It’s a Small World : International Deaf Spaces and Encounters.

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part 1: Gatherings -- 1: The Emergence of International Deaf Spaces in France from Desloges 1779 to the Paris Congress of 1900 -- 2: A Global Stage: Sign Language Artistic Production and Festivals in International Contexts -- 3: The World Federation of the Deaf Youth Camp in Durban: An Opportunity for Learning, Networking, and Empowerment -- 4: Deaf Jewish Space and DEAF-SAME: The International Conferences of Deaf Jews in the Twentieth Century -- 5: Deaf Transnational Gatherings at the Turn of the Twenty-First Century and Some Afterthoughts -- Part 2: Language -- 6: The Paradox of International Sign: The Importance of Deaf-Hearing Encounters for Deaf-Deaf Communication across Sign Language Borders -- 7: One Language, or Maybe Two: Direct Communication, Understanding, and Informal Interpreting in International Deaf Encounters -- 8: Challenging Sign Language Lineages and Geographies: the Case of Eritrean, Finnish, and Swedish Sign Languages -- 9: Signed Language Sovereignties in Viet Nam: Deaf Community Responses to ASL-Based Tourism -- 10: Social Media Practices of Deaf Youth in Turkey: Emerging Mobilities and Language Choice -- Part 3: Projects -- 11: Andrew Foster Touches Eternity: From Nigeria to Fiji -- 12: Exploring the Contours of DEAF-SAME Kinship Bonds and Mutuality in United Methodist Short-Term Missions -- 13: A Deaf Leadership Program in Nigeria: Notes on a Complicated Endeavor -- 14: Sign Language Recognition: Tensions between Specificity and Universalism in International Deaf Discourses -- 15: Implementing the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Supporting the Deaf Community in Chile through Legal Expertise -- Part 4: Networks -- 16: A Deaf Diaspora? Imaging Deaf Worlds Across and Beyond Nations.

17: SAME-SAME but Different: Tourism and the Deaf Global Circuit in Cambodia -- 18: The Role of Regional, National, and Trasnational Influences in the Creation of Strong Deaf Activist Networks in Uruguay -- 19: International Deaf Space in Social Media: The Deaf Experience in the United States -- Part 5: Visions -- 20: Deaf International Development Practitioners and Researchers Working Effectively in Deaf Communities -- 21: Changing the World (or Not): Reflecting on Interactions in the Global South during the Frontrunners Program -- 22: "My Deaf Is Not Your Deaf": Realizing Intersectional Realities at Gallaudet University -- 23: Global Deafhood: Exploring Myths and Realities -- Afterword: It's a Small World? -- Contributors -- Index.