Banca de QUALIFICAÇÃO: PLÍNIO RENAN GONÇALVES DA SILVEIRA

Uma banca de QUALIFICAÇÃO de DOUTORADO foi cadastrada pelo programa.
STUDENT : PLÍNIO RENAN GONÇALVES DA SILVEIRA
DATE: 29/07/2024
TIME: 13:30
LOCAL: sala virtual - https://meet.google.com/qce-cbxr-isw
TITLE:

Wayfinding in the planning of university campuses: reflections based on the environmental perception of people with visual impairments

KEY WORDS:

wayfinding, accessibility, visually impaired, university campus, environmental perception

PAGES: 256
BIG AREA: Ciências Sociais Aplicadas
AREA: Arquitetura e Urbanismo
SUBÁREA: Projeto de Arquitetura e Urbanismo
SPECIALTY: Planejamento e Projeto do Espaço Urbano
SUMMARY:

Advances in inclusion policies in Higher Education have resulted in an increase in the number of enrollments of people with disabilities in undergraduate courses in Brazil, including people with visual impairments (PDVs*). Despite this, in the physical spaces of Brazilian university campuses there are still many gaps regarding orientation and mobility of the latter, a condition that makes wayfinding processes difficult, that is, navigability in the environment. Based on this understanding, this research asks: how can the planning of university campuses at Federal Institutions of Higher Education (IFES*) incorporate knowledge about the wayfinding processes of people with visual impairments in order to improve the environmental quality of these areas? The hypothesis is that the study of the relationships between the mechanisms of perception/cognition and the environmental attributes requested by PDVs on university campuses can contribute to creating wayfinding guidelines for the planning and use of these spaces by this specific public, which will be useful for everyone. The main objective of the study was to investigate the PDVs wayfinding processes on three IFES university campuses in northeastern Brazil (UFC, UFPB and UFRN*), in order to support planning processes that optimize the navigability of these spaces. To this end, the investigation used a multi-method strategy consisting of exploratory visits, semi-structured and unstructured interviews, focus groups, commented routes (Thibaud, 2001), accompanied tours (Dischinger, 2000) and accessibility analysis. Participants were recruited: (i) PDVs from these institutions (students, teachers and administrative technicians); (ii) professionals from the physical space planning sectors working on campuses and (iii) professionals (teachers and administrative technicians) who work on the topic of accessibility on campuses. Assuming the structure of the future thesis, this qualification document presents the theoretical chapters that support it and partial results of fieldwork in the three institutions.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Presidente - 1149643 - GLEICE VIRGINIA MEDEIROS DE AZAMBUJA ELALI
Interno - 2508732 - HEITOR DE ANDRADE SILVA
Externa à Instituição - ANGELINA DIAS LEAO COSTA - UFPB
Externo à Instituição - ZILSA MARIA PINTO SANTIAGO - UFC