Ethics of researching signed languages: the case of Kenyan Sign Language (KSL)
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This chapter will be about the importance of being aware of ethics in signed language research, especially focusing on how local communities should be involved in their own research. I will discuss the need of being aware through telling a personal tale of my own research partnership - one I experienced years ago as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Kenya, Africa. Even though my main assignment as a Peace Corps Volunteer was to work as a teacher at a Deaf school, I worked with the local Deaf community in documenting their signed language for a CD-ROM dictionary. For this project, I worked closely with the Kenyan Sign Language Research Project (KSLRP) at the University of Nairobi.
En: A. C. Cooper & K. K. Rashid (Eds.), Signed Languages in Sub-Saharan Africa: Politics, citizenship and shared experiences of difference, 11-30.