All sessions held on Zoom, all times are EST.
Please note that all panel sessions except for the lunch discussion will be recorded and made available at a later date.
9:15-9:25 AM Welcome
Symposium Organizers
9:30 – 10:45 AM
Panel 1: History and Education
“Beyond the Dungeon and Onto the Page – Adapting D&D Narrative Approaches for Embodied Reading”
Laken Brooks (Ashe County Arts Council)
“Reading on the Color Line: Embossed Books in Nineteenth-Century Segregated Schools for the Blind”
Amanda Stuckey (Central Penn College)
“The Tactile Print History of Experiential Learning”
Erica Fretwell (University of Albany)
11:00 – 12:15 PM
Panel 2: Shaping Letters, Making Books
“Containing the Tactile Book: Experiments in Binding for the Blind”
Neil Weijer (Bryn Mawr College)
“The String Alphabet in Nineteenth Century Scotland”
Taylor Hare (Baylor University)
“Helen Keller, Tactile Reading, and the Plagiarized Story”
Clare Mullaney (Clemson University)
12:30 – 1:20 PM Lunch Discussion: Tactile Books in the Classroom
Join us for an optional open discussion on teaching with tactile books: bring your questions, ideas, and thoughts about how you would like to incorporate these objects in your research and teaching. Please note that this session will not be recorded.
1:30 – 2:45 PM
Panel 3: Contexts and Collections
“Invisible and Visible Touch Art: Reading 19th-Century Raised Printing for the Blind”
Erika Piola (Library Company of Philadelphia)
“Designed for touch: Preservation approaches at the Perkins School for the Blind Archives”
Jen Hale and Susanna Coit (Perkins School for the Blind)
“Creating a Tactile Model of Boston Line Type with 3 D Modeling and 3 D Printing”
Sarah Prentice
“Touch This Page: What We Learned from Creating a Pop-Up Tactile Exhibition”
Sari Altschuler (Northeastern University) and David Weimer (Newberry Library)
3:00 – 4:00 PM
Keynote Address – “Paper, Marble, Metal: Tactile Print and Public Art”
Vanessa Warne (University of Manitoba)
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