"The Global Deaf Circuit: An Entaglement of Deaf Spaces, Networks, and (un)Belonging" by Erin Moriarty @ErinMoriartyH will give us insight in deaf tourism, the search for deaf spaces and creation of a robust signing ecology without barriers. #LLDC_Bern

After the discussion & break we'll continue with John Conama's Dr JBC (sign name “hearing aid”) presentation about "Sense of Community - the Irish Deaf Community". He will present us the results of a study from 2020 about the notion and strength of the irish deaf community belonging. #LLDC_Bern

Kristin Snoddon Kristin Snoddon will present us "Deaf Interpreters and Sign Language Vitality". It includes interesting data from a study of language ideologies related to deaf interpreters, as little is known about deaf interpreter demographics! #LLDC_Bern

The last presentation for today, given by Robert Adam Robert Adam, will cover "Minority Sign Language Contact". He will discuss some outcomes of language planning & language shift in deaf communities, as a result of sign language colonialism and sign language unification. #LLDC_Bern

On day 2 we continue with a presentation by Joseph Hill @jaceyhill about "Black ASL: Racism and Audism as the Origins of Variation". He will discuss the intersection of racism & audism and the influences on the formation & maintenance of Black ASL as a language variety.#LLDC_Bern

Nick Palfreyman Nick Palfreyman will give his presentation about "The Social Meaning of Sign Language Mouthing in Multilingual Settings". Mouthing as an example of translanguaging has linguistic but also social functions, which have not been explored that much yet! #LLDC_Bern

With the presentation "Calibration" by Annelies Kusters @AnneliesKusters we continue with insights on how signers can adapt to non-(fluent-)signers or people using different regional variants or sign languages - using tools like mouthing but also phone apps. #LLDC_Bern

After the discussion and break we continue with "Access: a Bird's-Eye View", a presentation by Maartje De Meulder Maartje De Meulder. We'll be asked the question, what "access" on an institutional, societal and individual level means, in what context and to which person. #LLDC_Bern

Next is the presentation by Hilde Haualand @hildemh about "The ANT Perspective: Understanding Access with Actor-Network-Theory". It will be discussed what "accessibility" consists of and how disabled people have been victims of inaccessible social & material structures.#LLDC_Bern

Last but not least: Joseph Murray Joseph Murray will talk about the emergence of ASL in the newly renovated Gallaudet University in his presentation on "Butterflies in the City: Deaf People, Sign Languages, and Access in Public Spaces". #LLDC_Bern

We thank everyone who participated in and contributed to the 'Languages and Lives in Deaf Communities' workshop! The Rezearcher @ErinMoriartyH Dr JBC (sign name “hearing aid”) Kristin Snoddon Robert Adam @jaceyhill Nick Palfreyman @AnneliesKusters Maartje De Meulder @hildemh Joseph Murray #LLDC_Bern

🔜Don't miss out on next week's Guest Lecture by Jennifer Smith (University of Glasgow), Mary Robinson (Newcastle University) and Brian Aitken (University of Glasgow)! 📆 Wednesday, 30 November 📍 Unitobler, Lerchenweg 36, room: F013 🕓 16.15 - 17.45 #unibe #CSLS #CSLS_unibe

Looking forward to diving into Data Transcription with future Sociolinguists! 📆 Wednesday, 7 December 📓 'Transcribing and Annotating Sociolinguistic Data' - Prof. Dr. Erez Levon Universität Bern 🕒16.15 - 17.45 📍 UniS 201, Schanzeneckstrasse 1 #workshopcsls #unibern

Looking forward to our first Guest Lecture of the Semester with Innocent Chiluwa! 📆 Wednesday, 8 March 📓 Discourse, digitization and women’s rights groups in Nigeria and Ghana: Examining online campaign discourses Universität Bern 🕒16.15 - 17.45 📍 UniTobler, F-123

We have the honour to welcome Peter Auer for a Workshop on Eye-Tracking: 📆 Wednesday, 15 April 📓 Why EMCA studies need eyetracking Universität Bern 🕒16.15 - 17.45 📍 UniTobler, F-105 Let us know if you'd like to come in and participate!

Right before our short easter break, Cecilia Cutler will give a Guest Lecture for everyone who is interested! 📆 Wednesday, 5 April 📓 Embodied styles and affect in sociolinguistics Universität Bern 🕒16.15 - 17.45 📍 UniTobler, F-123

For the last Guest Lecture of this Semester we're delighted to welcome Elizabeth Lanza ! 📆 Wednesday, 26 April 📓 Family multilingualism in the 21st century Universität Bern 🕒16.15 - 17.45 📍 UniTobler, F-123

For this year's 3-day Master Class we are honoured to welcome Penelope Eckert to the Universität Bern! 📆 Tuesday, 30 May: Workshop 📆 Wednesday, 31 May: Lecture 📆 Thursday, 1 June: Individual Sessions with PhDs and MA students 🕒 please consult our website for times and locations!📍

On the first day of our Master Class event we start off with a workshop where Penelope Eckert will introduce the participants to her own research! 📆 Tuesday, 30 May 📓 tbd Universität Bern 🕒 14.00-17.00 📍 Mittelstrasse 43, room 220

The Lecture which Penelope Eckert will be giving on the second day of our Master Class is open to everyone who is interested: 📆 Thursday, 31 May 📓 tbd Universität Bern 🕒 16.00-18.00 📍 vonRoll, Fabrikstrasse 6, room 003 There will be the end-of-semester Apéro afterwards!