MIKE GULLIVER

Deaf geographies, and other worlds.

‘Disabled’ or ‘with disabilities’

I recently overheard someone saying that it’s no longer ‘correct’ to talk about ‘Disabled people’. Apparently, the UN and other international organizations use “people with disabilities” instead. It makes me think that we’ve slipped … Continue reading

September 26, 2011

Where are the V-lists?

I’ve been following several debates on a list for Deaf academics recently – I’m kind of privileged to even be able to follow it, given that I’m not deaf. It’s … Continue reading

September 8, 2011

Check out The Deaf Geographies Sandbox news on…

Check out The Deaf Geographies Sandbox news on yesterdays rgs-ibg conference.

September 1, 2011

Deaf Geographies AAG 2012 – Call for papers

Check it: http://deafgeographies.weebly.com/conferences.html Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting 2012 Location: New York, New York, USA Date : February 24th-28th, 2012 Conference theme : Deaf geographies, Deaf space, GIS, etc. … Continue reading

July 18, 2011

Morning quick post to let you know that…

Morning… quick post to let you know that I’ve started to populate the Blogroll in the sidepanel here —> I’ll continue to add information there as links come to mind. … Continue reading

July 1, 2011

Smashing Been looking for this picture online for…

Smashing… Been looking for this picture online for quite a while… Jean François Mercurio publically taking a lump hammer to a hearing aid… accessible in full size from http://jah.oxfordjournals.org/content/92/3/892/F3.large.jpg

June 28, 2011

1834 DEAF (deaf-mute | sourd-muet) banquets update

Yes… it’s taken a few more days, but the next page of the 1834 translation is done. You can view the ongoing work at http://www.scribd.com/doc/58447190/1834-Deaf-Mute-Sourd-Muet-Banquets-translation  

June 28, 2011

1834 DEAF (deaf-mute | sourd-muet) banquets update

Another quick post to let you know that the next page of the 1834 translation is done. View the ongoing work at http://www.scribd.com/doc/58447190/1834-Deaf-Mute-Sourd-Muet-Banquets-translation

June 24, 2011

1834 DEAF (sourd-muet) banquet

Quick post to let you know that the slow translation of the 1834 Banquet has progressed a little further. You can read the latest page at http://www.scribd.com/doc/58447190/1834-Deaf-Mute-Sourd-Muet-Banquets-translation

June 22, 2011

To lecture or not to lecture… that is the question

A few years ago, my future was simple. Get a PhD, become a lecturer, do lots of research, publish lots. Then I got the PhD, the academic job market tightened … Continue reading

June 21, 2011