The language of art in times of danger

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26485/AI/2024/26/21

Keywords:

plain language, easy-to-read and understand text, audio description, Polish language, Museum of the City of Lodz

Abstract

Museums must communicate with visitors in a simple manner, which includes the use of plain language, language/text that is easy to read and understand, and audio descriptions, especially during emergencies. The disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the war in Ukraine, and the migration crisis have combined to make achieving this aim more difficult. The article briefly defines and describes these three communication strategies – plain Polish, easyto- read text and audio description – before conducting a detailed analysis of a description of the Museum of the City of Lodz (Main Hall) interiors in two forms: an audio description and easyto- read text, and making a comparative study of the two.

Author Biography

Anna Wendorff, University of Lodz

PhD, Assistant Professor at the Department of Spanish Language Literature of the Department of Spanish Philology at the University of Lodz; her research interests are focused on avant-garde literature and art accessibility. Author of four monographs: Vanguardias poéticas en el arte digital en Latinoamérica (Poetic Avant-Gardes in the Digital Art of Latin America), Gobierno Bolivariano de Aragua Publishing House, Aragua (Venezuela), 2010; Estructuras narratológicas en la literatura digital de Jaime Alejandro Rodríguez (Narratological Structures in Digital Literature by Jaime Alejandro Rodríguez), Aracne editrice, Roma, 2015; Acercamientos a las poéticas de Oliverio Girondo: Estudio específico sobre un poeta de la vanguardia argentina (Approaches to the Poetry by Oliverio Girondo. A Detailed Study of a Poet of the Argentine Vanguard), Lodz University Press, Lodz, 2023 and Accessible Art for the Blind and Visually Impaired in London Museums, Lodz University Press, Lodz, 2023.

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Published

2024-12-30

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Vol. 26 (2024): Art and culture in times of danger

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Articles

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