A group of researches under the University of Cambridge UK’s Cambridge Network for Disability and Education Research used soundscapes to better understand experiences of teachers with disabilities and their journey to school in India. It recorded teachers’ negotiating prices for transport, walking with a cane, negotiating obstacles on the way.
“These recordings reveal a sobering reality that pedagogical labour is compounded by the physical struggle of the commute for these teachers. While interviews focused on teachers’ classroom practice, the soundscapes exposed the other half of the struggle – the gruelling negotiation of simply reaching school.”