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On the topic of #NoTalkTISLR started at #TISLR13 (a thread)...
I'm a hearing linguist. "Why did you get into sign languages?" is a question I get. Answer: I wanted to do linguistics, went to Stockholm Uni, got exposed to Swedish SL at the dept, got curious, enrolled in a class, got hooked, and continued parallel linguistics + sign language.
I took my first SSL class in 2007, just a tiny intro, more about structure than learning how to sign. A year later, I enrolled in a full-time class, took two semesters. After that, I was allowed to join a SL linguistics class, taught fully in SSL. I was the only hearing student.
Sign language researchers, students, and geeks worldwide are traveling to Hamburg this week for #TISLR13 (tislr.de). In 2022, #TISLR14 will be in Osaka, and there'll be bids to host #TISLR15 in 2025.
Let's have a conversation about TISLR's carbon footprint? 🌍
Let's have a conversation about TISLR's carbon footprint? 🌍
Discussions about our individual and aggregate contributions to the climate emergency has changed *fast* in just the past several months. There's no reason to think the pace of change, awareness-raising, or pure panic is going to slow down between now and 2022.
It's conceivable that by 2022 that the idea of hundreds of researchers flying to Japan on carbon-spewing jets in order to share scientific research could be considered morally abhorrent.
So, at the upcoming #TISLR13 in Hamburg, let's get ahead of the conversation. 🙋♂️
So, at the upcoming #TISLR13 in Hamburg, let's get ahead of the conversation. 🙋♂️
