DEAF CULTURE 2 MOD. 1

This course follows the common path for the degree in Languages, Civilizations and Language Sciences and aims to provide students with a continuous understanding of the most current featurs of the deaf community in parallel with the first methodological technique on social research in this compound.
The aim of the course is to deepen the knowledge of the Italian Deaf culture and community through interaction within the community.
The course aims to encourage the students to activate their observational skills and to promote their curiosity and their participation in the many cultural and artistic experiences of the Deaf Community.

1. Knowledge and understanding

The student knows the methodological bases of the socio-anthropological qualitative research and knows how to adapt them to the specific characteristics of the Deaf Culture and Sign Language.
The student knows the history of the Education of the Deaf and the organization of the Deaf Community by identifing the historical and social components through the testimonies of those who live in it.
The student recognizes the various cultural and sociolinguistic peculiarities observing the differents artistic expressions of the Deaf Community

2. Applying knowledge and understanding

The student is able to apply the methodological knowledge gained during the course, to the expected group research activities.
The student is able to apply the acquired cultural and sociolinguistic knowledge while meeting the Deaf community and in the interaction of peers and teachers.

3. Making judgements:

The student will be able to analyze the social and cultural components of Deafness, starting from the life stories of community members and people who interact with the Community, activating a critical reflection and elaboration of contemporary events.

4. Communication skills:

The student is able to analyze and expose with appropriate terminology and critical arguments, the main events of the Deaf Community at a local and international level, through the interviews with members of the Community.
The studenti is able to argument critically and respectfully with the peers and the teacher.

5. Learning skills:

The student is able to take notes.
The student is able to consult the references in the syllabus and related articles and search for new electronic resources related to the Deaf Culture.
The student is able to apply these skills to subsequent studies to stay up to date and connected to the Deaf community

The student is required to have passed the course of Deaf Culture 1

• The social construction of Deafness
• The Deaf Community as a linguistic minority and the right to use and promote the Italian Sign Language
• Metodologocial bases ot the reasearch in the scio anthropological domain
• Legislative references of the Deaf Community
• The concept of Audism within and outside the Deaf
• Collective identity and Deaf Identity
• The definition of Deaf Culture starting from the concept of Deafhood and Deaf Gain
• The struggles for the emancipation of the national and international Deaf community
• At the edge of the Deaf community: CODAs – Children of Deaf Adults
• Professionals working with the Deaf Community in the educational settings
• Analysis of the different artistic expressions typical of the national and international Deaf Communities like visual arts, poetry, storytelling, theater and movies.

- Berger L.P., Luckmann T., La realtà come costruzione sociale, Bologna: Il Mulino, 1969, cap. 1-2
- Marziale B., Volterra V. (a cura di), Lingua dei segni, società e diritti, Roma: Carocci editore, 2016 cap. 4-5-6

- Sacks O., Vedere voci, Milano: Adelphi, 1990 ed edizioni seguenti. - III parte

- Russo Cardona T., Volterra V. (a cura di), Le lingue dei segni. Storia e Semiotica, cap. 5.
- Palazzo D., Il mio cammino verso la comunità sorda", Bari: La Matrice, 2014.
- Cortometraggio "A silent child" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GbxFIVQv8c
One choice between:
x Grazioso C., Diversa figlia di diversi, , Napoli, Lettere Diverse, 1999.
x Poulain V., Un diverso sentire, Milano, Corbaccio, 2015
x Cecchinelli T. "Peccato, io non sono sorda" Erga Edizioni - 2019

Other articles and material will be available online.

ADDITIONAL TEXTS FOR NON-ATTENDING STUDENTS
 (send and e-mail to the teacher to have more information)

- Film "Nel paese dei sordi" di Nicolas Philibert, 1992, (https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1252&v=HkQ6D8fQoO8&feature=emb_logo )

The examination involves two parts: i) 1) the presentation of a group research work consisting in the deepening of a topic chosen and agreed with the teacher and concerning the academic program, this work will be presented in class and sent previously to the teacher, ii) an oral examination aiming at verifying the understanding of the required books, the contents discussed during the course and the ability to express the logical connections between the various experiences lived by the members of the Deaf Community.
The final score will be composed for 1/2 by the result of the group work and for 1/2 by the result of the oral part.

Lectures and use of audiovisual materials.

Italian

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