deafinition
Giselle Quinones
“I doubt whether people are more curious about anything in life than other people—especially
other people with another culture. This is especially true for relatively invisible cultures like
Deaf Culture. How are outsiders to learn about it—to learn even the rudiments; for example
that there is such a culture?”
—Harlan Lane
deafinition, a year-long research-intensive project, hopes to broaden perspectives of
human differences within the Deaf Community. It seeks to promote awareness of a linguistic
minority through a sampling from For Hearing People Only: Fourth Edition by Mathew S.
Moore & Linda Levitan; a book focused on the most commonly asked questions regarding
the Deaf Reality. Through an illustrative process of drawing and designing introductory
American Sign Language signs, a website and zine share the beauty of language with all
of humanity to educate and eliminate barriers.
