This project focused on how deaf people are known through translation from the perspective of deaf signers, sign language interpreters and hearing professionals, with a follow-on project where deaf-artists-in-residence explored and created visual arts representations of “The Translated Deaf Self” in diverse contexts where in everyday life this is encountered.

Vlog + blog:

Project updates:

May 2018: https://lifeinlincs.org/?p=2118

January 2017: https://lifeinlincs.org/?p=2118

August 2016: https://lifeinlincs.org/?p=1968

March 2016: https://lifeinlincs.org/?p=1513

Publications:

Young, A., Napier, J., & Oram, R. (2020). The translated deaf self, ontological (in)security and deaf culture. The Translator, 25(4), 349-368.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/13556509.2020.1734165?needAccess=true

Napier, J., Skinner, R., Young, A., & Oram, R. (2020). Mediating identities: Sign language interpreter perceptions on trust and representation. Journal of Applied Linguistics & Professional Practice, 14(1), 75-95. 2017 edition.https://journal.equinoxpub.com/JALPP/article/view/17494/19928

Napier, J., Young, A., Oram, R. & Skinner, R. (2019). “When I speak people look at me”: British deaf signers’ use of bimodal translanguaging strategies and the representation of identities. Journal of Translation and Translanguaging in Multilingual Contexts, 5(2), 95-120.https://benjamins.com/catalog/getpdf?uuid=b81bd291-82cc-4c20-9bd2-9182cc5c20a5&href=%2Fttmc%2Fttmc.5.2%2Fttmc.00027.nap%2Fttmc.00027.nap.pdf

Young, A., Oram, R. & Napier, J. (2019). Hearing people perceiving Deaf people through sign language interpreters at work: on the loss of self through interpreted communication. Journal of Applied Communication Research, 47(1), 90-110.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/00909882.2019.1574018?needAccess=true