Pro tactile training online
patrick galasso
I am pleased to announce a three-week online seminar, “Introduction to Protactile Theory.” This is a RID CMP and ACET Activity, and 2.0 CEUs in the category of Professional Studies will be offered by the DeafBlind Interpreting National Training and Resource Center, an approved CMP and ACET sponsor.
The course also welcomes registrations from DeafBlind people, agency and program staff, educators, and others who wish to learn more about the Protactile movement.
Title: Introduction to Protactile Theory
Instructor: John Lee Clark
Dates: March 3 to 22, 2019
CEUs: 2.0 (20 hours, up to 7 hours each week, no partial CEUs will be awarded)
Registration fee: $200 (PayPal or check)
Course description:
This distance learning opportunity focuses on the social and intellectual contexts in which the Protactile movement emerged. Key concepts include distantism, vidism, virtual and corporeal spaces, co-presence, co-navigation, and autonomy. We will discuss the ramifications of these concepts, Protactile practices, and Protactile language. This three-week, discussion-intensive course is intended to help interpreters and others transition into hands-on learning of Protactile language and related skills.
IMPORTANT: The course will be conducted via a secure email listserv. The language of instruction and all discussions will be in English. You will also need to purchase or borrow one short book, while all other reading materials will be provided.
Participation expectations: Read materials, post several messages per week, and write a short (300-400 words) essay. We will use a flexible literacy approach; Deaf English and other pidgin writing styles are fine.
Instructor bio:
John Lee Clark is the author of the essay collection “Where I Stand” (Handtype Press, 2014). A nationally recognized Protactile trainer, he is a core team member with the DeafBlind Interpreting National Training and Resource Center at Western Oregon University; a research consultant for a National Science Foundation grant studying Protactile phonology, Drs. Terra Edwards and Diane Brentari principal investigators; and an adjunct instructor with the Department of ASL Studies and Deaf Studies, Gallaudet University. His essays and poems have appeared in many publications, including American Poetry Review, The Chronicle of Higher Education, Minneapolis Star Tribune, The Nation, Poetry, Rattle, Shenandoah, Sign Language Studies, and Wordgathering. He lives in Hopkins, Minnesota, with the artist and author Adrean Clark and their three sons.
Registration deadline: February 28, 2019
To apply, please contact me at j...@johnleeclark.com for further information.
These are exciting times for the Protactile movement, and I hope you will join me in exploring how it is changing our world!
John