I've heard the BB of AL sing before when they performed on E-Town, in
Boulder, Colorado. It's a non-profit, nationally syndicated radio
program that promotes ecologically and socially responsible organizations
-- with the added benefit of some really great music. You can check
it out online at www.etown.org.
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 <stefanwoehrmann@HOTMAIL.COM>
> >To: SW-L@ADMIN.HUMBERC.ON.CA
> >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 <kegl@MAINE.RR.COM>
> >To: <SW-L@ADMIN.HUMBERC.ON.CA>
> >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
> >>
--
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