Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Introduction
Part 1: Gatherings
1: The Emergence of International Deaf Spaces in France from Desloges 1779 to the Paris Congress of 1900
2: A Global Stage: Sign Language Artistic Production and Festivals in International Contexts
3: The World Federation of the Deaf Youth Camp in Durban: An Opportunity for Learning, Networking, and Empowerment
4: Deaf Jewish Space and DEAF-SAME: The International Conferences of Deaf Jews in the Twentieth Century
5: Deaf Transnational Gatherings at the Turn of the Twenty-First Century and Some Afterthoughts
Part 2: Language
6: The Paradox of International Sign: The Importance of Deaf-Hearing Encounters for Deaf-Deaf Communication across Sign Language Borders
7: One Language, or Maybe Two: Direct Communication, Understanding, and Informal Interpreting in International Deaf Encounters
8: Challenging Sign Language Lineages and Geographies: the Case of Eritrean, Finnish, and Swedish Sign Languages
9: Signed Language Sovereignties in Viet Nam: Deaf Community Responses to ASL-Based Tourism
10: Social Media Practices of Deaf Youth in Turkey: Emerging Mobilities and Language Choice
Part 3: Projects
11: Andrew Foster Touches Eternity: From Nigeria to Fiji
12: Exploring the Contours of DEAF-SAME Kinship Bonds and Mutuality in United Methodist Short-Term Missions
13: A Deaf Leadership Program in Nigeria: Notes on a Complicated Endeavor
14: Sign Language Recognition: Tensions between Specificity and Universalism in International Deaf Discourses
15: Implementing the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Supporting the Deaf Community in Chile through Legal Expertise
Part 4: Networks
16: A Deaf Diaspora? Imaging Deaf Worlds Across and Beyond Nations
17: SAME-SAME but Different: Tourism and the Deaf Global Circuit in Cambodia
18: The Role of Regional, National, and Trasnational Influences in the Creation of Strong Deaf Activist Networks in Uruguay
19: International Deaf Space in Social Media: The Deaf Experience in the United States
Part 5: Visions
20: Deaf International Development Practitioners and Researchers Working Effectively in Deaf Communities
21: Changing the World (or Not): Reflecting on Interactions in the Global South during the Frontrunners Program
22: "My Deaf Is Not Your Deaf": Realizing Intersectional Realities at Gallaudet University
23: Global Deafhood: Exploring Myths and Realities
Afterword: It's a Small World?
Contributors
Index