Mission
Dialogue in the Dark has two main goals. The first is to increase the public’s awareness of and tolerance for “otherness”, thereby overcoming barriers between “us” and “them”. Sighted people enter the darkness and, as they experience their own limits, they begin to question their assumptions and prejudices. Placing themselves in the care of a blind person helps people become more receptive to the strengths of those who are often assumed to be weak. The darkness becomes a place for unencumbered communication and a beneficial exchange.
The second goal is to create jobs for disadvantaged people by turning perceived deficits into potential assets. In fact, Dialogue in the Dark has as its mission “to facilitate social inclusion of marginalized people on a global basis”. This vision finds practical expression in the employment opportunities the exhibition creates for blind people.
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