TISLR15 Pre-Conference Event Workshop on Sign Languages in Africa and Sign Language Field Work
When:
2025年01月11日 @ 09:00 – 2025年01月12日 @ 17:10
Asia/Tokyo Timezone
2025-01-11T09:00:00+09:00
2025-01-12T17:10:00+09:00
Where:
Elilly International Hotel (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)
| Dates | January 11-12, 2025 Local Time (Addis Ababa) |
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| Venue | Elilly International Hotel（エチオピア） |
| Audience | Open to the public |
| Language | English, Ethiopian Sign Language, American Sign Language, International Sign (with Ethiopian Sign Language-English, interpretation, International Sign-English interpretation) |
| Organizer | A Seminar organized as part of the JSPS (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science) Core-to Core Program, B. Asia-Africa Science Platforms, Establishing a Scientific platform for Documenting Sign Languages in Africa, (Grant Number: JPJSCCB20240001) |
| Cosponsership | Co-hosted by Addis Ababa University |
Program
TISLR15 Pre-Conference Event
Workshop on Sign Languages in Africa and Sign Language Field Work
Dates: January 11-12, 2025 Local Time (Addis Ababa)
Venue: Elilly International Hotel (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)
January 11 Addis Ababa Local Time
| 9:00-13:00 | Meeting with Interpreters (12:00-over Lunch) | |
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| 13:00-13:10 | Opening | Opening Address |
| 13:10-13:20 | Eyasu Hailu TAMENE (Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia) Welcome |
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| 13:20-13:30 | KIKUSAWA Ritsuko (National Museum of Ethnology, Japan) About this project |
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| 13:30-14:30 | Seminar Lecture 1 +Q&A | Victoria NYST (Leiden University, Netherlands), Woinshet GIRMA Researching sign languages in Africa |
| 14:30-14:50 | Coffee Break | |
| 14:50-15:10 | Presentation 1 | Seifu YILMA, Tsegereda ASFAW (Councilor and educator of the Deaf at Tikur Anbessa High School) Report of ESL fieldwork in Addis Ababa (Mekanissa School for the Deaf) |
| 15:10-15:20 | Comments on Presentation 1 | Sam LUTALO (Kyambogo University, Uganda) |
| 15:20-15:30 | Open | |
| 15:30-16:00 | Coffee Break | |
| 16:00-16:20 | Presentation 2 | Vladislav KOLESNIKOV, Tatiana LOSIKHINA (GES-2 House of Culture, Russia) How to assess the proficiency in Russian sign language (RSL) of deaf and hard of hearing schoolchildren and its influence on the status in the study group? RDC research experience, Russia |
| 16:20-16:30 | Comments on Presentation 2 | Mary EDWARD (McMaster University, Canada) |
| 16:30-16:40 | Open | |
| 16:40-17:40 | Seminar Lecture 2 +Q&A | SAGARA Keiko (National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics, Japan) Semantic domains in sign languages: typological data on number, color and kinship |
January 12 Addis Ababa Local Time
| 9:30-10:30 | Seminar Lecture 3 +Q&A | YOSHIOKA Noboru (National Museum of Ethnology, Japan) Language Fieldwork in Pakistan |
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| 10:30-10:50 | Coffee Break | |
| 10:50-11:10 | Presentation 3 | Seifu YILMA, Tsegereda ASFAW (Councilor and educator of the Deaf at Tikur Anbessa High School) Report of ESL fieldwork in Addis Ababa (Mekanissa School for the Deaf) |
| 11:10-11:20 | Comments on Presentation 3 | Marco Stanley NYARKO (University of Ghana, Ghana) |
| 11:20-11:30 | Open | |
| 11:30-11:50 | Presentation 4 | Eyasu Hailu TAMENE (Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia), Mohammedsurur ABDU, Ebrahim YESUF EthSL interactive dictionary |
| 11:50-12:00 | Comments on Presentation 4 | Carol PADDEN (UC Sandiego, USA) |
| 12:00-12:10 | Open | |
| 12:10-13:30 | Lunch Discussion: Planning ESL fieldwork for the next two years | |
| 13:30-14:00 | Presentation 5 | OKADA Tomohiro (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, Japan)，BONO Mayumi (National Institute of Informatics / The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, Japan) Recording methods, data management and analysis |
| 14:00-14:10 | Comments on Presentation 5 | MATSUOKA Kazumi (Keio University, Japan) |
| 14:10-14:20 | Open | |
| 14:20-14:50 | Coffee Break | |
| 14:50-15:20 | Presentation 6 | YANO Uiko (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, Japan) About prospective fieldwork in Vanuatu |
| 15:20-15:30 | Comments on Presentation 6 | Annelies KUSTER (Herriot-Watt University, UK) |
| 15:30-15:40 | Open | |
| 15:40-16:00 | Coffee Break | |
| 16:00-17:00 | General Discussion | Chairs: KIKUSAWA Ritsuko & Eyasu Hailu TAMENE |
| 17:00-17:10 | Closing | Closing Address |
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