Audio description of gender: self-description as an evocation of identity

Oppegaard, Brett; Miguel, Andreas

doi:10.1080/0907676x.2022.2116990

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“…The article remains on the surface but serves as an important milestone on this research path by emphasising the figure of the audio describer as mediator as well as filter. On the other hand, Oppegaard and Miguel (2022) focused on the gender dimension of audio description through questionnaires and the study of self-description. This study reveals the importance of gender discourses in society and the need for blind and visually impaired people to participate in such debates through visual appearance.…”

Section: Audio Description and Gendermentioning

confidence: 99%

Applying feminist translation strategies in audio description

Iturregui-Gallardo,

Hermosa-Ramírez

2023

Babel

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Intersectional feminist translation provides visibility to the historically hidden or marginalized characters and narratives. This article interrogates the strategies we can apply to translate images into words, that is, to audio describe non-normative identities while adhering to the particularities of audiovisual productions. It poses the question of how to provide a feminist audio description that aligns with the creators’ intent. The objective of this study is to analyse the strategies applied to create a gender-conscious AD of a documentary on lesbophobia where ten women share their experiences as non-normative persons. They are defined by a series of intrinsic features such as race, gender expression or age and present a myriad of differences that have irremediably influenced their experience of lesbophobia and how society reads and identifies them. The visual contents in this documentary provide essential information that complements the understanding of the problem by people with visual impairment. This action research study analyses the challenges emerged during the AD production. It aims to emphasize the mediating power of AD professionals and how they influence the understanding of blind audiences.

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Section: Audio Description and Gendermentioning

confidence: 99%

Applying feminist translation strategies in audio description

Iturregui-Gallardo,

Hermosa-Ramírez

2023

Babel

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“…To the best of my knowledge, this is the first study conducted from the point of view of the user on the matter. Similarly, Oppegaard and Miguel (2022) carried out a study based on interviews with queer blind and visually impaired people on the importance of gender in description and asked them to provide self-descriptions. Their results showed the wish for these subjects to participate in debates around gender and how they rely on descriptions to construct and share gender self-expressions.…”

Section: Media Accessibility and Gender Perspectivesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…This theoretical framework serves as an introduction to fruitful models of analysis and translation proposed by both feminist and queer translation scholars who have worked to bring to the fore nonnormative identities and narratives otherwise hidden or misconceived (Démont, 2018;Castro, 2008). The article will also explore the scarce studies that discussed gender in media accessibility services (Singh, 2019;Villela & Iturregui-Gallardo, 2020;Oppegaard & Miguel, 2022;Bennett et al, 2021;Iturregui-Gallardo, 2023a). Finally, the theoretical and methodological framework proposed is applied to relevant instances of media accessibility contents, particularly AD.…”

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Representation in Media Accessibility

Iturregui Gallardo

2023

JAT

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This article is a theoretical essay discussing the potential for the analysis of media accessibility contents and practices (AD, SDH, Sign Language Interpreting, etc.) through a queer feminist lens, which makes it possible to tackle the representation of diversity and non-normativity. Based on a literature review of previous works on the intersection of Queer and Feminist Studies, and Media Accessibility and Disability Studies, it shows the need for this approach based on the nature of media accessibility services, which primarily cater for people with disabilities, a historically excluded minority actively involved in the claim for socio-cultural space and representation. It then proposes a method of work and analysis that combines queer and feminist translation strategies – a method, which is subsequently applied to commercial instances of audio description of diversity. The conclusions highlight the need to bring accessibility closer to contemporary concerns in research, i.e., gender, queer, feminist, and postcolonial issues. Some future lines of research are proposed, such as the expansion of this model of analysis to other accessibility services or the call for interlinguistic studies. Lay summary This article presents theoretical essay which describes the potential of the analysis of media accessibility, those services for the visually impaired and the Deaf, such as audio description, subtitling and Sign Language Interpreting, through a queer feminist lens able to tackle the representation of non-normative characters and narratives: racialised or queer individuals, for instance. Based on a literature review that gathers previous works on Queer and Feminist Studies, and Media Accessibility and Disability Studies, it shows the need for this approach based on the nature of media accessibility services, which target people with disabilities, a minority actively involved in the claim for socio-cultural representation. It then proposes a method of work and analysis that combines queer and feminist translation strategies, which is subsequently applied to real excerpts of audio description of series. The conclusions highlight the need to bring accessibility closer to contemporary concerns in research, i.e. gender, queer, feminist, and postcolonial issues. Some future lines of research are proposed, such as the expansion of this model of analysis to other accessibility services or the call for studies combining different languages.

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Automating Media Accessibility: An Approach for Analyzing Audio Description Across Generative Artificial Intelligence Algorithms

Bergin,

Oppegaard

2024

Technical Communication Quarterly

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Audio description of gender: self-description as an evocation of identity

Cited by 3 publications

References 20 publications

Applying feminist translation strategies in audio description

Applying feminist translation strategies in audio description

Representation in Media Accessibility

Automating Media Accessibility: An Approach for Analyzing Audio Description Across Generative Artificial Intelligence Algorithms

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