Karo Gebruers (she/her)

@karogebruers.bsky.social

PhD, Heriot-Watt University ~ Interpreter VGT/Dutch & IS/EN (hearing) ~ feminist ~ do you believer 🦚

🚨Super excited to share that my first sole-authored paper has been published! 🥳 It explores how sign language interpreters can examine their positionality by drawing on perspectives from academic reflexivity and visual research. 🤔 It is out now and open access! 🎉 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Unpacking sign language interpreter positionality: perspectives from academic reflexivity and visual research

Sign language interpreter training programmes have long been established in many countries, particularly in Western nations with extensive histories of sign language interpreting (SLI). These progr...

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And there it is. The Department of Justice has frozen all case activity in the civil rights division. This is the mechanism of enforcement for the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and so much more.

Saw this play today. First time in my life I saw an entire performance in Flemish Sign Language by a mainstream theatre company, with deaf and hearing actors. No interpreters, but captions instead. What a joy. Legitimately impressed! toneelhuis.be/en/program/m...

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“What we need are new artistic forms. And if we don’t get new forms, then we would be better off with nothing at all. ” – Konstantin Gavrilovich Treplev, in Chekhov’s The Seagull

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