Research on Emotional Responses to Sculpture through Tactile Sensation among the Visually Impaired

2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K14310
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: Basic Section 09070:Educational technology-related
• Research Institution: Tsukuba University of Technology
• Principal Investigator: Moriya Seitaro 筑波技術大学, 産業技術学部, 講師 (90809310)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-04-01 – 2023-03-31
• Keywords: 視覚障害 / 美術鑑賞 / 触察 / ユニバーサル・ミュージアム

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In FY2019, the institute year, a questionnaire survey was conducted with the cooperation of the Tokyo Helen Keller Association to investigate the actual conditions of museum use by the visually impaired and the standard sizes and materials suitable for tactile perception.
The results were summarized, oral presentations were made at many Symposium & Society. And a model for viewing was exhibited at the National Museum of Ethnology. In FY2021, we examined the "discriminability" and "emotionality" in the sense of touch and conducted an experiment on the effects obtained through the attempt to consider the The results of this study showed that the shape of the museum was not easily understood in tactile appreciation. As a result, it is now possible to define certain standard sizes and materials suitable for shape understanding in tactile appreciation. The results of this research were submitted to an academic journal.

Free Research Field

芸術一般

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

近年、障害者差別解消法の施行によって博物館や美術館をはじめとした展示施設では、多様な人々のために拓かれた展示環境作りを目指す、ユニバーサル・ミュージアムの運動が徐々に広がって来ている。本研究では、視覚障害者が立体作品を手で触れて鑑賞する触察鑑賞に際して、立体形状の理解や作品としての味わい感についての適切なサイズや素材とは何かを調査し、その目安を明らかとした。今日のユニバーサル・ミュージアム化が求められる流れの中において、本研究が視覚障害者の鑑賞活動に関する新たな有効なデータを示すことは、今後の関係諸学や社会的に有意義な研究成果を残せたのではないだろうか。