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ABOUT THE WALK
Give equal opportunity to people with special needs to mingle with general participants and vice versa; let us give access to all at a museum. ‘Museums of Ahmedabad’ (MoA) program is vibrant to organise activities intended for people with special needs, not just in Ahmedabad but across India. MoA founder Ms Avani Varia specially curated a walk for IHWF2020 ‘Inclusive experience at a Museum – Walk, interaction and Charkha’ to break barriers for special needs people. The walk is designed keeping in mind the needs of a group of people from Mook Badhir Mandal, Vadodara to participate along with general participants. ‘Kindness is the language the deaf can hear and the blind can see’ with this slogan the Mook Badhir Mandal (Deaf Association of Vadodara) was founded in 1972 to bridge the gap between the hearing-impaired community and the mainstream society. The Baroda Museum and Picture Gallery was founded by Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad of Vadodara, and is located within the vicinity of the Sayaji Baug. The ground floor level section has European and Indian art collections, Islamic room with old Koran’s, Egyptian room with a mummy in a sarcophagus. The first or the upper level has sections full of Taxidermy animals and reptiles kept in formalin bottles and minerals found all over the globe. The basement level has skeletons of different animals and humans. They have a 71 foot long blue whale skeleton; this museum is a great place to get the children on a field trip, lots to learn. Participants will take a walk of Baroda Museum & Picture Gallery, the explanations for deaf-mute to be facilitated with sign-language; enabling insight to general participants how special-need group converse, this will end with exchange of experiences amongst both groups. The walk to be concluded with all the participants will get hands-on experience to learn a traditional hand-skill of handspinning of cotton yarn on a traditional Box Charkha which is made possible by Chalo Charkho Ramiye – the contemporary charkha movement of India.
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ABOUT THE WALK
We all love to visit museums and gain knowledge about history, culture, arts, and many other things. Museums, however, are often not designed to accommodate everyone. Access to a museum for people with special needs is still a worrying subject in India. To break such barriers and push for inclusion of all, museums of Ahmedabad are actively working to organise facilitation programmes. This programme is designed especially for the creative souls of the Differently Abled Designers organisation, curated by Avani Varia at the Vechaar Utensils Museum. The participants will discuss the processes of making utensils, their traditional uses,and the health benefits of indigenous objects of daily use. Vechaar Utensils Museum has an extensive utensil collection on display. The objects are made from a range of materials such as gourd, wood, different metals, clay, ceramic, glass, etc. The evening will conclude with a drawing session for the creative participants. We look forward to display their creative work for public viewing in the future.
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Today the world is working at many levels to find solutions to the monstrous threat to the globe—Plastic. With her focus on ‘The Exposure, Experience and Acceptance theory’, Ms Avani Varia has curated ‘Plastic and We – a love hate relationship’ at KHOJ. One of the current sections at KHOJ is ‘Plastic Play’, an exhibit which aims to understand and educate others about the manmade material called ‘plastic’. It showcases various processes and provides information on plastic as a material, its chemical properties, the process of making plastic products, types of plastics, waste generation and segregation through hands-on activities, interactive displays and experiments! Our dependency on plastic needs to be redefined, and this exhibit focuses on waste recycling and sustainability. In this walk, the children will be able to absorb this information, have a hands-on experience with plastic and learn how to upcycle waste plastic objects. This walk aims to provide an experience which will spread awareness and, in the long run, hopefully induce lifestyle changes among the children and their families for a sustainable future. This guided tour is specially curated for a group of select kids from nearby urban slums.
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Let us together celebrate International Museum Day (IMD) at Vechaar Utensils Museum, Ahmedabad The theme for IMD 2019 is ‘MUSEUMS AS CULTURAL HUBS – The future of tradition’ International Council of Museums – ICOM
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aithak evenings with Sahapedia | Understanding Museums through Inclusivity and Engagement. About the talk: Making museums accessible for visitors with special needs is one of the aspects Indian museums are working on. As part of International Museum Day 2018 celebrations Sahapedia brings Baithak evenings to Vechaar Utensils Museum. About the speakers: Siddhant Shah is a national-level awardee and founder of Access For ALL. He is a heritage architect and a disability access consultant with UNESCO, National Museum, DAG Modern, City Palace Museum, Mehrangarh Museum among other organisations. Shah specializes in conducting multi-sensory experiential workshops and heritage walks for audiences with special needs. Curator: Avani Varia is a heritage professional with a Masters degree in Arts and Heritage Management from London Metropolitan University. Museums of Ahmedabad is a public interest initiative catering to museums and private collectors that was started in 2014 by aVni. The initiative responds to the challenges faced by museums and private collectors. It provides consultation and services with the objective of making museums experiential learning spaces. Museums of Ahmedabad is actively working to facilitate accessibility to all audiences in collaboration with museums and experts.
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INVITATION to PARTICIPATE (OPEN to ALL, by registration only)
DesignThinkersGroup India has put together a workshop to work around this challenge. The same will be organised in association with Gujarat Technological University, Indo Australia Design Research Alliance, Museums of Ahmedabad and AMC-Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation. Mark Watson from DesignThinkersGroup Australia would be leading this workshop and comes with experience working at the intersection of Product Design, Service Design, Design Thinking and Design Management. The workshop will enable participants to use Design Thinking Methods to come up with innovative solutions keeping their primary customers in focus, design prototypes and finally present to some key people working in Government Organisations, Industry and Academia. Not only is this a good opportunity to experiment with Design and Design methods, we feel this workshop would also encourage entrepreneurship and help solve some pressing issues at hand in our city. You may contact us at +91 9408781522 for further information. And Connect with Aditi aditi@designthinkersgroup.com for registration. Look forward for your participation to make heritage inclusive in Ahmedabad’s smart development!
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“Museums are an important means of cultural exchange” A hearty INVITATION for INTERNATIONAL MUSEUM DAY celebration, 18 May 2017; Join us to discover Museums of Ahmedabad. CHIEF GUEST – Padma Shri Kartikeya Sarabhai ( Kartikeya Sarabhai ) https://www.facebook.com/events/1468720549852740/
