What do we realize when we don’t see?

Authors

  • Joana Belarmino de Sousa Universidade Federal da Paraíba

Keywords:

blindness, perception, tactile worldseeing.

Abstract

This article answers a key question discussed at the Seminar "To see and not to see", inquiring the nature of tactile perception, specially on born blind people. The argumentation, despite the fact that it is related to some theories, is structured more in an informal language than in a scientific one, bringing to the debate experiences of my own childhood. It is based on a key concept, explored in my PhD thesis, which I defined as "tactile worldseeing" to explain a tactile way of perceiving the world.

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Author Biography

Joana Belarmino de Sousa, Universidade Federal da Paraíba

possui graduação em Bacharelado Em Comunicação Social Jornalismo pela Universidade Federal da Paraíba (1981) , especialização em Metodologias de Comunicação pela Universidade Federal da Paraíba (1990) , mestrado em Mestrado Em Ciências Sociais pela Universidade Federal da Paraíba (1996) , doutorado em Programa de Pós Graduação Em Comunicação Semiótica pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (2004) , ensino-fundamental-primeiro-grau pelo Colégio Estadual de Bayeux (1973) e ensino-medio-segundo-grau pela Escola Normal de Santa Rita (1976) . Atualmente é professor titular da Universidade Federal da Paraíba. Atuando principalmente nos seguintes temas: Doutorado, braille, cegueira, Semiótica, percepção tátil.

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Published

2009-06-22

How to Cite

SOUSA, J. B. DE. What do we realize when we don’t see?. Fractal: Journal of Psychology, v. 21, n. 1, p. 179-184, 22 Jun. 2009.

Issue

Vol. 21 No. 1 (2009)

Section

Professional Experience Narration

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