A Study on Aspects of communication among Visually Handicapped and Sighted Climbers

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 23653147
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Social welfare and social work studies
• Research Institution: Osaka University
• Principal Investigator: MORI Yuji 大阪大学, 全学教育推進機構, 教授 (80182210)
• Project Period (FY): 2011-04-28 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: アウトドア / 視覚障害 / クライミング / コミュニケーション

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The objective of this research is to point to successful ways of communication among visually handicapped climers and sighted climbers by describing and analyzing various aspects of verbal and non-verbal communication at the rock climbing field. A preliminary conclusion is that there can be found mutually contradictory attitudes among climbers toward either voluntary activities or those for profit, and that these attitudes may possibly cause practical conflicts when visually handicapped climbers take part in outdoor activities such as rock climbing.

Free Research Field

福祉社会学