We are very proud to announce that the new edition of our website is now accessible and easily navigated by people with sight impairments, according to WCAG 2.1 criteria. By clicking on the distinguishable round button on the right bottom of the web-page, visitors can choose among different options and tools which make it easier to navigate through our content.
The accessibility options are available throughout the website, while we have created an independent section which contains a concise history of the ethnographic cinema, towards our aim to form an autonomous corpus of educational material. This subsection is additionally accessible with sound description. The text “The History of Ethnographic Cinema” is written by Konstantinos Aivaliotis, Co-Founder and Director of Ethnofest.
We will continue our efforts to expand the content in which we offer accessibility in the upcoming years. We are planning to make three emblematic ethnographic films in an accessible format, with subtitles (SDH) for the deaf and hard for hearing, and audio description (AD) for people with sight disabilities, while we aim to achieve accessible screenings of ethnographic films in cinemas and online.
The project was realised with the support and under the auspice of the Ministry of Culture and Sports, under the initiative to support cultural initiatives in the field of “Digital Culture”, main purpose of which is to develop and promote high-quality Greek digital culture actions.