[Linganth] today on the blog

[Ilana Gershon]

Dear Colleagues,
Today, Timothy Loh interviews Anne Pfister about her new book, *The
Evidence is Life: Deaf Pilgrimages to Language and Community in Mexico
City.*

www.campanthropology.org

Best,
Ilana

Press blurb: Drawing on theories of language socialization and communities
of practice in an ethnographic study of deaf children and their families in
Mexico City, sociolinguistic and medical anthropologist Anne E. Pfister
shows how her participants reject stigmatizing social and biomedical
beliefs about deafness. Grounded in over ten years of ethnographic research
through participant observation, visual methods, and participatory
analysis, *The Evidence Is Life* shares the story of *La Familia López*, a
composite narrative woven from the common themes and experiences of the
deaf individuals and families in Pfister’s study. The story of the López
family is framed as a pilgrimage, through which readers reflect on
participating families’ journeys from confusion to profound transformation.
Moving from a deficit perspective on deafness to discovering the value of
accessible language, the families and children in this study eventually
arrive at a community of belonging. Contextualized through Mexican history
and institutional structures, *The Evidence Is Life* illuminates common
experiences, challenges dominant narratives regarding deafness, and
provides recommendations for families, educators, policymakers, medical
professionals, and advocates working in deaf education.
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