Event Description
How much does understanding matter when communicating across diverse languages and contexts? In International Sign (IS)—a translingual form of communication used by deaf people across national sign language borders—understanding is a constant negotiation. An ethnographic film bring to life the moments where deaf people grapple with IS at international events, highlighting the real dilemmas that arise when participants have different fluency levels and varying expectations of what it means to understand something.
Event Speaker
Annelies Kusters, Professor of Sociolinguistics at Heriot-Watt University,
Event Information
Free and open to the public. No registration required, however outside guests must email Rosalind Morris at [email protected] at least 36 hours before the event to ensure campus access. For more information, please visit the event webpage.
Hosted by the Department of Anthropology at Columbia University.
