Have to say this brings up a very interesting set of points...
I've heard the name John Savva before but didn't realise he had a blog - there's not a lot of information there but the videos he has uploaded are pretty striking.
Personally, i feel it's an interesting take on things - especially this: by rigidly sticking to our 'professionalism' in enquiring who the client is before accepting a job, are we using our power status to disenfranchise? Can we assume that, just cause *I* don't want to work with that client, that presumably *someone* else will? Could we accept a situation where Deaf clients pick or at least have first preference for their favourite interpreters, but interpreters should not be allowed (as John is saying) to pick and choose in the same way?
Also intriguing: are we utilising our power in sticking rigidly to our Health and Safety guidelines on one/two interpreters for assignment? Are we communicating to the Deaf community clearly enough the need for two interpreters, breaks etc. with the result that we seem over-professionalised and power-hungry?
Hmm. John's blog is at http://activistbsl.blogspot.com/ - take a look and have a think.
Saturday, November 28, 2009
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
DEAF FACTOR - HANDS ON - AUDITIONS SOON!
Hands On is looking for the most talented Deaf person in Ireland!
Are you great at juggling, art, football, magic, sing in ISL, fast signing?
Show us your talent and you could win €500 Prize Bonds from An Post!
Hands On will film contestants around the country, finishing with a GRAND FINAL in Dublin with a guest Celebrity judge!
To enter contact us by text 0861736131,
by email deaffactor@gmail.com or
on Facebook
AUDITIONS
2 your Deaf Club in next 2 weeks!
Monday, November 16, 2009
Deaf Blawg - Legal Issues and Deaf People
Found a very good website called Deaf Blawg on the Deaf Lawyers website, which has lots of info re: Deaf people's access to courts, with an international dimension.
Friday, November 6, 2009
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
WASLI Newsletters
WASLI is committed to the development of the sign language interpreting profession worldwide
Dear friends and colleagues
More news from the world of Sign Language Interpreting
Please see below
WASLI Newsletter 2009-07
SIGN LANGUAGE COURSE IN KYRGYZSTAN
WFD NEWSLETTERS
UPCOMING EVENTS: CONFERENCE IN DUBAI
WASLI Newsletter 2009-08
WASLI MEMBERSHIP
LAY JUDGES IN JAPAN
WASLI Newsletter 2009-09
SIGN LANGUAGE RECOGNISED IN MACEDONIA
RID CONFERENCE REPORT
WASLI OPEN HOUSE AT RID
EUROPEAN LEGAL INTERPRETERS AND TRANSLATORS ASSOCIATION
WASLI Newsletter 2009-10
WASLI EDUCATION AND TRAINING TASK GROUP UPDATE
WASLI EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING 2009
CAMPAIGN EVENT AT FINNISH PARLIAMENT HOUSE
ONLINE NEWS WEBSITE
UPCOMING CONFERENCES
Any queries to George Major: newsletter@wasli.org
Best wishes
Zane HEMA
WASLI Secretary
Monday, November 2, 2009
“Where do we go from here?” Hearing parents’ induction into the world of d/Deafness
Centre for Deaf Studies,
School of Linguistics, Speech and Communication Sciences,
University of Dublin, Trinity College
Public Lecture Series 2009/10
“Where do we go from here?”
Hearing parents’ induction into the world of d/Deafness
By
Etaoine Howlett,
Equality Studies Centre
University College Dublin
Thursday, November 26th, 2009.
7.00 pm to 9.00 pm
Maxwell Hall, Hamilton Buildings, Trinity College.
ISL / English Interpretation will be provided.
Abstract by Etaoine Howlett
This presentation is based on my PhD research which explored the experiences of 14 hearing parents of deaf children in initially encountering and subsequently engaging with the deafness field in Ireland – a domain which, at the outset, lay outside their existing knowledge-base given their status as hearing members of society. A significant feature of their experiences lay in the contextual reality within which they operated – an environment where oralism pervaded both at the level of discourse and service provision. This powerfully impacted on the ‘career’ of these hearing parents, particularly in the early years following the identification of their child’s deafness.
Parental isolation, together with their own primarily ‘hearing’ habitus (at least initially) served to increase their reliance on professional advice, thereby diminishing parents’ capacity to engage in communicative and linguistic practices which ran contrary to the dominant discourse. However, as parental expertise in relation to deafness increased, parents were facilitated to construct alternative perspectives on deafness.
Profile:
Etaoine Howlett is a post-doctoral research fellow at the Equality Studies Centre, University College Dublin on an EU 7th Framework Programme project entitled Religious Education in a Multicultural Society. Previously, she co-authored (with Dr. Abbey Hyde) the first major qualitative study on the sexuality of Irish teenagers (Understanding Teenage Sexuality in Ireland, CPA, 2004). She recently completed her PhD which explored the experiences of hearing parents of deaf children in Ireland. This is an area of particular interest to her as she has a deaf sibling.
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