This book seems to be to be a manual for ASLor art teacher.
This book seems to be to be a manual for ASLor art teacher.
The book “Deaf Again” is unique because the author has been on both sides of the spectrum. He had been hearing for some time and now is Deaf. He shows each viewpoint and doesn’t make it just for hearing or just for the Deaf. This author is also unique in showing his feelings for both hearing and also being Deaf.…
Through Deaf Eyes is an insightful documentary detailing the history of both deaf culture and deaf education and describing many of the struggles which were encountered during the deaf communities fight for recognition. There were several points of interest in the film that I feel are crucial to understanding the deaf community; first, is the method used to educate deaf children. The early 19th century was a time of reform, especially in the religious community; it was believed that anyone could be saved as long you chose to believe. Many teachers of deaf students saw their role in the child (rens) life as slightly missionary. They could help save the deaf child from eternal damnation and in the process return the child to the hearing world.…
In this book, Deaf in America, by Carol Padden and Tom Humphries, the two authors wrote stories, jokes, performances, and experiences of Deaf people. They also wrote Deaf culture and Deaf people’s lives from various angles. This book is great navigator of Deaf world for hearing people and even Deaf people as me. There are several factors attracting reader. To begin with, I could learn about backgrounds of deaf people and hearing people. Authors wrote about a Deaf boy who was born into a deaf family. Until he discovered that a girl playmate in neighborhood was “hearing”, he didn’t notice about “Others”. Authors explained, “She was HEARING and because of this did not know how to SIGN; instead she and her mother TALK” (Chapter 1). This story strongly impressed me. I was born into a Deaf family too, but I grew up with hearing grandparents. In my childhood, I did intensive oral training with my grandparents. So, I can sign JSL and talk Japanese smoothly. Therefore I never felt emotion like this occasion, “Others” to hearing people. The next factor is difference of “Deaf” and “deaf”. For example, the capitalized “Deaf” people are not only “deaf” but also user of Sign Language. I haven’t known the meaning of “Deaf” and “deaf” exactly before, thanks to this book, now I can understand. When I analyzed myself, I identified as “Deaf” because I truly cherish Sign Language. In addition, Sign Language is explained as a primary mode of communication for Deaf people including me. It has full access to communication for us. Unfortunately, some hearing people misunderstand that Sign Language is a kind of gestural communication. Authors wrote about it, “ASL are often thought to be direct representations of spoken words” (Chapter 3). In my country, Japan, there are some misconceptions about JSL too. Sign Language has both iconic and abstract concept.…
I could see this helping someone in understanding a deaf person in their life. It may help them understand the struggles of a deaf child, such as how hard school can be and how frustrating it can be when you have no means of communications to anyone. It also shows off how important inspiration really is. I also see this as a general audience book. While it may help certain audiences, anyone can read this book and enjoy it in a different way. Whether it be for personal enjoyment or for educational purposes, you will have something wonderful to take…
In 1817, Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, a Yale graduate and ordained clergyman, met the Dr. Mason Fitch Cogswell family and their deaf daughter, Alice. Embarking on a voyage to Europe to learn the art of educating deaf children. In Europe Gallaudet encountered the school for the deaf in Paris, France. He then enlisted Laurent Clerc, a talented deaf teacher to join back home to established the first permanent school for the deaf in the USA. The American School for the Deaf provides educational programs and services for deaf and hard-of-hearing students.…
Cited: How Deaf Children Learn: What Parents and Teachers Need to Know (Perspectives on Deafness)." By Marc Marschark. N.p., n.d. Web. 01 Apr. 2013.…
A comprehensive Web site, found at www.pbs.org, accompanies the film. The site, which launches in March 2007, includes interviews with the Deaf filmmakers whose work is featured in the documentary, while also inviting viewers to submit their own stories, photographs, and films. These will become part of the archival collection of Gallaudet University. A companion book is being published by Gallaudet University…
While viewing "In the Land of the Deaf" it help me seeing how hard of hearing kids figure out how to hear by utilizing Hearing aids. Its overview differentiating the stories of a family who has been hard of hearing and with the narrative of a lady whose deafness was misconstrued. The film shows Deaf individuals of all ages, children to grown-ups. With their similar deafness, the kids and grown-ups in this film communicate their dreams, thoughts and ideas through sign language which is used for them to communicate. While watching “See What I mean: Differences Between Deaf and Hearing Cultures” it help me comprehend and accomplish a more better understanding of culturally diverse point of view and valuation for Deaf and listening to societies…
Ryan Commerson, producer and host of the movie “Media, Power & Ideology: Re-Presenting D-E-A-D”, states that all the preconceptions societies have about people being born deaf is because of “ideology”. He uses Valentin Voloshinov’s definition of the word to later explore its significance in more depth. Ideology: “The dimension of social experience in which meanings and values are produced”. Furthermore, he continues exploring the first persons that tried to describe deaf people back in the 18th century. He explains that at first these persons, like author John Conrad Amman, one of the first ones to write about speech and how deaf people could learn how to communicate, had many misinterpretations of how deaf people really is and what are they capable to. Commeron continues saying that even thou they used very degrading terms to describe deaf people they were judging them wrongly since most of deaf people grew up without any education. The fact that all these people wrote about them, Cammeron says, it brings this false ideology to our present.…
While watching the film Through Deaf Eyes I found myself generally engaged in all information that was presented to me. One piece of the film that did stick out to me was the way public schools were teaching Deaf children. I was shocked how people could have thought a person who was born Deaf could learn how to speak. The techniques of how educators would place the Deaf students hand on his or her neck to feel the vibrations that were being generated by the speaking persons’ mouth. In return, the educators thought that learning how muscles and vibrations differ within the head and neck region when sound is made can somehow teach a Deaf…
“Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.(“Brainy Quote)” -Confucious. The unique heritage of hard of hearing culture is very affluent and astonishing. Understanding the desires of others wanting to learn about the history behind the hearing impaired will come across critical events like the “Deaf President Now” movement that essentially granted Gallaudet University its first ever deaf president, learn about the expansion of personal hearing assistive technology past and present, read about the vicious segregation in schools for the deaf, and learn about the thousands of historical figures that were hard of hearing.…
There are, of course, Deaf people who produce masterpieces in English that would compare to many other great American writers. However, the real fascination lies with the other side of Deaf Literature. This comes from the so-called “oral” tradition of the culture. This term is used to describe ASL literature that is passed down from generation to generation through signing. It’s not that the opportunity to write it wasn’t around, but that in doing so some of the content will be lost in translation. This is because ASL and English are two different languages. In the ASL class, I learned about this difference. However, I did not entirely understand it until reading the book. More specifically the section on ASL autobiographies and…
This book did teach me a lot about the way the deaf community is viewed and how…
We are faced with questions everyday, but it's the choices you make that can affect the outcome of an event. If faced with the question to choose to be deaf in one ear or only use the internet once per week. After going through the pros and cons of being deaf in one ear or only using the internet for an hour a week, I would choose to be deaf in one ear. Being deaf in one ear would mean who would still have your hearing and full use of the internet and staying connected to the world.…
Art involving Deaf Visual and Image Art is known as De’VIA. De’VIA was an art movement inspired by deaf artists to “come out of the closet” during the early 1980s and late 1990s (Miller 303). To come out of the closet is to show pride in being deaf, instead of hiding their deafness or trying to imitate the hearing. Deaf people have a history comprise of discrimination, being ignored and oppressed by the hearing world. Thus, through their art they are able to represent their experience, culture and struggles; all of which offers a glimpse into their respective worlds and to open up our understanding of their life. Betty G. Miller and Chuck Baird are two deaf artists well known during the De’VIA movement. Their artworks conveyed how the world is seen through the deaf perception.…