http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DeafStudies-Africa/ Deaf Studies in Africa Thu, 31 Dec 2009 11:13:39 GMT Shane Gilchrist http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DeafStudies-Africa/message/480 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DeafStudies-Africa/message/480 Journal of Language, Technology & Entrepreneurship in Africa?Vol. 1 (2) 2009: pp. 160-174 http://ajol.info/index.php/jolte/article/view/41781 Structural Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:30:42 GMT m. miles http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DeafStudies-Africa/message/479 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DeafStudies-Africa/message/479 . A few further comments on the proposed thesis topic and approach, as there is some broader relevance across Africa... Feel free to disagree with any Mon, 07 Dec 2009 20:29:28 GMT m. miles http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DeafStudies-Africa/message/478 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DeafStudies-Africa/message/478 . The following are some 'first thoughts' that I sent privately to Eleni, about her thesis enquiry. As I'm far from being an expert on Ethiopia or on social Fri, 04 Dec 2009 16:20:47 GMT Shane Gilchrist http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DeafStudies-Africa/message/477 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DeafStudies-Africa/message/477 hello Eleni! welcome to this list! :-) one question here: have you met Dr Mike Morgan at your university? He is in the Ethiopian Sign Language and Deaf Culture Fri, 04 Dec 2009 11:23:24 GMT elenimis http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DeafStudies-Africa/message/476 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DeafStudies-Africa/message/476 Dear friends, My name is Eleni from Ethiopia. I joined this interesting group through a friend's kind recommendation. I am a post-graduate student at Addis Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:17:13 GMT Shane Gilchrist http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DeafStudies-Africa/message/475 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DeafStudies-Africa/message/475 Salut Sophie, I checked it out but the video is gone :-( http://www.france5.fr/magazinesante/W00443/4/118178.cfm are they in the archives or what? My French is Tue, 27 Oct 2009 09:10:04 GMT sophie Dalle-Nazébi http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DeafStudies-Africa/message/474 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DeafStudies-Africa/message/474 Voici une émission en France sur le développement d'accueil de soins en langue des signes au Cameroun. Il y a un lien internet. There is television reportage Fri, 23 Oct 2009 23:24:14 GMT projectasm http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DeafStudies-Africa/message/473 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DeafStudies-Africa/message/473 Nous recherchons: L'entraîneur pour former « les interprètes de la langue du signe » en Mali En 2010, un entraînement sera été donné à 10 personnes Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:57:35 GMT joel.omondi@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DeafStudies-Africa/message/472 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DeafStudies-Africa/message/472 Hey Jason Thats the way to go in sign language research and development ... This could be a powerful way yo contribute to KSL development too. isa there any Mon, 19 Oct 2009 13:46:05 GMT Odette Belinda Swift http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DeafStudies-Africa/message/471 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DeafStudies-Africa/message/471 I see your issue... Yeah, I think safer then to just obtain consent based on the fact that the video footage will be used for academic purposes and not for Mon, 19 Oct 2009 13:41:15 GMT Jason Hopkins http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DeafStudies-Africa/message/470 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DeafStudies-Africa/message/470 Thank you. I'll contact you off list with my email. We have contacts with the local deaf communities, but thanks for the suggestion, we may do that, too. The Mon, 19 Oct 2009 12:37:18 GMT Odette Belinda Swift http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DeafStudies-Africa/message/469 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DeafStudies-Africa/message/469 Hi Jason I am busy with my MA research and I am filming South African Sign Language interpreters. For UNISA (the university at which I am registered) I have to Mon, 19 Oct 2009 12:23:00 GMT Jason Hopkins http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DeafStudies-Africa/message/468 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DeafStudies-Africa/message/468 Hello, I know there is getting to be a lot of talk about an African sign language corpus. In my work we have teams of deaf men from 5 different African Tue, 06 Oct 2009 17:40:08 GMT ashettle@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DeafStudies-Africa/message/467 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DeafStudies-Africa/message/467 Yes, the project does include many deaf and cross-disability organizations throughout Africa, as well as some deaf schools. More information on same is Wed, 16 Sep 2009 12:53:41 GMT ashettle@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DeafStudies-Africa/message/466 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DeafStudies-Africa/message/466 I don't know if this project is meant to include signed African languages or just spoken/written. I don't know to what extent, if any, they are seeking to be