Reporting back from Ethnology Crossroads Conference by Prof. Máiread Nic Craith, Anna Koryczan and Cristina Clopot Ethnology Crossroads was a two-day conference organized by the European Ethnological Research Centre in collaboration with the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, held on December 5-6th in Edinburgh. The aim was to assess the current state of ethnology in Scotland but […]
Tag: BSL
Introducing our new PhD students
Our vibrant PhD cohort is growing! Yanmei Wu has joined LINCS as a PhD student in Heritage and Performance. Her study will look into Chinese Kunqu Opera as intangible heritage, as well as its recent revival in 21st century China. Her supervisors are Dr Chris Tinker and Dr Kerstin Pfeiffer. Yanmei studied ethnomusicology at SOAS, […]
BSL team growing in LINCS
By Jemina Napier and Graham H. Turner In October 2013, Jemina made a post that gave an overview of ‘Who’s who?’ in the BSL team in the Department of Languages and Intercultural Studies (LINCS) at Heriot-Watt University. The blog introduced various members of staff and also PhD students whose topics focus on sign language related […]
Insign project update
Back in March 2014 I reported on a new research project that we are involved in at The Centre for Translation & Interpreting Studies Scotland at Heriot-Watt University called the Insign project. This pilot project has been funded by the European Commission DG Justice to develop a platform to provide access to European institutions to deaf and hard […]
Deaf juror research update
After a brief summer hiatus, LifeinLincs is back with plans afoot to rejuvenate the regularity of the blog posts…. In the meantime, I wanted to post an update about the deaf juror research that I am involved in with colleagues in Australia. I posted a previous blog about this topic in February this year, and […]
Is it still "B"SL if Scotland votes 'Yes'?
Author: Graham H. Turner Fewer than 100 days remain until Scotland makes a weighty decision – to remain ‘United’ with the rest of the Kingdom’, or to strike out as an independent nation http://www.scotreferendum.com/. In the background of the democratic process lurk many questions about language. Scots, Americans, Australians and others routinely experience the dissonance […]
ARTWORK COMPETITION! Sign language brokering experiences in the Deaf community
<<Click here to see this information in BSL>> Do you have deaf parents that use sign language? Have you had experience of helping your parents to communicate with hearing people or translating information for your parents? Even if you are deaf or hearing – it means you have done what is called ‘language brokering’ Language […]
Vow of Silence: One week later
(After a week of self-imposed silence, acknowledging the British Deaf Association’s Sign Language week, Professor Graham Turner reflects on a week in a signing world.) I don’t remember ever being described as ‘Christ-like’ before. There was a considered and thoughtful explanation. But the starting-point for the person’s comment was a reference to the ‘sacrifice’ that […]
Vow of Silence: Day 4
Having committed to a week of silence to demonstrate solidarity with the UK’s Deaf sign language users, Professor Graham Turner has made it to Thursday without a squeak. Will everyone else’s luck run out before the weekend? Imagine you’re completely blind. Can you do that? It’s not too difficult: you start by closing your eyes… […]
Vow of Silence: Day 3
In solidarity with British Sign Language users in the UK, Professor Graham Turner is subject to a self-imposed vow of silence. Can he remain speechless and last for an entire week in BSL? What will he learn from the experience? Living in Edinburgh, I can barely step out of my front door before someone’s playing […]