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This is pretty interesting. See if you can figure out what is going on...

I have four videos from ASL study group this week. Let me know any sweet anthropological/communication theory observations or questions you have.

Robert and Chris

(no idea what they are discussing... I can only catch little blips of phrases)

Alison and Sinh

(discussing their siblings)

Dwayne and Chris

(at first they are talking about girls, I think, then about shoes?)

Chris and Sinh, Robert and Dwayne

(the content is unimportant to me, I was trying to show the bigger picture here)


I'm assuming you all can tell who is hearing from who is Deaf... can you?

it's been a while

Interpretation to come later...

Deaf Conference at Swarthmore College

ugh. first to dark, now too light... heh

So I forgot to mention this last vlog, but I went to this sweet Deaf conference at Swarthmore College the other weekend. My buddy Jesse (deafie from Penn State) went with me, and it was just awesome. It was so good! They basically split up the lectures into two parts: the first was dedicated to research on sing language- on different language forms around the world and on the development (and fading) of sign languages as times change and technology flourishes; the second part focused on Deaf cultural aspects, also around the world- Deaf cultures, problems they face in nonindustrial societies, struggles... SO cool. VERY anthrpological, I tell you! (Jesse says I'm not too shabby in the signing game. He explained that expressive skills in general are more important in communication than the actual knowledge and use of accurate vocabulary and grammar and shit, so that makes me happy! but I know I need to practice, and I should take a class...)
So I made this at 2am, and I was just out of the shower with a wet head, which wouldn't stay out of the way. I didn't finish all the homework I wanted to get done, but I was tired and the bed was calling.
I am beginning to notice that all of them get cut off at the end, so I'll just leave 5 seconds at the end of the taping for a buffer.

The Price of Reading...

bear with me. I was WAY too tired to go find a desk lamp to sit in front of. That was the best I could do with the energy I had left. You rock if you can understand at all because I am having trouble seeing what I saying. (plug for Hilari Scarl's "See What I'm Saying" documentary about Deaf entertainers! )

Here's what I think I got...
It's around midnight and I just woke up from a nap, but I still have more work to do, so I'm gonna wake up at 6am to do that (which never happened). I complain about how all my anthropology teachers load us up with tons of reading, which can be very time consuming and draining. Then there is a little moment where Sravanthi (my roommate/camera person) tells me to look into the camera more because my eyes are all over the place, but I told her I didn't even care (cranky because I'm tired). In the end, you can't even see my face in the dark, so it doesn't matter :-P.