Around the pedagogy of the identity core of the Deaf

Abstract

The author analyses identity as an interdisciplinary and ambiguous phenomenon. The key issue is to explain Who is creating the Deaf community? What determinants decide about belonging to the Deaf community? Is it really possible to talk about the formation of the pedagogy of the identity core of the Deaf? The author emphasizes what the Deaf gained thanks to deafness, e.g., natural sign language, dignity, Culture, deafhood, shared historical, social, political or artistic experiences. In spite of the internal diversity of the Deaf community, it turns out that this community is created not only by people who accept the principles of belonging, but above all by people who are aware of their socio-cultural identity and have an accepted hierarchy of the identity core.