HAPPY CHRISTMAS IN ISL!!!

HANDS ON LOOKING FOR CODA STORIES

We would like to do a positive story on Children of Deaf Adults (CODA) experiences of growing up.



CODA's have a unique experience of growing up in both the hearing and Deaf world



We want to hear the good, the bad, the ugly and downright hilarious stories.



Must be available to film between the 10th and 11th of Dec.



If you would like more information or would like to contribute to my research contact me:



e-mail to tracey@mindthegapfilms.com

Text: 0861736131

John Savva blog

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.

Deaf News "Interpreters lack signs"

DEAF FACTOR - HANDS ON - AUDITIONS SOON!

Got talent?

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!

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.

http://www.deaflawyers.org.uk/

Some shameless self-publicity

Yes, I did interpret like this. and i was bloody good.

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

NEW ZEALAND: SLIANZ CONFERENCE REPORT

SIGN LANGUAGE COURSE IN KYRGYZSTAN

WFD NEWSLETTERS

UPCOMING EVENTS: CONFERENCE IN DUBAI, ASIA-PACIFIC INTERPRETERS MEETING

Link: http://www.wasli.org/PDFs/News/WASLI_newsletter_2009-07.pdf

WASLI Newsletter 2009-08

WASLI MEMBERSHIP

MALAWI GRADUATES SEVEN SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETERS

MALAYSIA INTERPRETER EDUCATION SEMINAR REPORT

LAY JUDGES IN JAPAN

Link: http://www.wasli.org/PDFs/News/WASLI_newsletter_2009-08.pdf

WASLI Newsletter 2009-09

SIGN LANGUAGE RECOGNISED IN MACEDONIA

RID CONFERENCE REPORT

WASLI OPEN HOUSE AT RID

NORTH AMERICA REGIONAL MEETING

EUROPEAN LEGAL INTERPRETERS AND TRANSLATORS ASSOCIATION

Link: http://www.wasli.org/PDFs/News/WASLI_newsletter_2009-09.pdf

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

Link: http://www.wasli.org/PDFs/News/WASLI_newsletter_2009-09.pdf

Any queries to George Major: newsletter@wasli.org

Best wishes

Zane HEMA

WASLI Secretary

secretary@wasli.org

“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 26^th, 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 7^th 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.

Theoretical Issues in Sign Language Research Conference (TISLR 10)

CALL FOR PAPERS

Theoretical Issues in Sign Language Research Conference (TISLR 10)
Conference theme: Research Methodologies in Sign Language Linguistics
Purdue University, September 30 - October 2, 2010

Conference Home Page: http://www.purdue.edu/TISLR10

TISLR 10 invites papers addressing any aspect of research that is both theoretical and addresses sign languages. The theme of this conference "Research Methodologies in Sign Language Linguistics" highlights the fact that there are many different theoretical approaches that contribute to our understanding of this typological class of languages. Generative and cognitive approaches, quantitative and qualitative approaches all assist in proposing new generalizations about sign languages and, importantly, in independently validating previous proposals made in the field. Each approach provides a fresh perspective which can help our field move forward as a cumulative discipline.

TISLR 10 will include keynote presentations, organized sessions, and poster sessions on such topics as:
- cognitive linguistics of sign languages
- corpus linguistics of sign languages
- the emergence of sign languages in a historical context
- field work on sign languages
- language acquisition in L1 environments
- language variation in sign languages
- neurolinguistics/psycholinguistics of sign languages
- phonology, phonetics, prosody of sign languages
- morphology of sign languages
- sign language and artistic endeavors
- sign language and literature
- sign recognition, synthesis, and understanding of sign languages
- statistical language models of sign languages
- syntax, semantics, pragmatics of sign languages
- theoretical innovation in L2 acquisition of sign languages

Keynote speakers:
Marlon Kuntze (Boston University)
Ceil Lucas (Gallaudet University)
Carol Padden (University of California, San Diego)
Josep Quer (ICREA & Universitat Pompeu Fabra)

Submission of Papers: Prospective authors are invited to submit a 500 word abstract (+ 1 page of examples figures and references if necessary) to our website by November 15, 2009 to the TISLR 10 Scientific Committee. Notification will occur by January 15, 2010. All abstracts will be handled and reviewed electronically at < http://linguistlist.org/confcustom/TISLR10>. Abstracts should include a clear statement of the theoretical issue to be addressed, the research methodology to be presented, and a concise summary of the findings/conclusion.

NOTE: To facilitate interpreter planning, please indicate AFTER THE TITLE of your paper which language you will present in if your abstract is accepted: ASL; English; other sign language.

Special Sessions: Proposals for Special Sessions will also be considered on a themes of particular relevance. The deadline for these is October 15, 2009. Please see guidelines for this on the conference website http://www.purdue.edu/TISLR10 .

Venue and Language Information: Purdue University is located in Indiana, approximately 1.5 hrs. from Indianapolis and 2.5 hrs from Chicago airports. This conference will provide interpreters translating between English and ASL, as well as interpreters translating between English and International Signs. Authors wishing interpretation to or from other sign languages are kindly encouraged to bring their interpreters and requested to contact the interpreter coordinator to make further arrangements. Authors are encouraged take advantage of our new 'direct communication' policy, which promotes the use of a signed language in making presentations. A group of advisors will be available to assist presenters who would like help in preparing their talk in a sign language. Please consult the website for further information.

Important Deadlines
Submission of Special Sessions: October 15, 2009
Regular Papers November 15, 2009
Notification of Acceptance (by email) January 15, 2009
Author's Registration Deadline May 15, 2010

Ronnie B. Wilbur, Ph.D.

Professor and Director, Linguistics

College of Liberal Arts

Purdue University

500 Oval Drive

West Lafayette, IN 47907-2038

wilbur@purdue.edu

ph: 765-494-3822

fax:765-494-0771