{"id":1924,"date":"2018-08-22T14:41:26","date_gmt":"2018-08-22T13:41:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.manchester.ac.uk\/artviatds\/?p=1924"},"modified":"2018-08-29T16:52:58","modified_gmt":"2018-08-29T15:52:58","slug":"1924","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.manchester.ac.uk\/artviatds\/2018\/08\/22\/1924\/","title":{"rendered":"[Post 02] The Translating the Deaf Self project: Where are we now?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section bb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;section&#8221; fullwidth=&#8221;on&#8221; next_background_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.9&#8243; global_module=&#8221;322&#8243;][et_pb_fullwidth_menu global_parent=&#8221;322&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.106&#8243; menu_id=&#8221;7&#8243; submenu_direction=&#8221;downwards&#8221; fullwidth_menu=&#8221;off&#8221; background_layout=&#8221;dark&#8221; module_class=&#8221;main-navigation&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; \/][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section bb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; fullwidth=&#8221;off&#8221; specialty=&#8221;on&#8221; prev_background_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243; next_background_color=&#8221;#1d1d1d&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;2_3&#8243; specialty_columns=&#8221;2&#8243;][et_pb_row_inner locked=&#8221;off&#8221;][et_pb_column_inner type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; saved_specialty_column_type=&#8221;2_3&#8243;][et_pb_post_title _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.106&#8243; title=&#8221;on&#8221; meta=&#8221;on&#8221; author=&#8221;on&#8221; date=&#8221;on&#8221; categories=&#8221;on&#8221; comments=&#8221;on&#8221; featured_image=&#8221;on&#8221; featured_placement=&#8221;above&#8221; text_color=&#8221;dark&#8221; text_background=&#8221;off&#8221; locked=&#8221;on&#8221; parent_locked=&#8221;off&#8221; \/][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.12.1&#8243; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; parent_locked=&#8221;off&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><strong>This entry was originally posted on 16th August 2016 in <a href=\"https:\/\/lifeinlincs.wordpress.com\/2016\/08\/30\/the-translating-the-deaf-self-project-where-are-we-now\/\">LifeinLINCS<\/a>, a blog developed by the Department of Languages and Intercultural Studies at Heriot-Watt University.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>By Zo\u00eb McWhinney and <a href=\"https:\/\/pureapps2.hw.ac.uk\/portal\/en\/persons\/jemina-napier(3aadebae-a415-4063-98f8-f18d8cfdca99).html\"><strong>Jemina Napier<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong>On behalf of the whole Translating the Deaf Self project team<br \/>\nClick\u00a0<u><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/CPjRxOeo-_A\">here\u00a0<\/a><\/u>to see a BSL version of the blog presented by Zo\u00eb.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CPjRxOeo-_A?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>As you may have seen in the <a href=\"https:\/\/lifeinlincs.org\/2016\/03\/08\/translating-the-deaf-self-an-update\/\">earlier blogpost<\/a> in March 2016, members of the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/ctiss.hw.ac.uk\/\">Centre for Translation &amp; Interpreting Studies Scotland<\/a>\u00a0at Heriot-Watt University (<u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hw.ac.uk\/schools\/management-languages\/staff-directory\/jemina-napier.htm\">Jemina Napier\u00a0<\/a><\/u>and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1FP1rIvosjs\">Robert Skinner<\/a>) are working in collaboration with researchers from the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nursing.manchester.ac.uk\/research\/research-groups\/social-research-with-deaf-people\/\">Social Research with Deaf People (SORD)<\/a>\u00a0group at the University of Manchester (<u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.manchester.ac.uk\/research\/Alys.young\/\">Alys Young\u00a0<\/a><\/u>and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nursing.manchester.ac.uk\/staff\/157361\">Rosemary Oram<\/a>) on an 18-month interdisciplinary project funded through the Arts &amp; Humanities Research Council\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ahrc.ac.uk\/research\/fundedthemesandprogrammes\/themes\/translatingcultures\/\">(AHRC) Translating Cultures Research Innovation Grant.<\/a>\u00a0Information about the project can be found <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nursing.manchester.ac.uk\/research\/projectdetails\/?ID=3569\">here<\/a>, and a summary of the project presented in BSL by Jemina Napier and Rosemary Oram as part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/site\/edsignlectures\/\">EdSign lecture series<\/a> can be seen <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5DKtUipGT3U.\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><em>Research intern<\/em><\/p>\n<p>As mentioned in the March blogpost, the AHRC is keen to support the capacity building of young researchers, so Zo\u00eb McWhinney began her 20 day research internship with Heriot-Watt University at the beginning of June 2016 \u2013 spending two weeks on campus at Heriot-Watt University and then will be carrying out the rest of her internship by distance until the end of the project in October 2016. Zo\u00eb was involved in supporting the final Stakeholder Advisory Group meeting in June 2016, and is involved in various tasks for the remainder of the project (including drafting and translating this blogpost!).<\/p>\n<p><em>Data collection<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Our research focuses on what it is like for Deaf sign language users to be known largely through translation. The Deaf experience of being constantly interpreted is markedly in contrast to the general hearing population\u2019s experience, even that of other linguistic and ethnic minorities.\u00a0 This experience often leads to an asymmetry of the \u2018power dynamics\u2019 and consequently the opportunities available to Deaf person in non-signing, hearing- dominated spaces. Some Deaf people\u2019s well being may be adversely affected by the stresses created in such a situation \u2013 an area of exploration in this research project.<\/p>\n<p>During the project, we have completed the following data collection:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>3 parents of Deaf children participated in telephone interviews in spoken English<\/li>\n<li>2 x focus groups were held with qualified sign language interpreters (7 interpreters in total) in spoken English<\/li>\n<li>8 hearing colleagues of Deaf BSL users participated in face-to-face interviews in spoken English<\/li>\n<li>3 Deaf BSL users who choose to speak sometimes in their professional work contexts participated in face-to-face interviews in BSL. We have coined the term \u2018Deaf Contextual Speakers\u2019 to explain how these Deaf BSL users sometimes use speech, even though they identify as BSL users.<\/li>\n<li>2 x Community Participatory Groups were held in BSL with Deaf community members (7 in total). Each of the 2 sessions lasted for 2.5 to 3 hours and also had some activities to allow space for open discussions. The participants in this group were most responsive when watching and commenting on clips of scenarios with examples of Deaf and hearing people\u2019s communication being interpreted by an interpreter.<\/li>\n<li>5 x simulated recall interviews were held with Deaf professionals in BSL after one of the research team had filmed them in a real situation with interpreters. Originally we had planned to test the use of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Think_aloud_protocol\">Think-Aloud Protocol (TAP)<\/a> as a methodology (where people comment on what they are seeing while they are doing a task), but due to the complex circumstances and the reality of the participants being BSL users accompanied by interpreters in person, we adapted the approach to a \u2018simulated recall (SR) interview\u2019. The SR interviews involved participants being shown a video of themselves interacting with hearing persons via an interpreter and asking them questions about their experience of being interpreted based on what they could see in the video.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>All the focus groups and interviews were semi-structured, with the participants given example questions and\/ or topic outline beforehand. Time length for focus groups took from 1.5 to 3 hours, whilst the individual interviews took from 30 minutes to 1 hour each.<\/p>\n<p>The research study gained full ethical approval from the Universities of Manchester and Heriot Watt.<\/p>\n<p><em>Presentations of results<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Presently, the team is conducting an in-depth qualitative analysis using both a <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thematic_analysis\">thematic analysis<\/a> approach and a critical inquiry methodology.\u00a0 The findings will be published in a range of academic journals related to social research, deaf studies and interpreting studies, as well as present at different conferences and community events. BSL access to the main findings will be made available online as well.\u00a0 For example, we presented some preliminary findings in a poster session at the <a href=\"http:\/\/ctiss.hw.ac.uk\/research\/cl8.html\">8th Critical Link International Conference<\/a> on Community Interpreting between 29<sup>th<\/sup> June to 1<sup>st<\/sup> July 2016 at Heriot-Watt university; and will also be presenting a more detailed overview of results at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.asli.org.uk\/conferences\/2016_programme\">Association of Sign Language Interpreters UK Conference<\/a> in Newcastle in September 2016.<\/p>\n<p><em>Final Stakeholder Advisory Group meeting<\/em><\/p>\n<p>On 7<sup>th<\/sup> June we had our third and final meeting with the Stakeholder Advisory Group (SAG) in Edinburgh, Scotland, with representatives from the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bda.org.uk\/Pages\/News\/Tag\/scotland\">British Deaf Association (Scotland<\/a><u>),\u00a0<\/u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sasli.co.uk\/\">the Scottish Association of Sign Language Interpreters<\/a><u> (SASLI)<\/u> and\u00a0<u>Action on Hearing Loss (Scotland)<\/u>, where we presented the preliminary results from our analysis of the data. The role of the SAG has been to give the research team guidance on the research methods, data collection, recruitment of participants, interpretation of the results, and also about potential implications of the research, and we would like to thank all the people who have attended meetings throughout the project, including other representatives from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.deafconnections.co.uk\">Deaf Action<\/a> in Edinburgh and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.deafconnections.co.uk\">Deaf Connections<\/a> in Glasgow. One of the final recommendations from the last SAG meeting was for the project team to hold a roadshow to present the results of the project to members of the Deaf community in BSL. We will look for funding to enable us to do that.<\/p>\n<p><em>What\u2019s next?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The research team are now working with <a href=\"http:\/\/ac2.com\">AC2.Com Productions<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.muttandjeffpictures.com\">Mutt &amp; Jeff Pictures<\/a> to develop scripts for 3 short video dramas in BSL in order to illustrate some of the key findings from the research project. We plan to disseminate the videos through various platforms, including social media.<\/p>\n<p>As well as working on the video production, Zo\u00eb will be assisting the research team to organise a dissemination event in September, where the whole team will present final results from the project and launch the videos. The event will be hosted in collaboration with our partner <a href=\"http:\/\/actiondeafness.org.uk\">Action Deafness<\/a> at their new venue at the Royal School for the Deaf in Derby \u2013 so look out for future announcements!<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_post_nav _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.106&#8243; in_same_term=&#8221;off&#8221; show_prev=&#8221;on&#8221; show_next=&#8221;on&#8221; prev_text=&#8221;Previous&#8221; next_text=&#8221;Next&#8221; locked=&#8221;on&#8221; parent_locked=&#8221;off&#8221; \/][et_pb_comments _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.106&#8243; show_avatar=&#8221;on&#8221; show_reply=&#8221;on&#8221; show_count=&#8221;on&#8221; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; header_font_size_tablet=&#8221;51&#8243; header_line_height_tablet=&#8221;2&#8243; custom_button=&#8221;on&#8221; button_icon_placement=&#8221;right&#8221; button_text_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; button_use_icon=&#8221;off&#8221; locked=&#8221;on&#8221; parent_locked=&#8221;off&#8221; \/][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Related posts&#8221; 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By Zo\u00eb McWhinney and Jemina Napier On behalf of the whole Translating the Deaf Self project team Click\u00a0here\u00a0to see a BSL version of the blog presented by Zo\u00eb. As you [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"<p><strong>This entry was originally posted on 16th August 2016 in <a href=\"http:\/\/Lifeinlincs.wordpress.com\">LifeinLINCS<\/a>, a blog developed by the Department of Languages and Intercultural Studies at Heriot-Watt University.<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>By Zo\u00eb McWhinney and <a href=\"https:\/\/researchportal.hw.ac.uk\/en\/persons\/jemina-napier\">Jemina Napier<\/a><\/strong><em><br \/>On behalf of the whole Translating the Deaf Self project team<br \/><\/em>Click\u00a0<u><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/CPjRxOeo-_A\">here\u00a0<\/a><\/u>to see the BSL version of the blog presented by Zo\u00eb.<\/p><p>[embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CPjRxOeo-_A&feature=youtu.be[\/embed]<\/p><p>As you may have seen in the <a href=\"https:\/\/lifeinlincs.org\/2016\/03\/08\/translating-the-deaf-self-an-update\/\">earlier blogpost<\/a> in March 2016, members of the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/ctiss.hw.ac.uk\/\">Centre for Translation & Interpreting Studies Scotland<\/a>\u00a0at Heriot-Watt University (<u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hw.ac.uk\/schools\/management-languages\/staff-directory\/jemina-napier.htm\">Jemina Napier\u00a0<\/a><\/u>and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1FP1rIvosjs\">Robert Skinner<\/a>) are working in collaboration with researchers from the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nursing.manchester.ac.uk\/research\/research-groups\/social-research-with-deaf-people\/\">Social Research with Deaf People (SORD)<\/a>\u00a0group at the University of Manchester (<u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.manchester.ac.uk\/research\/Alys.young\/\">Alys Young\u00a0<\/a><\/u>and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nursing.manchester.ac.uk\/staff\/157361\">Rosemary Oram<\/a>) on an 18-month interdisciplinary project funded through the Arts & Humanities Research Council\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ahrc.ac.uk\/research\/fundedthemesandprogrammes\/themes\/translatingcultures\/\">(AHRC) Translating Cultures Research Innovation Grant.<\/a>\u00a0Information about the project can be found <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nursing.manchester.ac.uk\/research\/projectdetails\/?ID=3569\">here<\/a>, and a summary of the project presented in BSL by Jemina Napier and Rosemary Oram as part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/site\/edsignlectures\/\">EdSign lecture series<\/a> can be seen <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5DKtUipGT3U.\">here<\/a>.<\/p><p><em>\u00a0<\/em><em>Research intern<\/em><\/p><p>As mentioned in the March blogpost, the AHRC is keen to support the capacity building of young researchers, so Zo\u00eb McWhinney began her 20 day research internship with Heriot-Watt University at the beginning of June 2016 \u2013 spending two weeks on campus at Heriot-Watt University and then will be carrying out the rest of her internship by distance until the end of the project in October 2016. Zo\u00eb was involved in supporting the final Stakeholder Advisory Group meeting in June 2016, and is involved in various tasks for the remainder of the project (including drafting and translating this blogpost!).<\/p><p><em>Data collection<\/em><\/p><p>Our research focuses on what it is like for Deaf sign language users to be known largely through translation. The Deaf experience of being constantly interpreted is markedly in contrast to the general hearing population\u2019s experience, even that of other linguistic and ethnic minorities.\u00a0 This experience often leads to an asymmetry of the \u2018power dynamics\u2019 and consequently the opportunities available to Deaf person in non-signing, hearing- dominated spaces. Some Deaf people\u2019s well being may be adversely affected by the stresses created in such a situation \u2013 an area of exploration in this research project.<\/p><p>During the project, we have completed the following data collection:<\/p><ul><li>3 parents of Deaf children participated in telephone interviews in spoken English<\/li><li>2 x focus groups were held with qualified sign language interpreters (7 interpreters in total) in spoken English<\/li><li>8 hearing colleagues of Deaf BSL users participated in face-to-face interviews in spoken English<\/li><li>3 Deaf BSL users who choose to speak sometimes in their professional work contexts participated in face-to-face interviews in BSL. We have coined the term \u2018Deaf Contextual Speakers\u2019 to explain how these Deaf BSL users sometimes use speech, even though they identify as BSL users.<\/li><li>2 x Community Participatory Groups were held in BSL with Deaf community members (7 in total). Each of the 2 sessions lasted for 2.5 to 3 hours and also had some activities to allow space for open discussions. The participants in this group were most responsive when watching and commenting on clips of scenarios with examples of Deaf and hearing people\u2019s communication being interpreted by an interpreter.<\/li><li>5 x simulated recall interviews were held with Deaf professionals in BSL after one of the research team had filmed them in a real situation with interpreters. Originally we had planned to test the use of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Think_aloud_protocol\">Think-Aloud Protocol (TAP)<\/a> as a methodology (where people comment on what they are seeing while they are doing a task), but due to the complex circumstances and the reality of the participants being BSL users accompanied by interpreters in person, we adapted the approach to a \u2018simulated recall (SR) interview\u2019. The SR interviews involved participants being shown a video of themselves interacting with hearing persons via an interpreter and asking them questions about their experience of being interpreted based on what they could see in the video.<\/li><\/ul><p>All the focus groups and interviews were semi-structured, with the participants given example questions and\/ or topic outline beforehand. Time length for focus groups took from 1.5 to 3 hours, whilst the individual interviews took from 30 minutes to 1 hour each.<\/p><p>The research study gained full ethical approval from the Universities of Manchester and Heriot Watt.<\/p><p><em>Presentations of results<\/em><\/p><p>Presently, the team is conducting an in-depth qualitative analysis using both a <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thematic_analysis\">thematic analysis<\/a> approach and a critical inquiry methodology.\u00a0 The findings will be published in a range of academic journals related to social research, deaf studies and interpreting studies, as well as present at different conferences and community events. BSL access to the main findings will be made available online as well.\u00a0 For example, we presented some preliminary findings in a poster session at the <a href=\"http:\/\/ctiss.hw.ac.uk\/research\/cl8.html\">8th Critical Link International Conference<\/a> on Community Interpreting between 29<sup>th<\/sup> June to 1<sup>st<\/sup> July 2016 at Heriot-Watt university; and will also be presenting a more detailed overview of results at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.asli.org.uk\/conferences\/2016_programme\">Association of Sign Language Interpreters UK Conference<\/a> in Newcastle in September 2016.<\/p><p><em>Final Stakeholder Advisory Group meeting<\/em><\/p><p>On 7<sup>th<\/sup> June we had our third and final meeting with the Stakeholder Advisory Group (SAG) in Edinburgh, Scotland, with representatives from the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bda.org.uk\/Pages\/News\/Tag\/scotland\">British Deaf Association (Scotland<\/a><u>), <\/u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sasli.co.uk\/\">the Scottish Association of Sign Language Interpreters<\/a><u> (SASLI)<\/u> and\u00a0<u>Action on Hearing Loss (Scotland)<\/u>, where we presented the preliminary results from our analysis of the data. The role of the SAG has been to give the research team guidance on the research methods, data collection, recruitment of participants, interpretation of the results, and also about potential implications of the research, and we would like to thank all the people who have attended meetings throughout the project, including other representatives from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.deafconnections.co.uk\">Deaf Action<\/a> in Edinburgh and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.deafconnections.co.uk\">Deaf Connections<\/a> in Glasgow. One of the final recommendations from the last SAG meeting was for the project team to hold a roadshow to present the results of the project to members of the Deaf community in BSL. We will look for funding to enable us to do that.<\/p><p><em>What\u2019s next?<\/em><\/p><p>The research team are now working with <a href=\"http:\/\/ac2.com\">AC2.Com Productions<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.muttandjeffpictures.com\">Mutt & Jeff Pictures<\/a> to develop scripts for 3 short video dramas in BSL in order to illustrate some of the key findings from the research project. We plan to disseminate the videos through various platforms, including social media.<\/p><p>As well as working on the video production, Zo\u00eb will be assisting the research team to organise a dissemination event in September, where the whole team will present final results from the project and launch the videos. 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