MAPPING ACCESSIBLE AUDIOVISUAL TRANSLATION IN BRAZIL

ABSTRACT

Nowadays, terms such as ‘media accessibility’ and ‘accessible audiovisual translation’ are becoming more common both in academia and in society in general. This popularization is due to a significant increase in national and international legislation regarding inclusion of people with disabilities in all social spheres and, in particular, regarding to cultural aspects (NAVES et al., 2016). With such a remarkable increase in legal, professional and academic production, Brazil presents a solid and diverse portfolio that stands out even when compared to the production of developed nations on the same topic. However, because of language barriers, this relevant content does not enjoy the deserved recognition and praise among international researchers. In order to try to change that scenario and help promote this content, the Media Accessibility Platform (MAP) can be a powerful tool as its main goal is to serve as a centralized database. The idea is to gather and organize in a free access and digital interface all different contents related to media accessibility, such as news reports, training courses, academic publication and legislation (GRECO et al., 2016). Unfortunately, so far, very little information regarding the Brazilian production on the topic has been uploaded to the platform. Therefore, our aim here is not only to promote MAP as a key tool for researchers, but also to highlight the importance of uploading as much Brazilian data as possible in order to bring our national content to the spotlight it deserves. Furthermore, we also aim to present the research project “MAPping audiovisual accessibility in Brazil and uploading data to the global Media Accessibility Platform (MAP)” currently been carried out by the research group “Audiovisual Translation: breaking barriers of language and accessibility” at Methodist University of Piracicaba.

Keywords:
audiovisual translation; accessibility; accessible audiovisual production