Published: 2024-12-31

Rules of Translation and Conventions Revealed in the Drawings of Blind Students

Ewa Niestorowicz
Pedagogical Forum
Section: Articles and essays
https://doi.org/10.21697/fp.2024.2.1.11

Abstract

This publication aims to determine whether individuals who have been completely blind since birth construct drawings based on the rules of translation. The formal layer of blind individuals' drawings will be analysed in relation to the rules of translation developed by S. Millar (1975, 1991, 2000). I will assess the knowledge of the rules of translation in selected works of blind students and attempt to establish drawing conventions. The key question is whether blind individuals construct human figure drawings based on a socially understandable "visual code."

The chosen research method will be an analysis of artistic creations. To gain insight into the author's mind regarding the depicted phenomenon, interviews and participatory observation were conducted to complement the assessment of drawing abilities.

The analyses showed that the rules of translation developed for evaluating the drawings of blind individuals were maintained in the criteria: correct alignment, coherence, number of main body parts; as well as appropriate translation rules for the main body parts and facial features; the problems that occurred concerned the details.

Keywords:

blind individuals, drawing, drawing conventions, rules of translation, visual code

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Niestorowicz, E. (2024). Rules of Translation and Conventions Revealed in the Drawings of Blind Students. Pedagogical Forum, 14(2.1), 137–151. https://doi.org/10.21697/fp.2024.2.1.11

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