Vicariates of the Eye: Blindness, Sense Substitution, and Writing Devices in the Nineteenth Century
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This essay asks how teachers and pedagogues of the blind regarded the relation between blindness and sense substitution in the latter half of the nineteenth century. The essay provides and account of the concept of Sinnesvikariat and compares its inner sensorial implications with the adaptation of blindness to new external forms of sense compensation.
Original language | English |
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Journal | Mosaic (Winnipeg, 1967) |
Volume | 46 |
Issue number | 3 |
Pages (from-to) | 75-91 |
Number of pages | 17 |
ISSN | 0027-1276 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Sep 2013 |
- Faculty of Humanities
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