Künstlerische Projektarbeiten | Taktiles Erzählen
Ebba Fransén Waldhör
Institute of Studies in Art and Art Education,
Textiles - Free, Applied and Experimental Artistic Design
2026W,
Individual Artistic Instruction
(KE),
4.0 ECTS,
4.0 semester hours,
course number S51334
Description
Thursdays, 1:00–4:00 pm
Haptic Books for Children and Young People with Visual Impairments
How can stories be told through touch?
This seminar is a collaboration between the Department of Textiles and the Institute of Language Arts. It explores how stories can be conceived and experienced through touch, with the aim of developing tactile, textile books for children.
In the winter semester, the focus is on exploring haptic perception and the possibilities of storytelling through material. Through material experiments, practical exercises, reading, and research, we investigate how we perceive through touch, how meaning can be conveyed, and how stories can emerge through material experience. At the same time, we engage with different forms of children’s literature and consider how language, material, and tactile experience can interact to open up new forms of storytelling.
In the summer semester, these experiences are brought together in the development and production of a tactile book for a specific child. A central part of the seminar is the collaboration with children and young people at the Federal Institute for the Blind in Vienna: their wishes, ideas, and experiences form a starting point for our work. Working in small groups, participants develop and produce books that bring together language, material, and touch while experimenting with new forms of storytelling.
Examination Modalities
Active participation (minimum 75% attendance); development of a concept for a tactile book in the winter semester; realization of the book project in the summer semester; presentation of the work; submission of a short digital documentation.
Dates
Thu, 22 October 2026, 13:00–16:00, "Gemeinsame Sitzung"
Thu, 29 October 2026, 13:00–16:00, "Selbstständiges Arbeiten / Einzelgespräche "
Thu, 05 November 2026, 13:00–16:00, "Gemeinsame Sitzung"
Thu, 12 November 2026, 13:00–16:00, "Selbstständiges Arbeiten / Einzelgespräche "
Thu, 19 November 2026, 13:00–16:00, "Gemeinsame Sitzung"
Thu, 26 November 2026, 13:00–16:00, "Selbstständiges Arbeiten / Einzelgespräche "
Thu, 03 December 2026, 13:00–16:00, "Gemeinsame Sitzung"
Thu, 10 December 2026, 13:00–16:00, "Selbstständiges Arbeiten / Einzelgespräche "
Thu, 17 December 2026, 13:00–16:00, "Gemeinsame Sitzung"
Thu, 07 January 2027, 13:00–16:00, "Selbstständiges Arbeiten / Einzelgespräche "
Thu, 14 January 2027, 13:00–16:00, "Gemeinsame Sitzung"
Thu, 21 January 2027, 13:00–16:00, "Selbstständiges Arbeiten / Einzelgespräche "
Thu, 28 January 2027, 13:00–16:00, "Gemeinsame Sitzung"
Course Enrolment
From 31 August 2026, 09:00
Via online registration
Curriculum Allocation
Art Education: study subject dex (Bachelor): Artistic Practice (dex): FOR: Artistic Project Work (dex) 037/2026UBA-001.20
Art Education: subject dex (Enhancements study): Artistic Practice (dex): FOR: Artistic Project Work (dex) 037/2026UEW-001.20
Art Education: subject dex (Bachelor): Künstlerische Praxis (dex): FOR: Künstlerische Projektarbeiten (dex) 074/2017UBA-001.20
Art Education: subject dex (Bachelor): Künstlerische Praxis (dex): FOR: Technologien / Praxen (dex) 074/2017UBA-001.21
Art Education: study subject dex (Master): Artistic Practice (dex): Courses from the Artistic Practice Study Area (dex) 074/2026UMA-001.01
Co-registration: not possible
Attending individual courses: not possible