Reading List

ELEMENT 1. Human diversity

• [open-access research article] Berghs, M., Atkin, K., Graham, H. (2016). Implications for public health research of models and theories of disability: a scoping study and evidence synthesis. Public Health Research, 4(8), 23-40. [in English]
• [book] Brems, E. (2001). Human rights: universality and diversity. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. [in English]
• [book] Ellcessor, E. (2016). Restricted access. Media, disability and the politics of participation. New York University Press. [in English]
• [research article] Infante, M., Matus, C. (2009). Policies and practices of diversity: reimagining possibilities for new discourses. Disability and Society, 24(4), 437-445. [in English]
• [research article] Jackson, M.A. (2018). Models of disability and human rights: Informing the improvement of built environment accessibility for people with disability at neighborhood scale? Laws, 7(1). [in English]
• [research article] Matamala, A. et al. (2018). User-centric approaches in access services evaluation: profiling the end user. Proceedings of the Eleventh International Conference on Language Resources Evaluation (LREC 2018), 1-7. [in English]
• [research article] Mitra, S. (2006). The capability approach and disability. Journal of Disability Policy Studies, 16(4), 236-247. [in English]
• [open-access book] Mitra S. (2018). Disability, Health and Human Development. Palgrave Studies in Disability and International Development. Palgrave Pivot. [in English]
• [book] Nario-Redmon, M. (2019). Ableism: The causes and consequences of disability prejudice. John Wiley Sons. [in English]
• [research article] Orero, P., Tor-Carroggio, I. (2018). User requirements when designing learning e-content: Interaction for all. In E. Kapros, M. Koutsombogera (Eds.). Designing for the user experience in learning systems (pp. 105-121). Springer. [in English]
• [book chapter] Otaye-Ebede, L., Akobo, L. (2020). Social and psychological perspectives on diversity. In J. Syed, M. Özbilgin (Eds.). Managing diversity and inclusion (2nd ed.) (pp. 17-41). SAGE. [in English]
• [research article] Petasis, A. (2019). Discrepancies of the medical, social and biopsychosocial models of disability: A comprehensive theoretical framework. The International Journal of Business Management and Technology, 4(3), 42-54. [in English]
• [open-access legal document] United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR). (1994). General comment No. 5: Persons with disabilities (E/1995/22). [in English]
• [open-access book chapter] Wasserman, D., Asch, A., Blustein, J., Putnam, D. (2016). Disability: Definitions, models, experience. In E. N. Zalta (Ed.). The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (n. p.). Metaphysics research Lab, Stanford University. [in English]

ELEMENT 2. What is accessibility?

• [open-access report] European Centre for Cultural Accessibility, Art Beyond Sight. (2012). International perspectives on the cultural accessibility of people with disabilities. Project Access. [in English]
• [open-access standard] European Committee for Standardization (CEN). (2019). Design for All - Accessibility following a Design for All approach in products, goods and services - Extending the range of users (EN 17161:2019). [in English]
• [book chapter] Greco, G. M. (2016). On accessibility as a human right, with an application to media accessibility. In P. Orero, & A. Matamala (Eds.). Researching audio description: New approaches (pp. 11-33). Palgrave. [in English]
• [open-access research article] Greco, G. M. (2019). The nature of accessibility studies. Journal of Audiovisual Translation, 1, 205-232. [in English]
• [open-access legal document] United Nations (UN). (2006). Convention on the rights of persons with disabilities (A/RES/61/106). [in English]
• [open-access legal document] United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD). (2014). General comment No. 2. Article 9: Accessibility. Convention on the rights of persons with disabilities (CRPD/C/GC/2). [in English]

ELEMENT 3. What is universal design?

• [book] Albert, W., Tullis, T. (2013). Measuring the user experience (2nd ed.). Elsevier. [in English]
• [open-access article] Center for Universal Design. (1997). The principles of universal design. North Carolina State University. [in English]
• [webpage] Centre for Excellence in Universal Design (CEUD). (2020). What is universal design: The 7 principles. [in English]
• [open-access standard] European Committee for Standardization (CEN). (2019). Design for All - Accessibility following a Design for All approach in products, goods and services - Extending the range of users(EN 17161:2019). [in English]
• [book] Goodman, E., Kuniavsky, M., Moed, A. (2012). Observing the user experience (2nd ed.). Elsevier. [in English]
• [open-access PhD thesis] Johansson, S. (2016). Towards a framework to understand mental and cognitive accessibility in a digital context. KTH Royal Institute of Technology. [in English]
• [open-access research article] Kujala, S., Kauppinen, M., Rekola, S. (2001). Bridging the gap between user needs and user requirements. Proceedings of the Panhellenic Conference with International Participation in Human-Computer Interaction (PC-HCI 2001), 45-50. [in English]
• [research article] Story, M. F. (1998). Maximizing usability: The principles of universal design. Assistive Technology, 10(1), 4-12. [in English]
• [research article] Vanderheiden, G. C. (1998). Universal design and assistive technology in communication and information technologies: Alternatives or complements? Assistive Technology, 10(1), 29-36. [in English]

ELEMENT 4. What is media accessibility?

• [research article] Díaz-Cintas, J. (2005). Audiovisual translation today: A question of accessibility for all. Translating Today, 4, 3-5. [in English]
• [book] Ellis, K., Goggin, G., Haller, B., Curtis, R. (Eds.). (2019). The Routledge companion to disability and media. Routledge. [in English]
• [open-access standard] ETSI. (2018). Accessibility requirements for ICT products and services (REN/HF-00 301 549). [in English]
• [book chapter] Greco, G. M. (2019). Accessibility Studies: Abuses, Misuses and the Method of Poietic Design. In C. Stephanidis (Ed.). HCI International 2019. Late breaking papers (pp. 15–27). Springer. [in English]
• [open-access research article] Greco, G. M. (2019). The nature of accessibility studies. Journal of Audiovisual Translation, 1, 205-232. [in English]
• [book chapter] Greco, G. M., Jankowska, A. (2020). Media Accessibility within and beyond audiovisual translation. In L. Bogucki, M. Deckert (Eds.). Handbook of audiovisual translation and media accessibility (pp. 57-81). Palgrave. [in English]
• [standard] International Organization for Standardization (ISO) / International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC). (2015). Information technology: User interface component accessibility – Part 21: Guidance on audio descriptions (ISO/IEC TS 20071-21:2015). [in English]
• [standard] International Organization for Standardization (ISO) / International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC). (2017). Information technology: User interface component accessibility – Part 25: Guidance on the audio presentation of text in videos, including captions, subtitles and other on-screen text (ISO/IEC TS 20071-25:2017). [in English]
• [standard] International Organization for Standardization (ISO) / International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC). (2018). Information technology: User interface component accessibility – Part 23: Visual presentation of audio information (including captions and subtitles) (ISO/IEC TS 20071-23:2018). [in English]
• [open-access article] International Organization for Standardization (ISO) / International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) / International Telecommunication Union (ITU). (2014). IEC/ISO/ITU Policy on Standardization and accessibility. [in English]
• [open-access report] Looms, P. O. (2011). Making television accessible. International Telecommunication Union (ITU), G3ict. [in English]
• [open-access article] Lorenzo, L., Pereira, A. (2021). Historia de la accesibilidad a los medios. Portal de Historia de la Traducción en España. [in Spanish]
• [book] Matamala, A. (2019). Accessibilitat i traducció audiovisual. Eumo. [in Catalan]
• [open-access article] Matamala, A., Orero, P. (2007). Accessible opera: Overcoming linguistic and sensorial barriers. Perspectives. Studies in Translatology, 15(4), 262-277. [in English]
• [open-access article] Matamala, A., Orero, P. (2018). Standardising accessibility: Transferring knowledge to society. Journal of Audiovisual Translation, 1(1), 139-154. [in English]
• [book] Pérez-González, L. (Ed.). (2019). The Routledge handbook of audiovisual translation. Routledge. [in English]
• [book] Remael, A., Orero, P., Carroll, M. (Eds.). (2012). Audiovisual Translation and Media Accessibility at the Crossroads. Media for All 3. Rodopi. [in English]
• [open-access research article] Romero-Fresco, P. (2013). Accessible filmmaking: Joining the dots between audiovisual translation, accessibility and filmmaking. The Journal of Specialised Translation (JoSTrans), 20, 201-223. [in English]
• [open-access research article] Romero-Fresco, P. (2018). In support of a wide notion of media accessibility: Access to content and access to creation. Journal of Audiovisual Translation, 1, 187-204. [in English]
• [book] Romero-Fresco, P. (2019). Accessible filmmaking. Routledge. [in English]
• [open-access research article] Zabalbeascoa, P. (2008). The nature of the audiovisual text and its parameters. The Didactics of Audiovisual Translation, 21-37. [in English]

ELEMENT 5. Media accessibility services

• [open-access research article] Bernabé, R., Orero, P. (2019). Easy to Read as multimode accessibility service. Hermeneus, 21, 53-74. [in English]
• [open-access research article] Bernabé, R. (2020). New taxonomy of easy-to-understand access services. MonTI. Monografías de Traducción e Interpretación, 12, 345-380. [in English]
• [book] Bogucki, L., Deckert, M. (Eds.) (2007). The Palgrave handbook of audiovisual translation and media accessibility. Palgrave. [in English]
• [book] Díaz-Cintas, J., Remael, A. (2007). Audiovisual translation: subtitling. St. Jerome. [in English]
• [book] Díaz-Cintas, J., Remael, A. (2020). Subtitling: Concepts and practices (translation practices explained). Routledge. [in English]
• [open-access report] European Broadcasting Union (EBU). (2016). Access services pan European survey 2016. [in English]
• [book] Fryer, L. (2016). An introduction to audio description. Routledge. [in English]
• [open-access guidelines] HBB4ALL (2017). Accessibility guidelines. [in English]
• [open-access report] HBB4ALL (2017). Sign language interpretation in HBBTV. [in English]
• [book] Franco, E., Matamala, A., Orero, P. (2013). Voice-over translation: An overview. Peter Lang. [in English]
• [book chapter] Neves, J. (2019). Subtitling for deaf and hard-of-hearing audiences: moving forward. In L. Pérez-González (Ed.). The Routledge handbook of audiovisual translation (pp. 82-96). Routledge. [in English]
• [book] Pérez González, L. (2018). The Routledge handbook of audiovisual translation. Routledge. [in English]
• [open-access guidelines] Remael, A., Reviers, N., Vercauteren, G. (Eds.). (2015). Pictures painted in words: ADLAB audio description guidelines. The ADLAB project. [in English]
• [book] Romero-Fresco, P. (2011). Subtitling through speech recognition: respeaking. St. Jerome. [in English]
• [book] Taylor, C., Perego, E. (forthcoming). The Routledge Handbook of Audio Description. Routledge. [in English]