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Val Forbes Date: Mon Jan 11, 1999 12:24 am Subject: Introducing myself | |
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Hello! I'm the librarian for deaf studies at La Trobe University in Melbourne, Australia, which also has the National Institute for Deaf Studies and Sign Language Research. I am interested in learning more about signwriting, both for myself and in my role as contact person for the deaf community at the University. I have been learning Auslan, the Australian Sign Language, for a little over a year now, and found one of the most difficult things to do in class, especially at the beginning, was to describe what the hands are practicing, and writing at the same time!! Some of my notes are very strange indeed. However, I eventiually developed a little database (using Microsoft Works) of signs, descriptions including handshapes, alternative signs, and so on, which can then be searched by English word or handshape. One day I may get around to putting up a few examples on my web page for Deaf Studies. The address is: https://www.lib.latrobe.edu.au:80/refsubj/DEAFSTUD.HTM I do look forward to reading more about SignWriting, and was also very interested in the comment about sign language being beautiful. I did ballet for a number of years and I think that helped me see and appreciate the beauty and meaning in shapes made by signers, and also the facial expressions, which are so essential in the theatre arts too. Regards, Val Forbes Valerie Forbes Borchardt Library Humanities & Social Sciences Team Latrobe University Bundoora, Vic. Australia tel: (03) 9479-3826 TTY: (03) 9479-1803 fax: (03) 9471-0993 My web pages of recommended sites for: Cinema and Media Studies: https://www.lib.latrobe.edu.au:80/refsubj/CINEMEDI.HTM Deaf Studies: https://www.lib.latrobe.edu.au:80/refsubj/DEAFSTUD.HTM Languages & Cultures: https://www.lib.latrobe.edu.au:80/refsubj/EUROPE.HTM |
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