{"guid":"ef9c53e5-b01b-431a-b141-9218f79b6c5a","title":"Sense without sight: a crash course on #BlindNavigation","subtitle":"","slug":"35c3-9414-sense_without_sight_a_crash_course_on_blindnavigation","link":"https://fahrplan.events.ccc.de/congress/2018/Fahrplan/events/9414.html","description":"\u003cp\u003eLearn to see the world without your eyes. Wonder what it's like to navigate while blind? Want to learn to use your everyday senses in ways you don't know you don't know? In this talk, I hack \u003cem\u003eyou\u003c/em\u003e with permanently enhanced sensory perceptions. This is very participatory, not just \"sit and listen\", and workshops are even more hands-on (blindfolded w/ cane in hand).\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003ch3\u003eTalk\u003c/h3\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eA few things I'll cover require a cane, but the vast majority are sensory input that you already have, and you simply don\u0026rsquo;t realize or pay attention to.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThis will also (briefly) cover how and how not to interact with a blind person on the street, cognitive shifts from perceiving the world as a blind person, real vs myth difficulties, etc.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThis talk is specifically focused on navigation and sensory experience. It won't cover Braille, computers, general life skills, medical/legal issues, or the like.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eAfter you attend, I'd greatly appreciate your feedback: \u003ca href=\"https://s.ai/ccc/fb\"\u003ehttps://s.ai/ccc/fb\u003c/a\u003e. If you post about it, I'd appreciate if you use gender neutral pronouns for me, and tag me (saizai) or send me a link.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003ch3\u003eWorkshops\u003c/h3\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThe talk will try to cover as much as can be done without direct experience. However, there's a huge qualitative difference between simply hearing me talk about it and experiencing it for yourself. Therefore, I am also running hands-on, 1-hour workshops (approx. 2 per day, TBD).\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eWorkshop participants will be blindfolded, given a guide cane, and led through a crash course in how to use and perceive the cues that are discussed in the talk, and an additional Q\u0026amp;A / debriefing session afterwards. This starts from simply walking along a straight path, and quickly escalates to hearing corridors, feeling walls at a (short) distance, etc.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout me\u003c/h3\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eI do lots of things, e.g. conlanging (26C3), cognitive psychology (27C3), meditation (26C3 \u0026amp; 27C3), civil rights litigation, government transparency, meta-politics, meta-law research, etc. See my wesite. \u003ca href=\"https://s.ai\"\u003ehttps://s.ai\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eI'm part-time fully blind. See \u003ca href=\"https://s.ai/essays/interaction\"\u003ehttps://s.ai/essays/interaction\u003c/a\u003e for tips on how to interact with me \u0026amp; \u003ca href=\"https://s.ai/essays/blindness\"\u003ehttps://s.ai/essays/blindness\u003c/a\u003e for background info. In particular, please understand that blindness is not \"what I do\", and I'm going to hit my capacity for talking about it with the talk, Q\u0026amp;A, and workshops. I always welcome feedback, collaborations, fellow-travelers, and press. Other than that, if you see me around Congress, let's please talk about something other than my blindness.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://s.ai/contact\"\u003eContact info\u003c/a\u003e:\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cul\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eHandle: saizai (Twitter/IRC/FB/G+/etc.)\u003c/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eEmail: ccc@s.ai\u003c/li\u003e\r\n\u003c/ul\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eGender neutral pronouns please.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eSlides available as download: \u003ca href=\"https://s.ai/ccc/slides\"\u003ehttps://s.ai/ccc/slides\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eOther links:\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://s.ai/ccc/ws\"\u003ehttps://s.ai/ccc/ws\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://s.ai/ccc\"\u003ehttps://s.ai/ccc\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://s.ai/essays/interaction\"\u003ehttps://s.ai/essays/interaction\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca 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