It's a small world : international deaf spaces and encounters

It's a small world : international deaf spaces and encounters / edited by Michele Friedner, Annelies Kusters.

"Explores the controversial concept of Deaf-Same ("I am deaf, you are deaf, so we are the same")and its influence of deaf spaces locally and globally"--

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Kusters, Annelies (Editor), Friedner, Michele Ilana, 1978- (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC : Gallaudet University Press, 2015.
Subjects:
Deaf people > Cross-cultural studies.
Deaf culture > Cross-cultural studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > People with Disabilities.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / General
Deaf
Deaf culture
Cross-cultural studies
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Introduction; Part 1: Gatherings; 1: The Emergence of International Deaf Spaces in France from Desloges 1779 to the Paris Congress of 1900; 2: A Global Stage: Sign Language Artistic Production and Festivals in International Contexts; 3: The World Federation of the Deaf Youth Camp in Durban: An Opportunity for Learning, Networking, and Empowerment; 4: Deaf Jewish Space and DEAF-SAME: The International Conferences of Deaf Jews in the Twentieth Century; 5: Deaf Transnational Gatherings at the Turn of the Twenty-First Century and Some Afterthoughts.
  • Part 2: Language6: The Paradox of International Sign: The Importance of Deaf-Hearing Encounters for Deaf-Deaf Communication across Sign Language Borders; 7: One Language, or Maybe Two: Direct Communication, Understanding, and Informal Interpreting in International Deaf Encounters; 8: Challenging Sign Language Lineages and Geographies: the Case of Eritrean, Finnish, and Swedish Sign Languages; 9: Signed Language Sovereignties in Viet Nam: Deaf Community Responses to ASL-Based Tourism; 10: Social Media Practices of Deaf Youth in Turkey: Emerging Mobilities and Language Choice; Part 3: Projects.
  • 11: Andrew Foster Touches Eternity: From Nigeria to Fiji 12: Exploring the Contours of DEAF-SAME Kinship Bonds and Mutuality in United Methodist Short-Term Missions ; 13: A Deaf Leadership Program in Nigeria: Notes on a Complicated Endeavor; 14: Sign Language Recognition: Tensions between Specificity and Universalism in International Deaf Discourses ; 15: Implementing the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Supporting the Deaf Community in Chile through Legal Expertise; Part 4: Networks ; 16: A Deaf Diaspora? Imaging Deaf Worlds Across and Beyond Nations.
  • 17: SAME-SAME but Different: Tourism and the Deaf Global Circuit in Cambodia 18: The Role of Regional, National, and Trasnational Influences in the Creation of Strong Deaf Activist Networks in Uruguay ; 19: International Deaf Space in Social Media: The Deaf Experience in the United States; Part 5: Visions ; 20: Deaf International Development Practitioners and Researchers Working Effectively in Deaf Communities; 21: Changing the World (or Not): Reflecting on Interactions in the Global South during the Frontrunners Program.
  • 22: ""My Deaf Is Not Your Deaf"": Realizing Intersectional Realities at Gallaudet University 23: Global Deafhood: Exploring Myths and Realities; Afterword: It's a Small World?; Contributors ; Index.

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