<p>Döva personer i Sverige och världen lever nästan uteslutande i ett hörande majoritetssamhälle och har således på ett eller annat sätt en fortlöpande kontakt med hörande människor i såväl privat- som arbetsliv. De flesta döva i arbetslivet arbetar som enda eller som en av få döva på en hörande arbetsplats och ofta anlitas tolk för möten mellan hörande och döva kollegor. Föreliggande uppsats är en etnografisk studie av tolksituationen på en arbetsplats där en döv samt ett tjugotal hörande kollegor arbetar tillsammans. Med hjälp av fältanteckningar, intervjuer och videofilmning har en bild av tolksituationen genererats. I resultaten visas tecken på att den döva deltagaren till stor del lider av informationsbrist på olika plan. Därtill verkar det finnas en stor kunskapslucka hos de hörande kollegorna gällande teckenspråk och dövas villkor i ett hörande samhälle. Resultatet visar även tendenser till att den döva deltagaren genom det omgivande majoritetsspråkssamhället själv medverkar till sin egen underordning. I den komplexa tolksituationen verkar tolken fungera som en grindvakt. Tolken kan ha en svår och inte alltid definierad roll att översätta och samordna turer mellan hörande och döva och föra samtalet framåt i en gemensam riktning. Det verkar även som att den döva deltagaren och hennes hörande kollegor har olika uppfattning om tolkens roll. Tolkens arbete verkar härigenom kunna försvåras, något som i sin tur skulle kunna påverka relationen mellan den döva deltagaren och hennes hörande kollegor. Resultaten har diskuterats utifrån ett poststrukturalistiskt perspektiv för att visa på samband mellan mikro- och makronivå med kopplingar till språkideologi, språkpolitik, maktrelationer samt teorin om Deafhood.</p> / <p>Deaf people in Sweden and worldwide live with few exceptions in a hearing society, and thereby in one way or another they have connections with hearing people in their private and professional lives. Most Deaf people in working life have no or few Deaf co-workers at hearing workplaces and hence a Sign Language interpreter is often hired to facilitate the communication between deaf and hearing co-workers. This thesis is an ethnographic study of the interpreting situation at a workplace where one Deaf and about 20 hearing co-workers work together. With field notes, interviews and video recording an illustration of the situation has been generated. The results show a tendency that the Deaf participant to a great extent suffers from information loss in several areas. In addition, the hearing co-workers seem to have a gap in knowledge about Sign Language and the conditions of Deaf people. Also, the Deaf participant seems to participate in her own subordination through the surrounding majority society. In the complexity of the interpreting situation, the interpreter seems to serve as a gatekeeper. She also has a challenging and not always easily definable role in translating and coordinating turns between Deaf and hearing participants, thus moving the conversation forwards in a mutual direction. Nevertheless, the Deaf participant and her hearing co-workers often seem to have different views of the responsibilities of the interpreter, something that might make the interpreter’s job even more challenging. This, in turn, can influence the relationship between hearing and Deaf co-workers. The results of the thesis have been discussed from a poststructural perspective to show a connection between the intimate workplace situation and language ideology, language policy, power relations and the theory of Deafhood.</p><p> </p>

Döva personer i Sverige och världen lever nästan uteslutande i ett hörande majoritetssamhälle och har således på ett eller annat sätt en fortlöpande kontakt med hörande människor i såväl privat- som arbetsliv. De flesta döva i arbetslivet arbetar som enda eller som en av få döva på en hörande arbetsplats och ofta anlitas tolk för möten mellan hörande och döva kollegor. Föreliggande uppsats är en etnografisk studie av tolksituationen på en arbetsplats där en döv samt ett tjugotal hörande kollegor arbetar tillsammans. Med hjälp av fältanteckningar, intervjuer och videofilmning har en bild av tolksituationen genererats. I resultaten visas tecken på att den döva deltagaren till stor del lider av informationsbrist på olika plan. Därtill verkar det finnas en stor kunskapslucka hos de hörande kollegorna gällande teckenspråk och dövas villkor i ett hörande samhälle. Resultatet visar även tendenser till att den döva deltagaren genom det omgivande majoritetsspråkssamhället själv medverkar till sin egen underordning. I den komplexa tolksituationen verkar tolken fungera som en grindvakt. Tolken kan ha en svår och inte alltid definierad roll att översätta och samordna turer mellan hörande och döva och föra samtalet framåt i en gemensam riktning. Det verkar även som att den döva deltagaren och hennes hörande kollegor har olika uppfattning om tolkens roll. Tolkens arbete verkar härigenom kunna försvåras, något som i sin tur skulle kunna påverka relationen mellan den döva deltagaren och hennes hörande kollegor. Resultaten har diskuterats utifrån ett poststrukturalistiskt perspektiv för att visa på samband mellan mikro- och makronivå med kopplingar till språkideologi, språkpolitik, maktrelationer samt teorin om Deafhood. / Deaf people in Sweden and worldwide live with few exceptions in a hearing society, and thereby in one way or another they have connections with hearing people in their private and professional lives. Most Deaf people in working life have no or few Deaf co-workers at hearing workplaces and hence a Sign Language interpreter is often hired to facilitate the communication between deaf and hearing co-workers. This thesis is an ethnographic study of the interpreting situation at a workplace where one Deaf and about 20 hearing co-workers work together. With field notes, interviews and video recording an illustration of the situation has been generated. The results show a tendency that the Deaf participant to a great extent suffers from information loss in several areas. In addition, the hearing co-workers seem to have a gap in knowledge about Sign Language and the conditions of Deaf people. Also, the Deaf participant seems to participate in her own subordination through the surrounding majority society. In the complexity of the interpreting situation, the interpreter seems to serve as a gatekeeper. She also has a challenging and not always easily definable role in translating and coordinating turns between Deaf and hearing participants, thus moving the conversation forwards in a mutual direction. Nevertheless, the Deaf participant and her hearing co-workers often seem to have different views of the responsibilities of the interpreter, something that might make the interpreter’s job even more challenging. This, in turn, can influence the relationship between hearing and Deaf co-workers. The results of the thesis have been discussed from a poststructural perspective to show a connection between the intimate workplace situation and language ideology, language policy, power relations and the theory of Deafhood.

Cette thèse est le résultat d'une recherche doctorale inspirée par l'urgence de mettre en avant le rôle central de la langue des signes française (LSF) dans l'éducation des enfants sourds en France. La législation relative à l'utilisation de la LSF a certainement évolué depuis les années 1970 pourtant, les enfants sourds et leurs familles n'ont toujours pas d'accès à une éducation bilingue. Le statut linguistique et culturel de la communauté sourde française est toujours minoré dans le contexte scolaire et ceci constitue un obstacle au développement des politiques et des pratiques pédagogiques destinées à cette population. À partir de l'examen de ce contexte nous souhaitons élargir le débat à propos de la place occupée par la langue des signes (LS) dans la scolarisation de ces enfants, non seulement comme un moyen de communication mais en tant que source première de l'acquisition de compétences langagières, de la constitution des communautés sourdes et de la construction de l'identité sourde. L'objectif de cette recherche est de montrer comment le théâtre-éducation peut participer à ces processus. À partir d'une approche bio-psycho-social de la surdité, nous nous sommes centrée sur un exemple de pratique en théâtre-éducation pour enfants sourds, en tant que terrain pédagogique supplémentaire pour l'apprentissage de la langue des signes dans les institutions de scolarisation d'enfants sourds. Avec ces principes comme base, nous posons comme première hypothèse que le théâtre-éducation facilite l'acquisition de la LS par l'optimisation de la pratique des processus sémiogénétiques communs à la gestualité théâtrale et à la structure des langues des signes. La deuxième hypothèse porte sur l'application du théâtre-éducation en tant que terrain de socialisation en LS et de création des discours symboliques sur la surdité à partir de la perspective de l'enfant sourd. A fin de vérifier nos hypothèses, nous avons réalisé une étude de cas pour la collecte des données. Le corpus présenté dans la thèse a été composé d'abord grâce à l'observation d'un atelier de théâtre pour deux groupes d'enfants sourds, âgés entre 9 et 11 ans. Nous avons néanmoins utilisé également d'autres outils méthodologiques : participation, entretiens et expérimentation. Cette étude de cas montre alors que l'expérience d'apprentissage du théâtre constitue un terrain potentiel de mise en pratique des niveaux particuliers de l'usage de la LS, contribuant donc à l'acquisition de cette dernière. Plus précisément, nous centrons nos analyses sur les processus sémiogénétiques qui font émerger les structures de grande iconicité (les transferts) des langues des signes : l'iconicisation de l'expérience et la sémantisation du corps. Nous avançons également l'idée que l'apprentissage du théâtre permet aux enfants d'expérimenter l'inversion symbolique des normes concernant la surdité (physiologique et sociale), contribuant donc à la construction de leurs identités sourdes. Le corpus obtenu et l'analyse qualitative nous permettent de postuler donc de quelle façon l’apprentissage du théâtre peut contribuer à l'acquisition de la langue des signes et à la construction de l'identité sourde par la mise en pratique de la créativité artistique qui lui est propre. / This doctoral research is driven by the urgent need to discuss the role of french sign language in the education of deaf children in France today. Legislation on the use of french sign language has developed since the 1970's, however, deaf children and their families are still struggling to access bilingual education. The linguistic and cultural minority status of the french deaf community still battles to be accepted in the school context and this constitutes a clear barrier to the development of policies and learning practices for deaf children education. With this framework in mind we wish to extend the discussion on the essential role played by sign language, not only as a communication tool in deaf education, but as the primary source of language skills acquisition and of the constitution of deaf communities and the Deaf identity. The goal of the present research is to show how theater-education can participate in this construction. From a bio-psycho-social perspective on deafness, we turned to one example of theater-education practice destined to deaf children as a additional pedagogical space and practice for sign language in schools and institutions. With these ideas in focus we established the first hypothesis that theater-education facilitates sign language learning by encouraging the exercise of common semiogenetic processes to gesture in theater and to sign language structure. As a second hypothesis we established that theater-education can be used as an additional space of socialization in sign language for deaf children as well as an experience of discourse creation about deafness and Deafhood from the deaf child's perspective. To investigate this hypothesis we chose the case study as our data-collection protocol. The data presented in this research was obtained first through observation of one theater-education class for two groups of deaf children, ages 9 to 11. However we collected our data using different methodological phases and tools: observation, participation, interviews and experiment. This case study shows that this learning experience constitutes a potential exercise of peculiar levels of sign language learning, and more specifically the essential iconic structures of sign languages. We also advance the idea that learning theater-education enables dead children to explore the symbolic inversion of social rules regarding deafness and Deafhood, contributing to the construction of their Deaf identities. The collected data and qualitative analyses has enable us to determine in which ways theater-education can contribute to the exploration of artistic creative levels in sign language learning and deaf identity construction.

A pesquisa propõe uma investigação sobre os processos de construção da linguagem teatral com surdos usuários da Língua Brasileira de Sinais (LIBRAS). As questões que norteiam o trabalho são: como estruturar uma metodologia de teatro para surdos? Como construir cenas em LIBRAS? Quais são os processos da sala de aula para a elaboração de uma peça de teatro com surdos? Podemos encontrar na Língua de Sinais um potencial cênico capaz de ampliar as formas de comunicação, proporcionando ao ator ferramentas para uma dramaturgia corporal em que o gesto se torna elemento gramatical e a palavra é corporificada. Com caráter teóricoprático, esta é uma pesquisa-ação que tem como principal objetivo sistematizar práticas teatrais com surdos a partir da análise das atividades propostas nas Oficinas de Teatro para Surdos oferecidas pelo Grupo de Pesquisa Teatral Signatores (Porto Alegre/RS), utilizando como base o trabalho metodológico dos autores Viola Spolin e Augusto Boal. O Signatores é formado por pesquisadores ouvintes e surdos e tem como objetivo investigar as possibilidades de criação artística e cultural de jovens e adultos surdos. Com esta pesquisa, pretende-se contribuir na construção de novos entendimentos sobre as expressões culturais da comunidade surda, entendendo que esses aspectos podem ser utilizados por qualquer sujeito, surdo ou ouvinte, com o interesse de expressar-se através do teatro. / This research investigates the processes of construction of dramatic language with deaf people using the Brazilian Sign Language (LIBRAS). The questions that have guided this study are the following: how can a drama methodology be designed for the deaf? How can scenes be constructed in LIBRAS? What are the classroom processes involved in a play with deaf actors? Sign Language is likely to have a scenic potential to enhance communication means, thus providing the actors with tools for a body drama in which gestures become grammatical elements and words are embodied. With a theoretical-practical perspective, this action-research aims at systematizing drama practices by analyzing the activities proposed in Drama Workshops for Deaf offered by Signatores Drama Research Group (Porto Alegre/ RS), using authors such as Viola Spolin and Augusto Boal as a basis for the methodological work. Signatores is composed of hearing and deaf researchers and aims at investigating the possibilities of cultural and artistic creation by deaf adults and youths. This research is intended to contribute to the construction of new understandings of the cultural expressions of the deaf community, by understanding that these features can be used by any subject, either deaf or hearing, who is interested in expressing himself or herself through drama.

A pesquisa propõe uma investigação sobre os processos de construção da linguagem teatral com surdos usuários da Língua Brasileira de Sinais (LIBRAS). As questões que norteiam o trabalho são: como estruturar uma metodologia de teatro para surdos? Como construir cenas em LIBRAS? Quais são os processos da sala de aula para a elaboração de uma peça de teatro com surdos? Podemos encontrar na Língua de Sinais um potencial cênico capaz de ampliar as formas de comunicação, proporcionando ao ator ferramentas para uma dramaturgia corporal em que o gesto se torna elemento gramatical e a palavra é corporificada. Com caráter teóricoprático, esta é uma pesquisa-ação que tem como principal objetivo sistematizar práticas teatrais com surdos a partir da análise das atividades propostas nas Oficinas de Teatro para Surdos oferecidas pelo Grupo de Pesquisa Teatral Signatores (Porto Alegre/RS), utilizando como base o trabalho metodológico dos autores Viola Spolin e Augusto Boal. O Signatores é formado por pesquisadores ouvintes e surdos e tem como objetivo investigar as possibilidades de criação artística e cultural de jovens e adultos surdos. Com esta pesquisa, pretende-se contribuir na construção de novos entendimentos sobre as expressões culturais da comunidade surda, entendendo que esses aspectos podem ser utilizados por qualquer sujeito, surdo ou ouvinte, com o interesse de expressar-se através do teatro. / This research investigates the processes of construction of dramatic language with deaf people using the Brazilian Sign Language (LIBRAS). The questions that have guided this study are the following: how can a drama methodology be designed for the deaf? How can scenes be constructed in LIBRAS? What are the classroom processes involved in a play with deaf actors? Sign Language is likely to have a scenic potential to enhance communication means, thus providing the actors with tools for a body drama in which gestures become grammatical elements and words are embodied. With a theoretical-practical perspective, this action-research aims at systematizing drama practices by analyzing the activities proposed in Drama Workshops for Deaf offered by Signatores Drama Research Group (Porto Alegre/ RS), using authors such as Viola Spolin and Augusto Boal as a basis for the methodological work. Signatores is composed of hearing and deaf researchers and aims at investigating the possibilities of cultural and artistic creation by deaf adults and youths. This research is intended to contribute to the construction of new understandings of the cultural expressions of the deaf community, by understanding that these features can be used by any subject, either deaf or hearing, who is interested in expressing himself or herself through drama.

A pesquisa propõe uma investigação sobre os processos de construção da linguagem teatral com surdos usuários da Língua Brasileira de Sinais (LIBRAS). As questões que norteiam o trabalho são: como estruturar uma metodologia de teatro para surdos? Como construir cenas em LIBRAS? Quais são os processos da sala de aula para a elaboração de uma peça de teatro com surdos? Podemos encontrar na Língua de Sinais um potencial cênico capaz de ampliar as formas de comunicação, proporcionando ao ator ferramentas para uma dramaturgia corporal em que o gesto se torna elemento gramatical e a palavra é corporificada. Com caráter teóricoprático, esta é uma pesquisa-ação que tem como principal objetivo sistematizar práticas teatrais com surdos a partir da análise das atividades propostas nas Oficinas de Teatro para Surdos oferecidas pelo Grupo de Pesquisa Teatral Signatores (Porto Alegre/RS), utilizando como base o trabalho metodológico dos autores Viola Spolin e Augusto Boal. O Signatores é formado por pesquisadores ouvintes e surdos e tem como objetivo investigar as possibilidades de criação artística e cultural de jovens e adultos surdos. Com esta pesquisa, pretende-se contribuir na construção de novos entendimentos sobre as expressões culturais da comunidade surda, entendendo que esses aspectos podem ser utilizados por qualquer sujeito, surdo ou ouvinte, com o interesse de expressar-se através do teatro. / This research investigates the processes of construction of dramatic language with deaf people using the Brazilian Sign Language (LIBRAS). The questions that have guided this study are the following: how can a drama methodology be designed for the deaf? How can scenes be constructed in LIBRAS? What are the classroom processes involved in a play with deaf actors? Sign Language is likely to have a scenic potential to enhance communication means, thus providing the actors with tools for a body drama in which gestures become grammatical elements and words are embodied. With a theoretical-practical perspective, this action-research aims at systematizing drama practices by analyzing the activities proposed in Drama Workshops for Deaf offered by Signatores Drama Research Group (Porto Alegre/ RS), using authors such as Viola Spolin and Augusto Boal as a basis for the methodological work. Signatores is composed of hearing and deaf researchers and aims at investigating the possibilities of cultural and artistic creation by deaf adults and youths. This research is intended to contribute to the construction of new understandings of the cultural expressions of the deaf community, by understanding that these features can be used by any subject, either deaf or hearing, who is interested in expressing himself or herself through drama.

Cette thèse de doctorat de recherche-création comporte un essai doctoral en français ainsi qu'une bande dessignée: une bande dessinée vidéographiée bilingue en langue des signes québécoises (LSQ) et français, composée de 10 chapitres-vidéos. / C’est tombé dans l’oreille d’une Sourde. La sourditude par la bande dessignée est une recherche-création composée d’un essai doctoral et d’une bande dessignée - une bande dessinée bilingue en langue des signes québécoise (LSQ) et en français (BD*) - produite à partir d’extraits de rencontres avec des personnes sourdes et des membres de ma famille entendante réalisées dans le cadre de la thèse. Par une démarche exploratoire, la recherche vise à documenter et à réfléchir à ce que cela fait de vivre comme personne sourde, à la sourditude comme devenir, à l'entendance comme concept pour réfléchir à certains rapports de pouvoirs ainsi qu’aux enjeux communicationnels, technologiques et médiatiques soulevés par les perspectives épistémologiques sourdiennes. C’est en partant du postulat que l’oppression est ce qui est éprouvé à travers des pratiques quotidiennes souvent bien intentionnées (Young, 1990) et avec le désir de composer avec l’exigence du multiple (Deleuze et Guattari, 1980) que s’est développée la question générale de la thèse : En la posant comme un devenir complexe, comment l'expérience singulière de la sourditude, son affectivité et son effectivité se conçoivent, s'actualisent et se communiquent-elles? Cette question se pose dans son articulation avec le lieu où elle prend forme, à savoir la réalisation d’un essai doctoral et d’une BD*, dont le processus sert de milieu exploratoire à diverses questions d’ordre philosophique, théorique, épistémologique, éthique, artistique et politique qui, à leur tour, nourrissent la démarche. Utilisant la vidéo comme forme d’écriture apte à rendre compte de la tridimensionnalité des langues des signes et de leurs composantes linguistiques, la BD* est produite sous forme de chapitres vidéo diffusés sur un site Internet. Produite en noir et blanc, elle comporte des vidéos de protagonistes signant la LSQ, éditées avec un effet de dessin animé, des textes en français disposés dans des phylactères et des arrière-plans édités avec un logiciel de graphisme. Écrit sous forme de dissertation, l’essai comporte cinq chapitres. De façon sommaire, l’introduction présente la recherche-création, la question de recherche et les différentes parties de l’essai; le chapitre 1 intitulé « Les possibles de la sourditude » met en jeu quelques éléments afin d’appréhender la sourditude dans sa complexité, problématise et historicise la sourditude en tant que processus, devenir et appartenance, théorise diverses dimensions de l’oppression, interroge l'expérience subjective comme site de savoirs et propose une analyse critique du concept de sourditude; le chapitre 2 intitulé « Parcours de recherche-création » s’articule autour de la démarche de réalisation de la BD*, documente mon approche de la recherche-création, interroge ma posture épistémologique à travers le paradoxe de vouloir contribuer à « faire entendre des voix sourdes », discute des enjeux soulevés par l’écriture vidéographiée, s’intéresse aux enchevêtrements du cinéma et de la sourditude sous divers angles et discerne certains enjeux relatifs à la situation de la BD* aux confins des codes de la littérature, du cinéma et de la BD; le chapitre 3 intitulé « La production de la bande dessignée » s’attarde de façon plus précise aux diverses étapes de réalisation de la BD*, aborde les rencontres réalisées avec cinq Sourd-es et quatre membres de ma famille entendante, documente le processus de production et postproduction de la BD* en soulevant certains enjeux sur le plan de la traduction et du montage, analyse de façon critique l’Internet comme plateforme de diffusion et présente le site Internet www.BDLSQ.net; la conclusion intitulée « Quelques enjeux posés par la sourditude » propose certaines réflexions issues des rencontres, interroge la question des technologies à travers la notion de sourditude et du handicap, amorce une réflexion sur l’agentivité conférée par les media numériques et se termine en soulevant quelques enjeux politiques et éthiques concernant le développement des études sourdes et des perspectives sourdiennes. / Résumé en langue des signes québécoise (LSQ) disponible à l’adresse Internet suivante : V. Leduc. 2016. « C’est tombé dans l’oreille d’une Sourde. La sourditude par la bande dessignée ». Résumé LSQ. En ligne: https://vimeo.com/190658903 / Abstract in American Sign Language (ASL) available on the following website : V. Leduc. 2016. "It Fell on Deaf Ears. Deafhood by Graphic Signed Novel". PhD thesis, ASL Abstract. Online: https://vimeo.com/190659491 / It Fell on Deaf Ears. Deafhood by Graphic Signed Novel (C’est tombé dans l’oreille d’une Sourde. La sourditude par la bande dessignée) is a research-creation project consisting of a doctoral essay and a bilingual graphic signed novel in Québec sign language (LSQ) and in French, produced from excerpts of encounters with Deaf people and with members of my hearing family that have been carried out as part of the thesis. Through an exploratory process, the project seeks to document and to reflect upon what it means to live as a Deaf person, about Deafhood as becoming, about hearingness as a concept that can be used to think about certain power relations, as well as about the communicative, technological and media issues that arise from deafian epistemological perspectives. From the assumption that oppression is experienced through often well-intentioned everyday practices (Young, 1990), and from an interest in dealing with the requirement of multiplicity (Deleuze and Guattari, 1980), was developed the broad question of the thesis: while positioning it as a complex becoming, how can the singular experience of Deafhood, its affects and effects, be conceived, actualized and communicated? This question is posed through its articulation with the site where it takes shape, namely the creation of a doctoral essay and a graphic signed novel, the process of which serves as an exploratory site for various philosophical, theoretical, epistemological, ethical, artistic and political questions, which, in turn, feed the process. Using video as a form of writing that is able to account for the three-dimensionality of sign languages and of their linguistic components, the graphic signed novel is produced as video chapters distributed on a website. Produced in black and white, it features videos of protagonists signing in LSQ edited with a cartoon effect, French text inscribed in speech bubbles, and backgrounds that have been edited with graphic design software. The production team and the project are presented in LSQ, ASL, French and English on the website www.BDLSQ.net. Written in the form of a dissertation, the essay includes five chapters. In summary, the introduction presents the research-creation project, the research question and the different parts of the essay. Chapter 1, titled “The Possibilities of Deafhood”, brings together elements that help us understand Deafhood in its complexity, problematizes and historicizes Deafhood as a process, becoming and belonging, theorizes various dimensions of oppression, questions the subjective experience as a site of knowledge, and provides a critical analysis of the concept of Deafhood. Chapter 2, titled “Trajectory of Research-Creation”, revolves around the process of making a bilingual graphic signed novel; documenting my research-creation approach, and questioning my epistemological stance through the paradox of wanting to make “Deaf voices heard”. The chapter further discusses issues raised by videographed writing, is interested in the entanglements of film and Deafhood from various angles, and identifies some questions related to the place of the graphic signed novel in relation to the confines of the codes of literature, film and the graphic novel. Chapter 3, titled “The Creation of the Graphic Signed Novel”, focuses more specifically on the various production stages of the graphic signed novel. It addresses the meetings held with five Deafs and four members of my hearing family, documents the production and postproduction processes of the graphic signed novel while raising some issues related to translation and editing, analyzes, in a critical way, the internet as a distribution platform, and introduces the website www.BDLSQ.net. The conclusion, titled “Some Challenges Posed by Deafhood”, offers some reflections stemming from the meetings, interrogates the question of technologies through the notions of Deafhood and disability, proposes a reflection on agency afforded through digital media, and ends by raising some political and ethical issues related to the development of Deaf studies and perspectives. Keywords : Deafhood, graphic novel, digital art, signed litterature, video, transmedia, Deaf Studies, Critical Disability Studies, intersectionality, audism, Quebec Sign Language.