Piąty wymiar. Koncepcja DeafSpace i jej potencjał międzykulturowy

Dagmara Iga Stanosz

doi:10.31261/SEIA.2024.24.02.06

Published: 2025-12-31

Vol. 24 No. 2 (2024)

The fifth dimension: The concept of DeafSpace and its intercultural potential

Dagmara Iga Stanosz

Section: Artykuły

https://doi.org/10.31261/SEIA.2024.24.02.06

Abstract

The concept of DeafSpace was developed in response to the everyday experiences and communication needs of deaf people, which determine their distinctiveness, differences in perceiving distances, visual control, and comfort in assimilating information. It is also a manifestation of recognition of the different perceptions of sign language users and their high visual competence. Constructed wherever deaf and hearing people function together, it facilitates intercultural contact in multilingual groups and allows for a departure from the stigmatisation associated with disability and the socio-cultural model of perceiving deafness. The researcher questions the role of space in shaping linguistic practices that connect deaf and hearing people from different cultural circles. The analysis is based on research conducted at the Silesian Museum and conclusions from a study visit to Gallaudet University in November 2024.

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DeafSpace , bimodal language ecosystem , Deaf gain , cohesion , participation

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Stanosz, D. I. (2025). The fifth dimension: The concept of DeafSpace and its intercultural potential. Studia Etnologiczne I Antropologiczne, 24(2), 1–10. https://doi.org/10.31261/SEIA.2024.24.02.06

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Dagmara Iga Stanosz

dagmara.stanosz@us.edu.pl
https://orcid.org/0009-0009-4030-5865

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University of Silesia in Katowice Poland

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Dagmara Iga Stanosz – kustoszka w Muzeum Śląskim, doktorantka Uniwersytetu Śląskiego w Katowicach (doktorat wdrożeniowy), członkini Polskiego Komitetu Narodowego Międzynarodowej Rady Muzeów ICOM oraz Europejskiego Stowarzyszenia Antropologów Społecznych EASA, prezeska Fundacji Antropologii Komunikacji „Ingraft”. Jej zainteresowania badawcze dotyczą relacji między przestrzenią, językiem a percepcją ze szczególnym uwzględnieniem zagadnień inkluzywności we współczesnym muzealnictwie, medycznego i kulturowego modelu niesprawności w kontekście antropologii sensorycznej, kultury g/Głuchych i DeafSpace. Współautorka i redaktorka publikacji Teatralium. Malarstwo, literatura, teatr (2014), Głusza (2022), Praktyki otwartości (2025), autorka artykułów naukowych zamieszczanych m.in. w czasopismach „Parezja”, „Muzealnictwo” czy „Formy.xyz” oraz publikacji w ramach prac projektowych Erasmus+ „Inclusive Museums” i „Sign Language International Potential”.

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