Accessibility is not an additional duty – it is an attitude that grows a community: Theatre communities outside of standard linguistic practices

Accessibility in culture is often understood as a technical demand, as something that comes after the fact, in a project note, as an appendix to an application for subsidies. But if culture is a place for community and art is a place for reflection on society, then accessibility should not be an additional task, but rather its foundation upon which a just society is built. In this discussion, we raise questions about language, art, theatre and inclusion. What does accessibility mean in practice? Who has the right to understand art? And who has the right to co-create its territory?

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Maska
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2025-12-01
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https://doi.org/10.1386/maska_00226_4
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Subtitles and Audiovisual Media
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Accessibility is not an additional duty – it is an attitude that grows a community: Theatre communities outside of standard linguistic practices

Saša Lesjak, Andrej Tomažin
Maska
Subtitles and Audiovisual Media
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Accessibility is not an additional duty – it is an attitude that grows a community: Theatre communities outside of standard linguistic practices

Saša Lesjak, Andrej Tomažin
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Abstract

Accessibility in culture is often understood as a technical demand, as something that comes after the fact, in a project note, as an appendix to an application for subsidies. But if culture is a place for community and art is a place for reflection on society, then accessibility should not be an additional task, but rather its foundation upon which a just society is built. In this discussion, we raise questions about language, art, theatre and inclusion. What does accessibility mean in practice? Who has the right to understand art? And who has the right to co-create its territory?

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Subtitles and Audiovisual Media
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