MIKE GULLIVER

Deaf geographies, and other worlds.

It’s a no brainer

OK, so here’s a bizarre proof of Utopian Theory if I ever saw one… If you read this regularly, you’ll know that I finished my PhD in 2009 – right … Continue reading

April 21, 2012

Why don’t we use open-channel communication more?

I realised, when I opened this to write, that it’s already been nearly 6 weeks since I last wrote. The main reason for this is that – post AAG, I’ve … Continue reading

April 19, 2012

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

March 15, 2012 · 1 Comment

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

March 13, 2012 · 1 Comment

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

January 24, 2012 · 5 Comments

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

January 19, 2012 · 1 Comment

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

December 12, 2011 · 2 Comments

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

November 24, 2011

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

November 16, 2011 · 2 Comments

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

November 15, 2011