Between algorithm and sensitivity

mapping of scientific production on digital technologies in artistic and cultural accessibility for deaf people (2014-2024)

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https://doi.org/10.48075/rt.v20i2.37007

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cultural accessibility, digital technologies, deaf people, deaf aesthetics

Abstract

Objective: to map the scientific production on the use of digital technologies in promoting artistic and cultural accessibility for deaf people between 2014 and 2024. Methodology: systematic literature review according to PRISMA 2020 protocol, with searches in Scopus, Web of Science, ERIC and SciELO, covering 847 initial records. Results: the final corpus comprised 24 studies, concentrated temporally between 2020-2024 and geographically in the northern hemisphere. Three thematic axes were identified: linguistic mediation technologies, immersive environments and normative frameworks. Analysis revealed the predominance of the access paradigm over the paradigms of participation and inclusion, with the persistence of the medical model of deafness in a significant portion of the studies. Conclusions: although digital technologies offer concrete possibilities to expand cultural accessibility for deaf people, most solutions operate as translations of hearing content, not as inclusive aesthetic creation. The field demands a paradigmatic shift that places deaf aesthetics as a generative reference, not as a recipient of adaptations. Future research should involve co-design with the deaf community, explore accessibility in sign languages of the Global South, and consider intersectionality.

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  • Bruno Galasso, Universidade Federal de São Paulo - Unifesp

    Professor associado da Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP). Doutor em Educação pela Universidade de São Paulo com bolsa-sanduíche na Universidade do Minho (Portugal), concedida pelo programa Eramus Mundus External Cooperation (Emundus15). Mestre em Integração da América Latina pela Universidade de São Paulo, com estágio na Universidade de Harvard (USA). Especialista em Planejamento, Implementação e Gestão da Educação a Distância pela Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF). Master of Business Administration em Gestão Estratégica e Econômica em Projetos pela FGV. Especialista em Desenvolvimento de Soluções Inovadoras para a Educação a Distância pela UNIVESP. Master of Business Administration em Gestão de Instituições Públicas pelo Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia de Rondônia. Especialista em Currículo e Prática Docente nos anos inciais do Ensino Fundamental pela Universidade Federal do Piauí. Graduado em Pedagogia, Comunicação Social e Letras. Consultor acadêmico e gerente de projetos na área de Educação Digital. Responsável pela implantação do modelo UAB no Instituto Nacional de Educação de Surdos (INES), sendo o primeiro coordenador geral na instituição. Fundador do Núcleo de Educação Online (NEO) do Instituto Nacional de Educação de Surdos. Responsável pelo desenho didático-pedagógico, implantação e gerenciamento do Curso de Pedagogia Bilíngue nas cinco macrorregiões do Brasil. Consultor do INEP para construção do Instrumento de Avaliação Institucional de 2025. Avaliador Institucional Externo do SINAES (INEP). Líder do projeto vencedor do prêmio Reimagine Education 2018 (USA). Atuou como gestor de políticas públicas no Ministério da Cultura (MinC) em 2023 e 2024 a convite da Ministra de Estado. Atua como professor convidado no Politécnico do Porto - Portugal (IPP) desde 2019. Dedica-se, principalmente, aos estudos nos seguintes temas: Educação a Distância (EAD); Educação Digital; Desenvolvimento de Objetos Digitais de Aprendizagem; Comunidades Virtuais de Aprendizagem; Personal Learning Environment (PLE); Interação e mediação pedagógica; Educação de Surdos.

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06-05-2026

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Vol. 20 No. 2 (2026)

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[DT] ARTE, DIVERSIDADE E INCLUSÃO

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Between algorithm and sensitivity: mapping of scientific production on digital technologies in artistic and cultural accessibility for deaf people (2014-2024). Travessias, Cascavel, v. 20, n. 2, p. e37007, 2026. DOI: 10.48075/rt.v20i2.37007. Disponível em: https://e-revista.unioeste.br/index.php/travessias/article/view/37007. Acesso em: 14 jun. 2026.