Lingue dei segni e sordità

Astrohaptices: Touching the Universe

crossmark logo

Abstract

People with deafblindness may have space-related hobbies. These hobbies are a way of touching the Universe. The means of making these hobbies accessible include environmental description and social-haptic communication, in particular the astronomy-related subgroup, astrohaptices. The subsystem is evolving but already provides an important tool for the professionals. Astrohaptices can be used with various space-related events and activities. Furthermore, astrohaptices are zoomable to be used within our Solar System and elsewhere in the Universe. They provide tools for making the Universe more accessible for all.


open access | peer reviewed

Presentato: 20 Marzo 2025 | Accettato: 07 Settembre 2025 | Pubblicato 02 Febbraio 2026 | Lingua: en

Keywords Astrohaptices • Social-haptic communication • Space exploration • Deafblindness • Haptic exploration

Copyright © 2026 Russ Palmer, Stina Ojala. This is an open-access work distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction is permitted, provided that the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. The license allows for commercial use. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

Permalink http://doi.org/10.30687/979-12-5742-007-9/010


leggi questo capitolo