Perception, Disability and the Conservation Environment

AbstractThis paper sets out to examine die means of communication on conservation sites and suggests possible concepts that might be applied to the design of systems to provide communication for all visitors, including those generally considered as having perceptual disabilities. It examines what needs to be communicated in a conservation environment and to whom. The perceptual characteristics of visitors and resulting methods of communication are discussed in relation to the simulation of environments in analogous and interactive forms. The Dorcas Project, designed by Dog Rose, is described and the tactile to sound module discussed.