Dear all,
We hope this message finds you well. The fifth anniversary of the WOCAL workshop on African sign languages, organized by the HANDS!Lab at Leiden University is coming closer! From June 7-12, we will have a daily online panel with almost 30 talks in total, on a variety of topics related to African SLs, such as lexical variation, narratives, songs, and sign language technology. Participation is free for participants in the global south.
http://sign.wocal.net/wocal10-workshop/Look
here for our program. The general WOCAL also has two keynotes on African sign languages, by Woinshet Girma (Addis Ababa University) and Anna Marie Diagne (Université Cheikh Anta Diop).
Please share with anyone interested. The event will be accessible in International Sign and English and/or French.
We hope to see you there!
greetings, the WOCAL SL team
Anique Schüller
Hope Morgan
Lisa van der Mark
Manolis Fragkiadakis
Mariana Martins
Marco Nyarko
Marta Morgado
Nargess Asghari
Timothy Mac Hadjah
WOCAL SL committee:
Evans Namasaka Burichani
Yede Sanogo
Yves Beosso
Hope Morgan
Dear all,We hope this message finds you well. The fifth anniversary of the WOCAL workshop on African sign languages, organized by the HANDS!Lab at Leiden University is coming closer! From June 7-12, we will have a daily online panel with almost 30 talks in total, on a variety of topics related to African SLs, such as lexical variation, narratives, songs, and sign language technology. Participation is free for participants in the global south. http://sign.wocal.net/wocal10-workshop/Look here for our program. The general WOCAL also has two keynotes on African sign languages, by Woinshet Girma (Addis Ababa University) and Anna Marie Diagne (Université Cheikh Anta Diop).The workshop will close with the HANDS!Festival presenting deaf artists and their work from Senegal, Ghana, Côte d'Ivoire, Ethiopia, and South Africa. Also, it will feature the winning contributions of the visual vernacular story telling competition:https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/2021/06/hands-festival-2021-on-african-sign-languages-and-deaf-studiesPlease share with anyone interested. The event will be accessible in International Sign and English and/or French.We hope to see you there!greetings, the WOCAL SL teamAnique SchüllerHope MorganLisa van der MarkManolis FragkiadakisMariana MartinsMarco NyarkoMarta MorgadoNargess AsghariTimothy Mac HadjahWOCAL SL committee:Evans Namasaka BurichaniYede SanogoYves BeossoHope Morgan