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SIGNS@HWU is a group of researchers who focus on sign language studies and Deaf Studies. We are situated in the Department of Languages and Intercultural Studies, Heriot-Watt University. SIGNS@HWU was established as a cluster of the Centre for Translation and Interpreting Studies in Scotland, to profile the world-leading interdisciplinary research being conducted at Heriot-Watt University.
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Timothy Loh

  • Timothy Y. Loh (hearing, he/him) is an anthropologist of science and technology and a PhD candidate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in History, Anthropology, and Science, Technology and Society (HASTS). His dissertation committee consists of Stefan Helmreich (chair), Michele Friedner, Graham Jones, Amy Moran-Thomas, and Amahl Bishara. He is a visiting scholar at SIGNS@HWU for the month of June 2023.

  • Research interests: intersections of medical and linguistic anthropology; science and technology studies; language ideologies; assistive technologies; Jordan; Middle East; Singapore
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  • Contact: timloh@mit.edu
  • Twitter: @tim_loh
  • Status: Previous
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Projects:

Assistive technologies for deaf people in Jordan
 
Funder for my stay at HWU: Social Science Research Council Singapore
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