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Denny Lancaster Date: Mon May 7, 2001 10:28 pm Subject: Blind Boys Of Alabama | ||||||||
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Thought our list may enjoy the gospel sining of the group "Blind Boys of Alabama" who will be on the Dave Letterman show tonight in our area. I have heard them in several recording and practice sessions after delivering assistive computers in the Talledega, Alabama area. Their joyous pure sound will bring you to gates of heaven. Denny Lancaster "Judy A. Kegl" wrote: > Hi, Stefan, > > Clever, clever, clever --- I am impressed, and I think our students will be, > as well. > > -- James > ---------- > >From: Stefan Woehrmann2 > >To: SignWriting List > >Subject: Re: SignWriting and Deaf culture ; collection of SW stories > >Date: Mon, May 7, 2001, 6:57 PM > > > > >Hi James , > > > >I was very surprised to see item # 6 on your wonderfull list. > > > >"6) The Mouse and the Lion: lion spares mouse; later, mouse frees lion > >from > >net. Was Aesop involved in this?? Anyway, this is one of those > >cross-cultural animal morality fables good anywhere. Moral: watch your step > >in the bush. " > > > >It is La Fontaine - who wrote this fable ;-) Aesop as well ??? > > > >Nevertheless I ¶ very interested to look at your Nicaraguan Sign Language > >version - > >Do you know our Signed German Version (LBG) which is posted on our homepage > > > >https://www.gebaerdenschrift.de/school/loewe%20und%20maus/01_loewe.htm > > > > > >All the best > > > >Stefan ;-) > > > > > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: Judy A. Kegl > >To: > >Sent: Monday, May 07, 2001 5:39 PM > >Subject: Re: SignWriting and Deaf culture > > > > > >> Thank you, Valerie, for your kind remarks regarding the collection of SW > >> stories we just assembled for the students in Nicaragua. There are 19 > >> items, out of some 30 or 40 texts that we have prepared. (The next > >> collection will be prepared in the fall.) Since we are talking about > >> cultural issues, I will list the 19 for whatever inspirational value they > >> might have for the members on this list: > >> > >> 1) The Nicaraguan national anthem (adapted, of course, into the grammar > >and > >> syntax of Nicaraguan Sign Language) > >> > >> 2) La Cucuracha -- yes, it is a song, but music, like poetry, can be > >> adapted to sign -- and it is a lot of fun, anyhow > >> > >> 3) Olmo and the blue butterfly: appears to be set in San Francisco, > >deals > >> with multiple forms of urban transportation from skateboards to rocket > >> travel > >> > >> 4) Caps for Sale: about a peddler and monkeys, presumably set in small > >town > >> Europe, although when you think about it, one is much more likely to > >> encounter peddlers and monkeys in Nicaragua > >> > >> 5) Three Little Pigs: some students in our class actually live in stick > >> and straw houses, No wolves, though > >> > >> 6) The Mouse and the Lion: lion spares mouse; later, mouse frees lion > >from > >> net. Was Aesop involved in this?? Anyway, this is one of those > >> cross-cultural animal morality fables good anywhere. Moral: watch your > >step > >> in the bush. > >> > >> 7) If You Give a Mouse a Cookie -- definitely a well-off, industrialized > >> country mouse, although Nicaraguan children like to draw with crayons, > >too. > >> The format is full of conditionals, which are presented somewhat > >differently > >> in Nicaraguan Sign Language. We like the grammar lesson. > >> > >> 8) The Story of Babar, King of the Elephants -- okay, this is steeped in > >> early twentieth century French colonial philosophy: savages encounter > >> Western Civilization, then undergo transformation as old ways are > >abandoned. > >> You just can't get more politically incorrect than this. The older Deaf > >> students immediately recognize the parallel with their own lives > >> (languageless waifs enter school, exit refined.) If this story keeps one > >> student from chomping on poison mushrooms, then it was all worth it. > >> > >> 9) I Want My Banana: monkeys, snakes, tigers and bananas: this story > >good > >> BE in Nicaragua (except for the hyena) > >> > >> 10) David and Goliath: underdog tramples giant, i.e., Sandino holds U.S. > >> Marines at bay (and you thought this was about a little Jewish kid) > >> > >> 11) Pirate Queens: a women's lib story: female pirates attempt to save > >> ship while drunken macho males play poker below deck. Not wishing to be > >> insulting to Nicaraguan masculinity, but, gee, sounds like day-to-day life > >> here. Moreover, Bluefields was a hangout for pirates way back when. > >> > >> 12) Louis Pasteur: French doctor fights rabies. The doctor was a white > >> guy, but germs don't notice such distinctions, and Deaf kids in Nicaragua > >> need to know about vaccinations, too. > >> > >> 13/14/15) The Trojan War/Odysseus and the Cyclops/Odysseus and the Cattle > >> of the Sun: The Trojan War is about a military strategy. I have never > >seen > >> a one-eyed cannibalistic giant in Nicaragua, but I have serious doubts the > >> Greeks encountered any, either. For those who do not know the cattle > >story, > >> the Greeks, confronting starvation, cook a cow belonging to the sun god. > >> They tried fishing, but as a little joke Zeus wouldn't let them catch > >> anything. Infuriated by the sacrilege (eating a god's cow), Zeus drowns > >> them all, save Odysseus. Great wrath of the gods stuff -- lots of insight > >> into Greek theology. Why deny this to a child because he was born 3,000 > >> years later on the other side of the Atlantic? > >> > >> 16) The Spirit of St. Louis: probably the best story about work > >exhaustion > >> ever, and a terrific geography lesson to boot. On his next trip, by the > >> way, Lindy headed south, overflying Nicaragua due to the ongoing civil > >> hostilities below. > >> > >> 17) Nicaragua is White: Meteorologist predicts snow; Somoza declares > >> holiday and orders parade on the eventful day; winter clad soldiers and > >> schoolchildren collapse while marching under Managuan sun. We performed > >> this satire as a school play after a group in England donated winter > >> clothing for our students -- just goes to show anything can be put to good > >> use. > >> > >> 18) The Flying Frog: boastful frog claims he can fly, then persuades > >ducks > >> to carry him aloft -- things go quite well until ducks get cocky. The > >claim > >> is that this is an old Nicaraguan indigenous folktale, but this plot could > >> come from anywhere. > >> > >> 19) Tailypo -- an African-American folktale, more of the ghost tale genre. > >> Hermit eats tail from animal unknown, which later exacts vengeance. Half > >> our students are of African descent, and all of them are Americans. > >> > >> > >> As you can see, not one of these stories features a Deaf protagonist or > >> villain. But, I don't see anything culturally insensitive in any of this. > >> What would be really culturally insensitive and really "politically > >> incorrect" would be to have these translations and adaptations prepared > >> entirely by non-native signers. You would end up with a pidgin. > >> > >> -- James Shepard-Kegl > >> -- Denny Lancaster "May the force be with you, for the truth is out there!" 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