Study-unit Origins and Development of Social Accessibility

Course name Socioanthropological studies for integration and social security
Study-unit Code A002564
Curriculum Comune a tutti i curricula
Lecturer Marina Dobosz
Lecturers
  • Marina Dobosz
Hours
  • 54 ore - Marina Dobosz
CFU 9
Course Regulation Coorte 2022
Supplied 2023/24
Supplied other course regulation
Learning activities Affine/integrativa
Area Attività formative affini o integrative
Sector MED/43
Type of study-unit Opzionale (Optional)
Type of learning activities Attività formativa monodisciplinare
Language of instruction Italian
Contents The course starts from the general concept of disability and architectural barriers related to the terms of accessibility, visitability, adaptability, conditioned visibility, at the base of the problems encountered by people with disabilities, not just motor skills.The normative principles on architectural barriers relating to public and private property will be analyzed and how health protection is expressed towards individuals with disabilities of various kinds, in order to guarantee them the right of access to the life of the society, to the social inclusion.
Reference texts M. Dobosz, Principi di Accessibilità, Gambini Ed, 2021
Educational objectives The course starts from the general concept of disability and architectural barriers related to the terms of accessibility, visitability, adaptability, conditioned visibility, at the base of the problems encountered by people with disabilities, not just motor skills.The normative principles on architectural barriers relating to public and private property will be analyzed and how health protection is expressed towards individuals with disabilities of various kinds, in order to guarantee them the right of access to the life of the society;
3. to bring the current design practice back into the Universal Design principles, as required by the UN Convention on the Right of Persons with disabilities (Italian law n. 18/2009);
4. to enable students to carry out a final project: an idea, a solution, a prototype on an identified theme.
Prerequisites ---
Teaching methods Lessons with slides, videos, seminars.
Other information Frequency is not required.
Learning verification modality Oral exam or specific procedures in the case of students with special problems (DSA or other). The aestimated time is at least 20'.

For information on support services for students with disabilities visit http://www.unipg.it/disabilita-e-dsa

Evaluation of a final project (idea, solution, prototype) is part of the exam (details are in the program of the course).
Extended program 1. The concept of disability
- Legal and social framework (The right to health, the right to access to the life of society)
- The National Observatory on the Status of Persons with Disabilities
- The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: the Italian Law 03/03/09, n. 182.
2. Architectural barriers: general concepts
- Accessibility, visitability, adaptability, conditioned visibility
- Legal aspects
_ Ergonomics and design
3. Overcoming the vision of disability as an individual problem
- Accessibility and holidays: the "culturally skillful" project
- Cohousing as a resource for disabled people
- Cohousing: general principles
- "Mongolfiera" and "Oasis" projects
_ ITRIA concept: accessibility and multiculturality
4. Creation of a final product (an idea, a solution, a prototype) on a topic indicated by the professor
Obiettivi Agenda 2030 per lo sviluppo sostenibile The goal is to design a society in which all people matter; it is necessary to move towards inclusion and the elimination of barriers that create inequality and marginalization.