Interpreting in the Deaf President Now Protest: An Organizational Overview

Autor/in	Halley, Mark
Titel	Interpreting in the Deaf President Now Protest: An Organizational Overview
Quelle	In: Sign Language Studies, 22 (2022) 3, S.399-429 (31 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0302-1475
Schlagwörter	Deafness; Deaf Interpreting; College Presidents; Universities; Activism; Administrator Characteristics; Trustees; American Sign Language; English; Journalism; Professional Personnel; Social Action; Political Attitudes; Archives; Interviews; Work Experience; Work Attitudes; District of Columbia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Gehörlosigkeit; Taubstummheit; College president; Hochschulpräsident; University; Universität; Aktivismus; Politischer Protest; Treuhandanstalt; English language; Englisch; Journalistik; Journalismus; Personalbestand; Soziales Handeln; Political attitude; Politische Einstellung; Archivwesen; Archiv; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Employment experience; Job experience; Occupational experience; Berufserfahrung; Work attitude; Arbeitshaltung
Abstract	In 1988, members of the American deaf community protested the appointment of a hearing person as the president of Gallaudet University, the world's only university for deaf and hard of hearing students. After a week of protest, the university's board of trustees capitulated and bowed to all the protester's demands. As the protesters engaged in a variety of demonstrations and other public events, they were joined by dozens of American Sign Language/English interpreters, who worked to ensure communication between activists, journalists, members of the university's administration, the police, and others. In this paper, I use a case method approach and analyze archival and interview data to describe the provision of interpreting services in the protest. I employ concepts from social movement studies and contentious politics to contextualize the experiences of the interpreters. Using archival and interview data, I elucidate patterns in their experiences and provide a holistic description of their organization, work, and challenges. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2022/4/11