36.2101, FYI: Workshop at ISPN 2025: Ethical Principles of Doing Toponymic Research With Deaf Communities (South Africa)

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Subject: 36.2101, FYI: Workshop at ISPN 2025: Ethical Principles of Doing Toponymic Research With Deaf Communities (South Africa)

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Date: 04-Jul-2025
From: Chrismi Loth [kongresETFB at ufs.ac.za]
Subject: Workshop at ISPN 2025: Ethical Principles of Doing Toponymic Research With Deaf Communities


Presenters: Dr Patrick Sibanda and Dr Chrismi Loth (University of the
Free State, South Africa)
26 November
14:00-15:30
R1 000 (or R1 200 for both workshops)
Protea Hotel, Clarens (South Africa)
Face-to-face event
More information:
https://www.ufs.ac.za/conferences/conference/2025-ispn-home
Programme Outline:
The presenters will share and discuss insights developed from a
project on signed toponymy. The session is envisioned as an
interactive session, with the presenters leading the discussion and
attendees sharing insights from their own research, their various
contexts, and their policy knowledge.
1. Introduction:
1.1. Sign language(s)
1.2. D/deafness
1.3. Deaf culture
1.4. Deaf community.
2. Deaf research participants as a vulnerable/marginalised/minority
group vis-à-vis other such
groups.
3. Linguistic-cultural significance of place-name signs.
4. Ethical frameworks used for human research.
5. Basic ethical best practices for research with Deaf participants.
6. Feedback and sharing of knowledge/experiences.

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics
                     Sociolinguistics

Subject Language(s): South African Sign Language (sfs)




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