Workshop: Japanese Sign Language and Deaf Community
Ms. Sagara Keiko is a Deaf researcher visiting Austin, TX from Japan. Her presentation will focus on Japanese Sign Language, the Deaf Community of Japan, and Numeral Systems in Sign Languages around the world. It is open to interpreters, students, and anyone interested in our international Deaf community.
Sagara Keiko is a project assistant professor at the National Museum of Ethnology (Minpaku). Her research is in Sign Language Typology and Historical Linguistics in Sign Language. She is passionate about communication and sign-languages and hopes that by sharing her experiences, her story inspires and has an impact on other Deaf people.
Presented in International Sign Language and Interpreted to ASL
No Voice Interpretation Provided
DATE: Wednesday, July, 26 2017
TIME: 5:30pm-7:30pm
Austin Community College
Riverside Bldg G
1020 Grove Blvd
Austin, Texas 78741
0.2 CEUs RID and BEI
$15 Registration for CEUs
Register at: http://www.deafservicesaustin.org/workshops/japan
Questions? Contact: [email protected]
Info on Keiko and her work:
http://www.minpaku.ac.jp/english/research/activity/organization/staff/sagara/index
TSID is an approved RID Sponsor for Continuing Education Activities. This Professional Studies (PS) program is offered for 0.2 CEUs at the “Some Content” knowledge level.