Sutton Movement Writing is 40 years old!

[Marie Alexander]

Dear Valerie,

Here in Malta we are definitely interested.  We hope you will post more 
details on the
history of SignWriting.

Cheers
Marie



On 24/02/2014 18:40, Valerie Sutton wrote:
> SignWriting List
> February 24, 2014
>
> In February 2014, Sutton Movement Writing is 40 years old!
>
> Sutton Movement Writing & Shorthand is a large writing system for 
> recording all body movement. It includes five sections: DanceWriting 
> <http://www.dancewriting.org> for writing dance choreography, 
> SignWriting <http://www.signwriting.org> for writing sign languages, 
> MimeWriting <http://www.movementwriting.org/animation/mime/> for 
> writing classic mime and animated movement, SportsWriting 
> <http://www.movementwriting.org/sports/> for writing sports, and 
> MovementWriting <http://www.movementwriting.org>, for writing 
> scientific studies on gesture analysis.
>
> February 1974 … DanceWriting began officially with the announcement of 
> the first book
> February 1974 … non-profit organization began in Southern California, USA
> October 1974 …  SignWriting, MimeWriting (for classic mime) and 
> MovementWriting began in Denmark
>
> The non-profit organization behind the system was first established in 
> February, 1974, under the name “The Movement Shorthand Society”, in 
> Newport Beach, California. Later the name changed to “The Center for 
> Sutton Movement Writing. It is now located in La Jolla, California, 
> and provides free services to the world on the web.
>
> Are you interested in more history here on the SignWriting List? I am 
> writing our history right now, and I can post more details, but only 
> if you are interested - I can tell you in more detail about the 
> research projects in Denmark and so forth...
>
> Val ;-)
>
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