Storyfutures - Royal Holloway University. Research trip 8th July. Hannah Thompson
Storyfutures , National Centre for Immersive Storytelling. Royal Holloway University Dr Hannah Thompson Prior to the research trip to London, Dr Alison Eardley provided details of fellow academic, Dr Hannah Thompson, based within the Royal Holloway University, as a research connection in the field of visual impairment. Dr Hannah Thompson is a partially-blind British academic and disability activist and blog creator of The Blind Spot (Thompson, 2019). Her research reflects upon blindness in history, literature, art, film and society and in collaboration with Vanessa Warne of the University of Manitoba, Canada delivered the international micro-arts Blind Creative Conference in London (Thompson and Warne, 2015). Defining ‘blind’ as anyone who relates to the world using senses other than sight, the conference included a plenary talk, keynote speakers, an art exhibition. A face-to-face meeting with Dr Thompson was conducted in July 2019 to discuss this project and...
