Week 6

Hilde Haualand hauled from Norway, she is an anthropology, who studies human beings, the better and clearer definition would be “the comparative study of culture and society. She focused on Deaf society, being Deaf herself. She, along with two fellow hearing students wrote a dissertation on “Rome – a Temporary Deaf City! Deaflympics 2001” in 2002 as part of their Social Studies. In there she described the life of Deaf people during the infamous Deaflympic Games event. She researched that Culture happen between people, so many Deaf people influences each other. A Deaf space established by traveling and building a Deaf city, they take over the place, hearing people get a grasp of gestures and the use of pen and paper. Deaf people also expect the increased service level.

It is many Deaf people’s dream to live in the city full of Deaf people, just like any big Deaf event, but instead of a short term, forever.

It prompted me to think about the set up of a new “Deaf Town”, (or better, Sign Langauge town), in America. Laurent, South Dakota, the town is called, will be opened very soon and many people will be able to achieve their dream to remove the “Temporary” from the “a Temporary Deaf City”.

Still, Hilde has opened the door for us to realize the importance of Deaf Culture and the “Deaf space”.

Photo of Hilde - www.dagbladet.no/dinside/ 2002/11/03/352927.html