Sign language arts seminar (with Riksteatern Crea)
Seminar
Date: Saturday 26 November 2022
Time: 13.00 – 15.30
Location: Riksteatern, Hallundavägen 30, Norsborg
Riksteatern Crea and Stockholm University invites you to a seminar on the artforms of sign language.
We will have the opportunity to listen to researchers from different parts of the world on their research on the artforms Visual Vernacular and Sign Language Poetry. The seminar is free but you must register in advance.
Moderator
Pia Simper-Allen, Senior lecturer, Department of Linguistics, Stockholm University.
Program
| 13.00 – 13.15 |
Introduction Why do we need to recognise Sign Language Arts? Johanna Mesch, Professor, Dept of Linguistics, Stockholm University |
| 13.15 – 13.35 |
Defining Visual Vernacular in South African Sign Language (SASL): Atiyah Asmal, Project Manager for Gauteng Department Education |
| 13.35 – 13.55 |
The Radical Opening – Philosophical Notes on Visual Vernacular Patrik Nordell, cultural theorist with long experience in deaf studies. |
| 13.55 – 14.15 |
Why does Visual Vernacular resemble cinematic features? Mindy Drapsa, Artistic Director, Riksteatern Crea |
| 14.15 – 14.35 | Coffee break |
| 14.35 – 14.55 |
Report of the practical experience of working in the project Giuseppe Giruanna, actor, director, and workshop leader Debbie Rennie Zacsko, poet and sign language artist |
| 14.55 – 15.15 |
A Study of Visual Vernacular (VV) Cristiano Monteiro, Brazilian Sign Language researcher and teacher |
| 15.15 – 15.30 | Closure |
Find out more about this seminar (crea.riksteatern.se)
Last updated: October 24, 2022
Source: Department of Linguistics