Webinar video of research presentation on 10th November 2020 by Amandine le Maire (Heriot-Watt University) and Nina Sivunen (University of Jyväskylä) and panel discussion with Ibrahim Al-Kadri and Chris Kubwimana. The webinar was organised in International Sign, interpreted into British Sign language (for panel discussion only) and spoken English, and is subtitled in written English […]
This is the video from a webinar organised on 18 August 2020, with a presentation by MobileDeaf researchers Steven Emery and Sanchayeeta Iyer, followed by a panel discussion with deaf people who had moved to London from Czech Republic, India, Somalia and Sierra Leone. The webinar was organised in British Sign Language, interpreted into International […]
TUESDAY 10TH NOVEMBER 2020 at 3:00 – 5:00 PM (UK time) Research presentation by Amandine le Maire (Heriot-Watt University) and Nina Sivunen (University of Jyväskylä) and panel discussion with deaf refugees : Ibrahim Al-Kadri and Chris Kubwimana. Interactive discussion, Q&A Language: International Sign with interpretation to spoken English. You need a password to log in […]
Steve Emery, 4 September 2020 When deaf people go to a new country they usually ask where the deaf school or the deaf club is. These are landmarks on the deaf landscape, present in almost every country and thus recognised and expected to exist. Another way of thinking about this feature is to see it […]
DEAF MIGRATION LONDON ZOOM WEBINAR: Tuesday 18 August 2020, 3-5 pm GMT Research presentation by Steve Emery and Sanchayeeta Iyer (with photos and film clips) Interactive discussion, Q&A Language: British Sign Language with interpretation to spoken English and International Sign You need a password to log in to this session. Register and you will be sent the password. REGISTRATION […]
By: Sanchayeeta Iyer, 5 June 2020 What it is like to be a deaf migrant in London, emigrating to a new city in search for a better opportunity and quality of life? Or to start a new chapter in your life? Or being involuntarily brought into the city as a young person or a refugee? […]
By: Amandine le Maire, 7 April 2020 On Sunday 11th March 2018, I was talking with a group of deaf refugees. They told me they were going to a primary school; Baar el Naam, to an event set up by the Starkey Hearing Foundation to provide deaf refugees with free hearing aids. The Starkey Hearing Foundation’s […]
By: Erin Moriarty 20 March 2020 BALI, INDONESIA– From the vantage point of a drone, as seen in some videos circulating on social media, Bengkala appears to be a typical rural village in Indonesia. Faded reddish corrugated metal and orange tiled roofs emerge from a wash of vivid green, and in the distance, mountains loom, […]
Annelies Kusters, 24 February 2020 People often say that International Sign (IS) is something that you only can learn by “mingling” with people from other countries. In other words, you learn it by doing it. Since IS does not have a fixed lexicon, signers learn IS by meeting other signers in international contexts. This includes […]
By: Steve Emery, Thursday 23 January 2020 In this vlog, I suggest a Bourdieusian framework can help or assist us in understanding and making sense of the world of deaf migrants who participated in our research. It is common in Bourdieusian studies to refer to three key interlocking conceptual tools of habitus, capital and field […]