table held as part of the Days held in Paris. Around twenty people participated in this presentation, showing the interest raised by the subjec From October 2004 to March 2011, an origami teaching activity for the blind or visually impaired was held regularly, within the framework of the Valentin HaŸy Association, Loire-Atlantique committee. This teaching touched nearly thirty people, almost all of whom were blind. Regular sessions took place, followed with assiduity and enthusiasm. The experience acquired is considerable: - setting up learning sequences corresponding to both awareness raising in a few hours and a real course based on an educational progression for beginner, intermediate or advanced level folders, - creation of a corpus of texts describing the different stages of carrying out a folding. The choice of models, vocabulary and techniques was systematically validated with the folders of the origami workshop. - production of different folding collections, designed to serve as a memory aid for people wishing to fold between two course sessions. Both sheets comprising a single fold and collections comprising several folds selected on a given theme or to construct a session were produced. A collection of 40 foldings (including the main bases of origami), called 'First Folds', was produced and put into circulation for validation. - these collections were produced in different forms: paper printing from PDF files, in ordinary or large print, usable by the visually impaired or using a reading machine; braille printing; CD containing the texts of the folds and links between the different texts, in HTML format, and intended to be used on a computer or notepad under Explorer and Jaws (speech synthesis software). - other developments are underway, such as the production of talking books in Daisy format. The navigation possibilities in the different levels (chapters, folds, instructions) offered by this format should make this product very attractive. The courses continue today (2011), outside the Valentin HaŸy Association, following the request of a few folders who absolutely want to continue practicing this art. Of course, there are difficulties, but seeing blind or visually impaired people progress on not-so-elementary folds is very stimulating. I will give three examples, anecdotal of course, but which seem significant to me: - some work sessions are epic. For example, as soon as there are more than 4 people, the presence of several facilitators is absolutely necessary, if we want to be able to respond effectively to multiple requests. - what to think of the reflection of a blind person who said to me: 'At home, now, there are folds everywhere. When I come home after my day of work, I sit in front of the television (sic) and, to relax, I fold, I fold ! '? - another is now regularly requested to create decorative elements for festive tables. His record today is a table of 32 seats. Family meals now have a new subject of surprise! The Aveuglami project and its results were presented to Saburo Kase in person, during a meeting in Paris on July 11, 2005. I had the pleasure of offering him a copy of his vase bearing, in Braille, the first names of around ten blind people or visually impaired people who know how to do it fluently. It must be said that in a little less than two years, we had studied and folded several dozen models, including vases, flowers, boxes and decorative objects. The 'Aveuglami' project also served as the first framework for the development of the use of origami in the teaching of geometry in primary classes. remarkable results were obtained, the main ones of which are described in the file 'The Aveuglami project and the teaching of geometry' Today (2011), the main areas of work within the framework of the Aveuglami project are as follows: - make the results of this project better known, through the development and provision of a website dedicated to this teaching, - share this knowledge internationally, in particular by offering a version of the site in English. - create 'Daisygami', a collection of spoken works dedicated to the description of the folding sequences of the different models taught. |
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| Article signed M. Lucas about the Aveuglami project, published in dans « Le Pli » numéro 104, september 2006 | P104AveuglamiAng.pdf |
| Slideshow used to present the Aveuglami project in May 2004 during the MFPP days | ProjAveuglami2004Ang.ppt |
| Paper written by M. Lucas about the Aveuglami project, published in paru « le Valentin Haüy », september 2005 | PaperAVH2005Ang.pdf |