[Sw-l] The Science of Sutton SignWriting - Language without sound

[Steve Slevinski]

Hi SignWriting list,

I'm starting the Sutton SignWriting Infrastructure Initiative and I 
could use your help and feedback.
https://steveslevinski.me/#series/sutton-signwriting-infrastructure-initiative/initiative-overview/handout

My new personal website is live and covers a lot of material, some of 
which you may find interesting, and other information you can pass along 
to others.
https://steveslevinski.me

If you have any general feedback, questions, or suggestions, please let 
me know.

I am preparing a new series of presentation for the academic world 
called "The Science of Sutton SignWriting".  The first presentation is 
in it's third revision and feels solid.  I have incorporated two early 
reviewers feedback, reorganized and reframed the idea into a version 
that I think is ready for public review.
https://steveslevinski.me/#series/the-science-of-sutton-signwriting/language-without-sound/handout

     "Language is not tied to sound. Spoken, signed, tactile, and 
written pathways together reveal the modality-independent nature of 
human language. Sutton SignWriting provides a durable written pathway 
for signed language and opens the door to literacy, research, and shared 
infrastructure."

The second presentation is called "The Shape of Writing" and it isn't 
ready yet.

     "Writing is not inherently linear. Some systems compress structure 
into integrated units, some unfold meaning through sequence, and some 
compose meaning spatially across a plane. SignWriting belongs to that 
broader science of writing geometry, and Formal SignWriting shows how 
planar writing can also be encoded computationally."

I believe there is research to be done and we can make it happen 
together.  The benefits will fall to all users of Sutton SignWriting.

I'm preparing the Sutton SignWriting Platform v3 and it will be 
available later this year on https://sutton-signwriting.io

Initially, it will be used to register users and collect demographic 
data.  We will be mapping Universities, schools, groups, individuals 
that use SignWriting and finding faculty, professors, teachers, 
students, classes, books and more.  I am currently porting the 
SignPuddle data and users to the new Sutton SignWriting Platform v3.

I hope everything is going well and I look forward to many more years of 
reading and writing with Sutton SignWriting together with you.

Regards,
-Steve