Deafhood: Journey of the Deaf (ASLD 1220)
This course builds on ASLD 1120 Introduction to Deaf Culture and Community. Students will go deeper into the richness of the local, regional and global Deaf community. The course focuses on reframing the historical, cultural, and linguistic reality of Deaf people in the world. Students will be able to identify and counter society’s deficit perspective. Key elements of signed languages, diversity, identities, Deaf and ASL literature, art and sports are explored.
Course code: ASLD 1220
Credits: 3.0
Tuition: $0
Length: 45.0 hours
Course outline:
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Prerequisites
ASLD 1120.
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- The Deaf community as a linguistic and cultural minority
Shared values, norms, traditions
Community goals and advocacy
Creative arts and literature - Perspectives on being Deaf
Deafhood as cultural identity
Pathways, shared and individual journeys to Deafhood
Medicalized/pathological perspectives – Deafhood as disability - Social structures within the Deaf community in Canada
Informal group, family, social connections and activities
Formal organizations (e.g., sport, advocacy, education)
Local, regional, national and international structures and associations - Diversity within the Deaf community
Intersectional identities (e.g., race, religion, sexual orientation, gender identities)
Identities within Deafhood (Hard of hearing; Deafblind, late-deafened)
Other social factors (family, class, education, employment) - Visual-gestural language
Principles of visual-gestural languages (contrasted with spoken-auditory languages)
Overview of grammar, syntactical structures, pragmatic norms and literary forms of visual-gestural languages
ASL, LSQ and ISL use in Canada - Identify key elements of ASL and Deaf literature, arts as resistance and cultural identity.
DeVia art
Deaf Literature
ASL Literature
Films and Theatre
Sports
This course is offered as part of a VCC program only.
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