Doing more to make academic work accessible to the Deaf community?
In the last week, Deaf academics Dai o’Brien and Steve Emery have had an article published. Their paper picks apart the politics of power that regulate the roles of Deaf … Continue reading
Three year PhD studentship – Scripture, dissent and Deaf space: St Saviour’s, Oxford Street
Leverhulme funded project – Scripture, dissent and Deaf space: St Saviour’s, Oxford Street Department of Religion and Theology, University of Bristol To commence start of March 2014 The University of … Continue reading
Scripture, Dissent, and Deaf space
The recent gap in communication will have told you that I’ve been hard at work. And the work has finally paid off… Back in September, a colleague and I submitted … Continue reading
Deaf unity – a (rather historical) response to Lizzie Ward
I started writing this as a comment and response to comments on Lizzie Ward’s article at Limping Chicken, but it got a bit long, and a bit involved, so I … Continue reading
Deaf Geographies presentations – Heriot Watt, 5th and 6th March.
In case anyone is interested – I’ll be presenting at Heriot Watt in March. On the 5th, I’ll be at EdSign – https://sites.google.com/site/edsignlectures/ presenting on Deaf space – a tool … Continue reading
Translating ‘sourd-muet’
Those of you reading my initial translations of the banquets will have noticed that there’s a pretty central issue that I avoid. Unfortunately, or fortunately (depending on how you look … Continue reading
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
Today in the Italian Parliament a bill is…
Today, in the Italian Parliament, a bill is being voted in that changes the status of Italian Sign Language from a full natural language, proven as such by years of … Continue reading
The national ‘forgiven’ summit… part 1
Some people complain that Deafhood is unncessarily contestatory. Why? Because they suggest that it plays on fear to establish an identity that isn’t ‘really real’… that it refuses to accept … Continue reading
Stretching informatics
My brother‘s been in touch… he works in informatics in Henley Business School. His particular interests are Social informatics and collaborative systems – computer-supported cooperative work, community systems, social networks, human-computer … Continue reading
