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Valerie Sutton Date: Sat Nov 24, 2001 1:53 am Subject: Question from a researcher... | |
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SignWriting List November 23, 2001 QUESTION: >In my search on the internet I'm been unsuccessful in locating data regarding >how and where you made the leap from Dance Writing to Sign Writing. We are >curious to know your background, are members deaf, are you a CODA or is this >area something that holds a fascination for you? ANSWER: I have no deafness in my family, and I am not a native signer. I do sign, since I used to work full time with Deaf people. I have worked with SignWriting since 1974. At one point I had 10 native signers working as consultants to my nonprofit organization, and at that time I was pretty fluent in ASL. The group became known as the "DAC" or the Deaf Action Committee For SignWriting, taking that name in 1988. But I am a movement notator, and I started writing signed languages before I could sign, because I was asked to record body movement, at the University of Copenhagen in Denmark in 1974. I then made SignWriting my life's work, after meeting Deaf people at the University of Copenhagen. Half the world was against me in the beginning, but now SignWriting is used in 27 countries by small groups of people...and I have no complaints! I feel very fortunate that people are trying to write their signed languages. I feel it is important for the world that the richness of signed languages are preserved and respected. There is quite an extensive history written on the web. Here are some pages to visit: SignWriting History Archives https://www.SignWriting.org/library/history/history.html 1. 1966-1974 DanceWriting Begins Precursor to SignWriting https://www.SignWriting.org/library/history/hist002.html 2. 1974-1978 SignWriting Begins In Denmark The Early Years https://www.SignWriting.org/library/history/hist003.html 3. 1975-1980 SignWriting Begins In USA MIT, NTD, NSSLRT, NTID https://www.SignWriting.org/library/history/hist004.html 4. 1981-1984 SignWriter Newspaper Native Signers Begin Writing https://www.SignWriting.org/library/history/hist005.html 7. 1974-1998 How SignWriting Has Changed The Evolution of Writing Styles https://www.SignWriting.org/library/history/hist008.html 12. 25 years of writing movement Valerie Sutton's Autobiography ....the inventor shares her dreams... https://www.SignWriting.org/library/history/hist011.html Regarding Deaf members of the DAC, who have worked with me in the past: Deaf Action Committee https://www.SignWriting.org/usa/usa000.html Deaf Opinions on SignWriting https://www.SignWriting.org/deaf/deaf.html I hope this information is useful! -- Val ;-) Valerie Sutton ....visit the... SignWritingSite https://www.SignWriting.org Read & Write Sign Languages SignBankSite https://www.SignBank.org Sign Language Dictionaries DanceWritingSite https://www.DanceWriting.org Read & Write Dance MovementWritingSite https://www.MovementWriting.org Read & Write Movement & Gesture Deaf Action Committee for SignWriting Center For Sutton Movement Writing an educational nonprofit organization Box 517, La Jolla, CA, 92038-0517, USA tel: 858-456-0098....fax: 858-456-0020 |
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