Cultural citizenship, assistive technology and people with disabilities

Abstract

In recent years, the inclusion of accessibility resources in products, projects and cultural artistic programs has expanded as a requirement in development policies in order to guarantee the cultural right of people with disabilities. Such demands are the result of the political struggle in the cultural sphere of different actors, people with disabilities or not, who work in the areas of artistic production and in the fields of culture and human rights. The scenario of these achievements is part of the political processes of democratization of culture, the insertion of cultural law and diversity as a structuring axis of contemporary cultural policies, and still in challenge the strengthening of the perspective of inclusion from the social model of disability. In this context, the implementation of legislation in the cultural field in the perspective of accessibility for the public of people with disabilities caused displacement of areas and approximation of knowledge in order to inter and trans disciplinary technological solutions that qualify the mediation and aesthetic enjoyment of this public. This article aims to present a brief context of the agenda of cultural citizenship of people with disabilities within the scope of cultural policies, the role of the public university in the qualification of the field, the insertion of assistive technologies in cultural environments and the challenges of qualifying cultural policies for people with disabilities.