We’ve moved
Deaf geographies sandbox To cover more geographical areas, we’ve moved the blog over to a new address. You’ll find us now at [link]
Thu, Jan 08 2015

We’ve moved
Deaf geographies sandbox To cover more geographical areas, we’ve moved the blog over to a new address. You’ll find us now at [link]
Tue, Jun 24 2014

The Field School in Deaf Geographies – and the...
Deaf geographies sandbox The last month has been incredibly busy in the Deaf Geographies world… from the 12th of June, the inaugural Field School in Deaf Geographies, ran for 4 weeks, this was followed by the first international Workshop on Deaf Geographies. Hosted by Queen’s university Canada’s Bader International Study Centre (BISC) and directed by Mary Beth Kitzel […]
Wed, Jul 24 2013

Webcast details for Workshop in Deaf Geographies
Deaf geographies sandbox To allow you to watch the workshop, and participate in discussion, we are running a live webfeed. This will carry the workshop, plus ASL and BSL interpreting – all slides, and will allow you to interact with us here. You won’t need to register, simply arrive at the URLs within the first hour of streaming, […]
Fri, Jul 12 2013

Workshop in Deaf Geographies
Deaf geographies sandbox Field School of Deaf Geographies Queen’s University (Canada) Bader International Study Centre Herstmonceux Castle 12-14 July 2013 The staff and students of the Field School of Deaf Geographies would like to warmly invite you to attend the first international Workshop in Deaf Geographies, 12-14 July, 2013, hosted by Queen’s University (Canada) Bader International S...
Sun, Jun 09 2013

Deaf Geographies talks in Edinburgh – 5th and 6th...
Deaf geographies sandbox 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 for Deaf community empowerment” Imagine for a moment that, somewhere in the world, there was a continent where visual communication was the norm, and where [...]
Tue, Feb 19 2013

Course codes changed on the Field School in…
Deaf geographies sandbox Course codes changed on the Field School in Deaf Geographies to reflect recoding. See [link] for the edited information. The content of the FS will still be as amazingly new, exciting and valuable. :)
Mon, Feb 18 2013

Field School in Deaf Geographies
Deaf geographies sandbox Program The Bader International Study Centre of Queen’s University (Canada) announces an innovative new Field School in Deaf Geographies to be offered during the summer of 2013. The very first of its kind, this exciting opportunity is an intensive five-week, six credit unit programme, allowing students to engage with analytical and theoretical frameworks within Huma...
Fri, Jan 11 2013

Applied Deaf Space Studies This is a 99%…
Deaf geographies sandbox Applied Deaf Space Studies This is a 99% Invisible broadcast of a piece on DeafSpace. Congratulations to both Robert and Hansel! Well done, gentlemen! Check it out! [link]
Mon, Jul 23 2012

Call for papers: Deaf World/Hearing World – Berlin,...
Deaf geographies sandbox Please note, this is being organised by a third party and is presented  here for information only. Any follow-up or questions, please address them directly to the organisers of the conference. Thank you :) Deaf World/Hearing World: Spaces, Techniques, and Things in Culture and History –Sponsored by the Max Planck Institute in Berlin and Project [...]
Wed, May 09 2012

EDGS Meet The inaugural European Deaf Geographies...
Deaf geographies sandbox EDGS Meet! The inaugural European Deaf Geographies Summit (EDGS) met 23-25 April 2012 in Bristol. The three-day meeting was informal, intense, exciting and productive. Our numbers may have been few, but our vision mighty! Below is a synopsis of our activities: Day 1: We convened and covered a range of issues from the history of [...]
Sun, May 06 2012

Deaf spaces and places – early explorations of...
Deaf geographies sandbox You can now find a pdf of Elizabeth Mathews (2007) chapter on the application of geographical theory to Deaf space linked to from the resources page. If you're somewhat flumoxed by the geography-speak that you find on this site, Mathews' chapter is a good place to start. She gently unpacks the role that geographical theory [...]
Tue, Mar 27 2012

The Spread of Deafhood
Deaf geographies sandbox Jordan Eickman's paper uses ARC GIS to map and visualise the historical spread of clubs and schools for deaf people in Germany, as a way of exploring the expansion of historical Deafhood and the emergence of Deaf ‘Pillars', upon which the German Deaf community was/is built. Jordan's paper is now available in the Resources Area [...]
Mon, Mar 26 2012

AAG 2012 presentations
Deaf geographies sandbox OK, so I'm not going to put up all the abstracts to the AAG presentations – there doesn't seem much point when they are posted elsewhere. But – here's a list of presenters, their papers, and links to their abstracts and to (at least one of) their own pages. Enjoy Session 1 Austin Kocher – [...]
Sat, Mar 17 2012

Historically naming Deaf spaces and places
Deaf geographies sandbox During my recent visit to Rochester Institute of Technology, the US university that houses the NTID (National Technical Institute for the Deaf), I had the pleasure of meeting Rebecca Edwards who is RIT's Department Chair for History. Rebecca is an historian of the Deaf community (amongst other things) and has written articles on 19th and [...]
Sat, Mar 17 2012