Sense without sight / blind navigation hands-on workshop
A workshop from EMF 2024 by Sai
On Sunday June 2, 2024 at – in Sense Without Sight meeting point
Take a walk with me through camp — blindfolded, with one of my guide canes — and sense the world like I do: using air currents, heat, sound, echolocation, ground texture, wind shadow, and more. It's a unique, permanent sensory upgrade you can still use when sighted.
Details of what to expect: https://s.ai/emf#workshop
Starting location is between the cluster of 4 trees south of the lounge: https://map.emfcamp.org/#18.65/52.041145...
Timing: The times listed in the conference schedule are not real — they're only a placeholder. I expect to do 1 a day, Thursday through Sunday. I'll email you as soon as I'm able (which might be day-of), to tell you when to come after I decide actual times — based on responses to the sign-up form, group coordination, my own schedule & spoons, brightness, & weather. I am not likely to be able to do more than 1/day other than for special circumstances, nor before twilight, but that's TBD.
## Mandatory:
* Sign up using the form at https://s.ai/emf/ws
* Be completely sober.
* Have at least 1.5 hours free (preferably 2).
* Watch my CCC talk about this: https://s.ai/ccc You'll learn much more if we can focus on what I can't show in the talk.
## Very strongly encouraged:
* Bring a friend or prior participant to act as your assistant, and sign up as one to pass it on to others. The two experiences are very different, and are both valuable — and I can't teach as many people simultaneously without help.
* Pee, drink, and wash your hands beforehand.
* Wear clothing that leaves head and arms uncovered, and thin shoes that let you feel the ground.
* Give feedback afterwards at https://s.ai/emf/fb
* Use a group coordination code on the sign-up form to get scheduled with your friends etc.
## Special:
I may run additional bespoke workshops, at different times, if you:
1. have visual impairment that may benefit from cane use, whether or not you've had O&M;
2. have other disabilities that would benefit from doing this 1-on-1 (e.g. Deaf or wheelchair user);
3. work professionally with cane users or in very low visibility environments;
4. are part of EMF staff, volunteers, etc.;
5. can video record the workshop (e.g. stabilised GoPro), or participate on camera; or
6. have some other good reason for me to do an extra session or in a bespoke manner.
If any of that applies to you, please indicate it on the sign-up form, and include all times that could work for you — including day 0 (Thursday).
## Weather
If it's raining, or the ground is still muddy from recent rain, the workshop will be cancelled.
There's one exception: if you have visual impairment, it's still on. (You need to know how to get around no matter what the weather is.)