What happens if the SL recognition app works – part II
This is in response to Mary Beth Kitzel’s post at http://mbkitzel.wordpress.com/2012/03/14/on-signing-apps-and-interpreters-a-response-to-mike-gullivers-blog-what-happens-if-the-sl-recognition-app-works/ And also extends some thoughts that I’ve had, particularly since Austin Kocher’s presentation on the spaces inhabited by interpreters … Continue reading
What happens if the SL recognition app works?
There’s been a lot of chat in the Deaf-related press in the last couple of days about the announcement that an app is going to be developed that will allow … Continue reading
PhD opportunites at SOAS
Apologies for the ragged formatting of this – it’s just a post to display the information that I don’t have space to tweet. SOAS have a growing interest in SL … Continue reading
Reinforcements… and an interesting challenge
With Christmas intervening – and then a frantic new year of catching up, I’m only just getting to the point now where I can come back to the blog. And … Continue reading
Whoops… and I’m back
Dear all, One good thing about only posting sporadically to this blog is that, when I disappear for a few days, no-one worries. The last few days of absence were, … Continue reading
AAG 2012 session details and content
The AAG 2012 schedule has been released, and the information on each of the Deaf Geographies sessions is available at the following URLS. Monday 27th February. 12.40 – 2.20: Deaf … Continue reading
I *am* going to New York
Amazing what securing a tiny bit of funding does in leveraging more. Maybe it’s about the credibility that it lends to your project. Having secured the conference fees from the … Continue reading
The Clandestine University
A recent article by Thomas Doherty in the Timer Higher Education, suggests that within increasingly polished ‘Official Universities’, Clandestine scholarship is becoming the only way to carry out real research … Continue reading
I might be going to the AAG after all
Following on from the previous post – which was put up rather too long ago – I decided that the only way to get to the AAG was to go … Continue reading
Long live the status quo
About a week ago, I reluctantly had to tell the organisers of the sessions on Deaf Geographies at the AAG 2012 that I wouldn’t be able to attend. The cost … Continue reading