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Location
Phyllis J. Washington College of Education, ALI Auditorium
Start Date
20-6-2022 1:00 PM
End Date
20-6-2022 2:00 PM
Description
One of the latest language documentation innovations is the launch of Indigenous Hands (iHands) SignApp - a product of years of documenting indigenous signed languages in Africa, through community collaboration. Indigenous Hands was born out of the need to bridge the communication gap between deaf children and their families and to create early sign language access for deaf children born in isolated deaf communities. This presentation discusses the unique experiences I had with community collaboration and teamwork in documenting diverse signed languages in Africa, that led to the creation of Indigenous Hands SignApp, explores the functionalities of the app, and highlights how each community responds to language documentation.
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Recommended Citation
Asonye, Emma, "Community Collaboration in Documenting Indigenous Sign Languages in Africa" (2023). CoLang 2022 Plenary Sessions. 1.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/colang2022_plenaries/1