Sign language interpreting in the Pacific: A snapshot of progress in raising the participation of deaf people

Q2 Arts and Humanities Journal of New Zealand and Pacific Studies Pub Date : 2019-10-01 DOI:10.1386/nzps_00005_1
Rachel McKee, J. Iseli, Angela K. Murray
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Abstract Barriers to acquiring and using a shared sign language alienate deaf children and adults from their fundamental human rights to communication, education, social and economic participation, and access to services. International data collected by the World Federation of the Deaf (WFD) identify that in economically developing countries, deaf individuals are at particularly high risk of marginalization, which applies to countries in the Pacific region. This report provides a snapshot of the status of deaf people as sign language users in six Pacific nations: Fiji, Papua New Guinea (PNG), Samoa, Solomon Islands, Timor Leste and Kiribati. Information was contributed by sign language interpreters from these countries during a panel convened at the first Oceania regional conference of the World Association of Sign Language Interpreters, in Fiji, 2018. The report outlines conditions for education through sign language and the emergence of sign language interpreting as a means of increasing access and social equity for deaf people in these countries, albeit this remains largely on a voluntary basis. While Fiji and PNG governments have recognized the status of sign languages in their respective countries and allocated some resources to the inclusion of sign language users, practical support of deaf sign language users tends to be progressed on grounds of disability rights rather than language rights; e.g., several Pacific countries have ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights for People with Disabilities, which includes provisions for sign language users, and deaf advocacy efforts have gained political traction from alliance with disability organizations.
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太平洋地区的手语翻译:提高聋人参与度的进展快照
获得和使用共同手语的障碍使失聪儿童和成年人失去了沟通、教育、社会和经济参与以及获得服务的基本人权。世界聋人联合会收集的国际数据表明,在经济发展中的国家,聋人被边缘化的风险特别高,这适用于太平洋地区的国家。本报告简要介绍了斐济、巴布亚新几内亚、萨摩亚、所罗门群岛、东帝汶和基里巴斯六个太平洋国家聋人手语使用者的状况。2018年,在斐济举行的世界手语口译员协会第一届大洋洲区域会议上,来自这些国家的手语口译员在一个小组会议上提供了信息。该报告概述了通过手语进行教育的条件,以及手语口译作为增加这些国家聋人入学机会和社会公平的一种手段的出现,尽管这在很大程度上仍然是自愿的。尽管斐济和巴布亚新几内亚政府已经承认手语在各自国家的地位,并为手语使用者的融入分配了一些资源,但对聋人手语使用者的实际支持往往是基于残疾权利而非语言权利;例如,几个太平洋国家已经批准了《联合国残疾人权利公约》,其中包括对手语使用者的规定,聋人宣传工作也得到了与残疾人组织联盟的政治支持。
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Journal of New Zealand and Pacific Studies
Journal of New Zealand and Pacific Studies Arts and Humanities-Literature and Literary Theory
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期刊介绍: The Journal of New Zealand & Pacific Studies covers disciplines including the humanities and social sciences, and subjects such as cultural studies, history, literature, film, anthropology, politics and sociology. Each issue of this publication aims to establish a balance between papers on New Zealand and papers on the South Pacific, with a reports and book reviews section included. The journal is sponsored by the New Zealand Studies Association and hosted by the University of Vienna. It has replaced the key publication NZSA Bulletin of New Zealand Studies.
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