Scientific dissemination in a photographic exhibition on the anatomical study eye of the whale´s eye adapted for people with visual disabilities

Abstract

This paper studies the scientific photography exhibition entitled “The Eye of the Whale”, fully adapted to people with visual disabilities, which took place between February 10 and 21, 2020 in the city of Bilbao. The main objective of this work consists in analyzing whether the news of a novel study on the eye of a whale is a striking element to attract a non-expert public to a scientific exhibition, due to the very specific theme of this exhibition, because it deals with ocular anatomy, the functioning of the retina and the pathology of Glaucoma. With this objective, the results of the surveys that the visitors answered at the end of the tour have been analyzed. With the responses to these surveys, it has also been studied how the level of studies, the means by which visitors knew about the exhibition and the fact that it was fully adapted to people with visual disabilities, influenced attendance. Finally, two content analyzes have also been carried out to evaluate the pedagogic objective and the impact of the exhibition.