Honouring International Week of the Deaf: Selections to Read and Watch
What is International Week of the Deaf?
International Week of the Deaf takes place September 19-25, 2022, and is an annual opportunity to honour and build awareness of the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing community. This year’s theme is “Building Inclusive Communities for All,” which reminds us to foster connections with and understand the concerns of Deaf people.
The Library honours this occasion with a selection of resources to read and watch, which the RRC Polytech community can learn from and enjoy.
Selections to Read – Print Books
Deaf around the world: the impact of language
A compendium of work by scholars and activists on the creation, context, and form of sign languages, and on the social issues and civil rights of Deaf communities.
A journey into the deaf-world
A compelling story of this much-misunderstood minority as it struggles for self-determination.
Deaf empowerment: emergence, struggle, and rhetoric
Examines the Deaf social movement in America from its inception in the mid-19th century through its growth and empowerment in the late 20th century.
All of us together: the story of inclusion at the Kinzie School
A warm, encouraging testament to the dedication and hard work of the Kinzie teachers and parents. Reading about it is a wonderful, uplifting experience that also could serve as a model for any community.
Access: multiple avenues for deaf people
Presents an accomplished group of contributors who address the major technological, institutional, and societal advances in access for deaf people, as well as the remaining hurdles.
Selections to Read – Ebooks
Signs of Hope: Deafhearing Family Life
Tells the story of a narrative inquiry with three deafhearing families. For many of us, deafness represents loss and silence. For others, being deaf is a genetic quirk; an opportunity for learning, spiritual adventure and reward. For yet others, it is the most natural thing in the world.
Deaf epistemologies, identity, and learning: a comparative perspective
Noted scholars and researchers examine the many ways that deaf people see and acquire deaf knowledge.
A man without words
Vividly conveys the challenge, the frustrations, and the exhilaration of opening the mind of a congenitally deaf person to the concept of language.
Sign language, sustainable development, and equal opportunities: envisioning the future for deaf students
Offers creative and open-minded explorations of the construct of sustainability that are informed by their work with deaf individuals, deaf communities, families of deaf children, and other stakeholders.
Language, Power, and Resistance: Mainstreaming Deaf Education
Explores how different types of power are used in the deaf education system to establish, maintain, and also resist medical views of deafness.
Deaf Eyes on Interpreting
Brings Deaf people to the forefront of the discussions about what constitutes quality interpreting services.
Selections to Watch – Streaming Video and DVD
Through Deaf Eyes [DVD]
Exploring nearly 200 years of Deaf life in America, this film presents the shared experiences of American history–family life, education, work, and community connections–from the perspective of deaf citizens.
Deafology 101: a crash course on deaf culture [Streaming video]
Presents a highly entertaining lecture on deaf culture by Ken Glickman, author of “DEAFinitions” and other humor books.
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The Dance of Words [Streaming video]
Features young artists who have embraced their deaf identity in adulthood after spending a difficult childhood in the grey zone between hearing culture and deaf culture. These emerging artists show how they are using the arts to build a deaf culture that makes them proud. They shine a spotlight on their community while promoting and advancing deaf culture with a keen sensitivity.
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Written by Linda Fox – Library Technician, Program Support and Promotion