Upon my return
Phew! Time marches on… nearly a month after my past post, I’m back from the US where the first ever two-session treatment of DEAF space took pride of place at … Continue reading
Boundaries on DEAF space
It’s been while since I posted… largely due to work and family factors. However, something has recently cropped up that has prompted me to post. Recently, I was asked to … Continue reading
A home for the banquets
Having completed the first draft of the introductory chapter of the Banquets I’m now trying to work out what to do with the documents… What I’d ultimately like to bring … Continue reading
Musings on publishing
For the last couple of years… and particularly since the end of my PhD loomed into sight, I’ve been musing on the need to publish. This has surfaced some pretty … Continue reading
Only (not even) half the story…
Heralded as the next amazing thing, ‘snap on’ attachments for mobile phones that allow you to use the phone as something other than a phone… … as a mobile eye-testing … Continue reading
The voices of experts…
MdM has just posted this link to the European Commission on Multilingualism ‘Europe: a continent of many sign languages’ page. Listed are those countries who have SL embedded in their … Continue reading
The wonderful world of…
On Monday morning, I dragged myself out of bed at 5… showered, crawled to the station and boarded a train for Manchester… where – after a brief tour of Chinatown … Continue reading
Cherry Picking…
My recent reference to the UoB ‘cherry picking’ my 2009 Review document to justify discussions regarding the planned cuts at the university have raised some eyebrows… and I’m likely to … Continue reading
Critchley’s Infinitely Demanding
Been reading Simon Critchley’s book… “Infinitely Demanding. Ethics of Commitment, Politics of Resistance“… I have to admit to being largely lost by the extraordinary range of philosophical thinking that he … Continue reading
Working, working…
Phew!! The first couple of weeks of the year have been busy… moving house, getting ready for a new baby… oh yes, and then there’s work. The latter has largely … Continue reading
MIKE GULLIVER 