Welcome to efsli2023 Conference!
Thessaloniki | Greece | 15th to 17th of September 2023
efsli 2023 Conference Programme
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| 09:30 - 10:45 | EFSLI DAY - WELCOMING & HOUSEKEEPING Ice breaker activity: Let's get to know each other! |
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| 10:45 - 11:00 | Coffee Break |
| 11:00 - 12:30 | Report of efsli activities in 2023 and what to expect in 2024 Focus on the Survey results about the Interpreters' profession |
| 12:30 - 14:00 | Lunch Break |
| 14:00 - 15:00 | WORKSHOP 1st part: Groups discussion about focused topics of the survey |
| 15:00 - 15:30 | Coffee Break |
| 15:30 - 16:30 | WORKSHOP 2nd part: Wrap up of the main issues to be tackled in the next future |
| 17:30 - 19:30 | EXPERIENCE CITY TOUR |
| 20:30 | DINNER |
| 09:00 - 09:30 | WELCOME & OPENING |
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| 09:30 - 10:15 | Keynote Speaker “A duty to learn, a Right to be safe” | David Wolfenden (UK) |
| 10:15 - 10:45 | Perspectives on interpreting-mediated interactions – Revisiting Discourse-Related Issues Christian Rathmann | Péter Zalán Romanek (DE) |
| 10:45 - 11:00 | Coffee Break |
| 11:00 - 11:30 | Representation and Diversity in the Sign Language Translation & Interpreting Profession in the UK | Jemina Napier, Robert Skinner, Robert Adam, Christopher Stone, Sandra Pratt, Daniel P. Hinton, Chijioke Obasi (UK) |
| 11:30 - 12:00 | Professional paradox: about the (un)equal balance of rights and duties of signed language interpreters in Poland | Aleksandra Kalata-Zawłocka, Michał Koziol (PL) |
| 12:00 - 12:30 | Identities and position(ing) of sign language interpreters in Japan | Junko Lévay (DE) |
| 12:30 - 13:10 | Poster Presentation |
| 13:10 - 14:10 | Lunch Break |
| 14:10 - 14:40 | Aiming for righteous treatment of Deaf interpreters | Naomi Sheneman (USA) |
| 14:40 - 15:10 | Sign language interpreting as a linguistic or caring profession: Perceptions and implications | Paul Michaels (UK) |
| 15:10 - 15:40 | Shakespeare to Superman: Creating skilled and ethical performing arts interpreters | Lindsey D. Snyder (USA) |
| 15:40 - 16:00 | Coffee Break |
| 16:00 - 16:30 | Exploring the Impact of Holocaust Literacy on Signed Language Interpreters | Sherry Shaw, E. Lynn Jacobowitz (USA) |
| 16:30 - 17:30 | WORKSHOP Taking care of your mind and body is doing the right thing for yourself and the deaf community | Jennifer Kagan, Naomi Sheneman (USA) |
| 20:00 - 00:00 | EUROVISION GALA NIGHT This year's gala will have a Eurovision flavor. The EFSLI2023 stage is ready to welcome you. Lyrics... Music... Dance... We invite you to prepare some of your favorite songs from the Eurovision Song Contest, in groups or individually, and win us over with your presence. Who will get the 12 points? |
| 09:30 - 10:00 | 1. ‘Help is on the way’: (In)accessible policing in the UK through sign language interpreting | Jemina Napier, Robert Skinner (UK) |
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| 10:00 - 10:30 | 2. The dilemma of political correct signing: attempts of proper discourse formation tampering with visual linguistic modality | Christos Georgokostopoulos, Galini Sapountzaki (GR) |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | 3. A Collaborative Approach to Sign Language Interpreting for the Theatre | Lynnette Taylor, Stephanie Feyne, Candace Broecker-Penn (USA) |
| 11:00 - 11:20 | Coffee Break |
| 11:20 - 11:50 | 4. Co-construction and collaborations in the training of LSF interpreters, French to LSF translators, and LSF to LSF mediators | Jérémie Segouat (FR) |
| 11:50 - 12:20 | 5. We the People: Placing Sign Language interpreters into the People’s House | Lindsey D. Snyder (USA) |
| 12:20 - 12:50 | 6. Interpreter’s ethics: role and legitimacy in the process of creating sign language neologisms in the professional field | Aline Alemany, Aurèlia Le Roy (FR) |
| 12:50 - 13:20 | Synthesis of the debates and conclusion of the conference | David Wolfenden (UK) |
| 13:20 - 13:30 | Closing Ceremony |
| 13:30 - 14:30 | Farewell Lunch |