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[Valerie Sutton]

SignWriting List
September 14, 2006

Jorge Miranda from Portugal wrote:
> Olá Valerie,
> Andei a fazer uma pesquisa para o meu projeto de tese de Mestrado  
> em Língua Gestual Portuguesa e Educação de Surdos na Universidade  
> Católica Portuguesa de Lisboa - Portugal e proponho realizar um na  
> área do SignWriting, uma vez que não existe nada sobre o mesmo em  
> Portugal e está mais que na hora de o dar a conhecer aqui em  
> Portugal, e cheguei a uma possível conclusão: porque não deixar de  
> continuar a procurar e avançar com esta proposta de tese tendo como  
> co-orientadora a pessoa mais indicada mais para o ser: Valerie  
> Sutton!!!
> Ninguém mais e melhor do que você para me ajudar com este sistema  
> da escrita a adaptar à Língua Gestual Portuguesa (LGP). Será que  
> você aceita o meu convite? Mas para isso também precisava de saber  
> primeiro se possui algum título académico, isto é, se tirou algum  
> curso superior universitário, se tem grau de mestre (mestrado) ou  
> de doutor (doutoramento), requesitos necessários para a orientação  
> da minha tese de grau de mestre.
>
> Fico à espera da sua resposta.
> Cumprimentos.
> Jorge Miranda


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Hello Jorge!
Thank you for this message. I know there are others on the  
SignWriting List who know Portuguese. So I hope others will help me  
understand your question...

This is my best-guess as to what you said in Portuguese...

I believe Jorge wrote:

Hello Valerie!
I am preparing a research project as a part of my Masters Degree in  
Deaf Education, using Portuguese Sign Language, at the University  
Portuguese Catholic of Lisbon - Portugal, and I am considering using  
SignWriting as a part of my thesis, something that does not exist yet  
in Portugal. I have come to this possible conclusion: that who better  
to teach me to learn SignWriting other than Valerie Sutton, to help  
me adapt it to write Portuguese Sign Language (Língua Portuguese  
Gestual - LGP)? Will you accept my invitation? But first I need to  
know do you (Valerie) possess some academic credentials, that is, are  
you at a university, or do you have a masters degree or a Ph.D, which  
is a necessary pre-requisite for you to be my advisor of my thesis of  
a masters degree. I am to the wait of its reply. Compliments. Jorge  
Miranda


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Hello Jorge!
Now I can answer you. I am here to teach you SignWriting anytime.  
Anyone can ask questions about writing signs in SignWriting and I  
will answer them, plus my non-profit organization here in the USA  
will be happy to donate materials to any school in Portugal if they  
write officially to request the materials. And I can train you to use  
SignWriting over the internet.

But I do not have an academic affiliation. Other people with degrees  
teach my invention in colleges and universities around the world, and  
SignWriting is a profession in its own right. However, I personally  
do not work at any university, nor do I have the position to be an  
advisor of an academic degree. I started my own non-profit  
organization in 1974, and we have spread the word that Sign Languages  
can be written languages, but we all did that without requiring a  
degree from anyone, because reading and writing must be free for  
everyone around the world to use freely, both in and out of schools  
and academic institutions.

And since I am unable to travel, it would be best for you to find  
another person in Brazil or Europe to be your academic advisor.

So I can certainly be your teacher over the internet, but I cannot be  
your academic advisor for your master's degree...

Since Portugual is a part of Europe, perhaps those who run the  
European SignWriting Organization (the ESWO) can find a professor for  
you, to act as your academic advisor. I would suggest writing to:

Dr. Ingvild Roald
ingvild.roald at statped.no
iroald at hotmail.com

or the ESWO
eswo at eswo.eu

or perhaps a professor in Brazil can be your advisor...

Please write to:

Dr. prof. Antônio Carlos da Rocha Costa
rocha at ATLAS.UCPEL.TCHE.BR

Escola de Informática
Universidade Católica de Pelotas
Coordenador do Projeto SignNet
http://sign-net.ucpel.tche.br


I wish you all the best with this, and meanwhile, no matter who  
becomes your academic advisor, I am here to answer your questions  
about writing Portuguese Sign Language anytime...I look forward to it!

We have a Portuguese SignPuddle waiting for you to fill with signs in  
SignWriting!

Go to:

Portuguese SignPuddle
http://signbank.org/signpuddle/sgn-PT/index.php


Val ;-)


Valerie Sutton
Sutton at SignWriting.org

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