UPB T@s

The “Cultura para Todos Bragança” project (Municipality of Bragança, ref. NORTE-07-4230-FSE-000058) was a rewarding challenge that allowed the scientific team to develop skills and knowledge of considerable scope. In order to achieve research and practical sustainability, the project needs to be given new life and replicated at the institution that originated it. Thus, we outline a set of ideas that will contribute to making UPB a more accessible and accommodating institution for human diversity. We want to contribute to quality education, reduce inequalities and make the UPB an inclusive space, helping the institution to look to the future, to present itself with inclusive and diverse leadership, but also to think of solutions for the people who actually occupy and live (in) the UPB. In the first phase, we will carry out a diagnosis of the 3 schools and the Central Services on campus in terms of accessibility conditions. This will be followed by the production of a report on this diagnosis and an accessibility plan for future improvements. Both should be the subject of a public presentation and discussion with the UPB community. We will then begin to intervene in the 4 buildings by producing tactile acrylic floor plans which will contain audio description of the tactile exploration of the floor plans, audios in easy language and videos in Portuguese Sign Language which will then be translated into English and uploaded to the Youtube channel AcessUPBilidade. UPB T@s Project File