[Slling-l] Call for Abstracts - RECOGNIZING SIGN LANGUAGES

[Aurélia Nana Gassa Gonga]

Dear colleague,

I know the deadline is over. However, I was wondering is France et is
represented ?

Warmest wishes,

Aurelia Nana Gassa Gonga,
French Sign Language Interpreter,
Linguistics PhD student,
Envoyé depuis un mobile Sony

Le 31 janv. 2017 13:51, "Maartje De Meulder" <maartje.demeulder at verbeeld.be>
a écrit :

> *CALL FOR ABSTRACTS FOR AN EDITED VOLUME*
>
> *Deadline: 6 March 2017*
>
> *RECOGNIZING SIGN LANGUAGES: **AN INTERNATIONAL OVERVIEW OF NATIONAL
> CAMPAIGNS FOR SIGN LANGUAGE LEGISLATION AND THEIR OUTCOMES*
>
> *Maartje De Meulder, Joseph J. Murray and Rachel McKee, editors*
>
> Over the past two decades, deaf communities around the world have
> mobilized for the legal recognition of their sign languages in national
> laws. Today, over 30 countries have some form of legal recognition of their
> sign languages and deaf communities in other countries continue to campaign
> for such recognition. Forms of recognition vary from explicit recognition
> via constitutional amendment or independent language laws to implicit
> recognition embedded in other legislation, such as disability access
> legislation. The content of these laws vary as well, with some giving the
> language official status whereas others are twinned with access measures.
> In some countries, deaf community members and policy makers have begun
> evaluating the outcomes of this legislation, measured against deaf
> community goals and the experience of other language groups. There is a
> need for a comprehensive overview of the type and impact of different
> national laws on sign language, as well as the campaigns leading up to
> these laws.
>
> This edited collection surveys national advocacy campaigns for the legal
> recognition of sign languages around the world and the legislation which
> sometimes resulted from these campaigns. Each chapter will focus on a
> country’s campaign, its outcomes in terms of the type of sign language
> legislation achieved versus desired outcomes and deaf community
> expectations for this legislation. Chapters will cover strategies used in
> achieving passage of this legislation, including alliance building and
> negotiations with governments and other stakeholders, as well an account of
> barriers confronted in the legislative process and how these were or were
> not overcome. The legislation will be summarized and chapters will look at
> the work undertaken in the implementation of the law, including language
> promotion bodies and the policy-making processes post-passage. This
> includes evaluation of the success of the legislation vis-à-vis deaf
> community goals. Chapters will set sign language laws within their national
> settings, with reference to the language policies and the status of other
> minority languages of that country.
>
> Since this volume looks at deaf community mobilizations towards
> legislative goals, we encourage contributions from those who worked on sign
> language recognition campaigns and those with critical insight on
> post-legislative implementation and evaluation. We invite submissions both
> from cases where legislation was passed and from cases where legislation is
> stalled or pending. In this last case, we invite further discussion of the
> reasons for this situation and possible strategies going forward. The
> editors look positively on submissions inclusive of deaf researchers and/or
> deaf people who were involved in the campaigns.
>
> Potential contributors should send a one paragraph abstract (max. 200
> words) and a three-sentence biography (including previous publications
> relevant to the book) to maartje.demeulder at unamur.be by *March 6, 2017.*
>
> Contributors will be notified of acceptance of their proposals by March
> 31, 201.
>
> First draft of chapters will be due for editorial review on September 30,
> 2017.
>
>  *Each chapter* should follow a similar template and include information
> about:
>
>
>
>    - Explicit and implicit language policies of the country.
>    - Legal status of other languages used in the country.
>    - Factors influencing the decision to advocate for a sign language
>    law. Why did the deaf community coalesce around this goal?  What
>    national and/or extra-national factors influenced the decision to make this
>    a priority?
>    - Campaigners: who were the core campaigners
>    - Timeline of the campaign (to date).
>    -  Desired outcomes of the campaign.  What did campaigners want to see
>    from the legislation: official recognition, increased access, right to sign
>    language acquisition in education, or other
>    - What sort of legislation did the campaigners seek to accomplish
>    their goals? (constitutional, independent legislation, legislation as part
>    of language act, or disability legislation (cf. De Meulder 2015)?  How
>    was this determined
>    -  Arguments used for sign language legislation: why was recognition
>    needed, how was this justified to policymakers and how was “success”
>    measured by the campaigners?
>    - Strategies used to achieve these outcomes: top-down or bottom-up or
>    both, who was involved, negotiations with government, involvement of deaf
>    community outside the national association, other stakeholders (other
>    language groups).
>    - Did campaigners draw on a disability model, a language rights model,
>    a deaf cultural minority model or other frames in their arguments to
>    policymakers?
>    - Discussion of the various barriers confronted during the campaign
>    (and what worked well).
>
>
>  *For chapters with passed legislation:*
>
>
>    - Factors which enabled passage. Was coalition building important and
>    if so, with whom? Was the country itself open to minority languages or was
>    it a disability paradigm which enabled passage?
>    - Brief explanation of the law itself in lay language.  (If links are
>    available to the actual legislation please send these to the editors for
>    possible inclusion in online materials).
>    - Did the final legislation meet the expectations of campaigners and
>    the deaf community?  If not, what was missing and why (if not answered
>    above).
>    - Implementation: how was this done or how is this planned to take
>    place (with specific attention to the working of sign language boards and
>    councils)? What are the challenges/problems?
>    - If applicable: is there any plan to amend/improve the legislation?
>
>
> *For chapters with legislation stalled or pending:*
>
>
>    - Further discussion of reasons for lack of implementation.
>    - Core campaigners strategy going forward
>
>
>
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