signmetaphor | BSL poem "Home" by John Wilson @signmetaphor | Uploaded May 2015 | Updated October 2024, 12 hours ago.
Deaf poet John Wilson's signed poem (in British Sign Language) "Home" tells of a young deaf boy subjected to the scientific experiment of oralism and the Russian dog Laika, subjected to the scientific experiment of the space programme. It was performed in a studio at the Centre for Deaf Studies at the University of Brsitol in 2010.
The poems in this channel are part of the collection made as the University of Bristol Sign Language Poetry Anthology with the aim to study metaphor in sign language poetry. The poem is discussed in the book Introducing sign language literature folklore and creativity, by Rachel Sutton-Spence and Michiko Kaneko, published by Palgrave press. A full translation and commentary on the poem and its features is available at: signinghandsacrossthewater.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/johnwilsonhome.pdf
Deaf poet John Wilson's signed poem (in British Sign Language) "Home" tells of a young deaf boy subjected to the scientific experiment of oralism and the Russian dog Laika, subjected to the scientific experiment of the space programme. It was performed in a studio at the Centre for Deaf Studies at the University of Brsitol in 2010.
The poems in this channel are part of the collection made as the University of Bristol Sign Language Poetry Anthology with the aim to study metaphor in sign language poetry. The poem is discussed in the book Introducing sign language literature folklore and creativity, by Rachel Sutton-Spence and Michiko Kaneko, published by Palgrave press. A full translation and commentary on the poem and its features is available at: signinghandsacrossthewater.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/johnwilsonhome.pdf
