Poetry in Motion: Running a Literary Workshop for the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing in Greece

Brikena Gishto (SNFPHI); Elaine Smolen (respondent, Columbia University)
 

SNFPHI awardee, theater director, and sign language interpreter Brikena Gishto will present her project "The Wave in the Mind: A Poetry Workshop in Greek Sign Language," which gives members of the deaf and hard-of-hearing communities the chance to use visual-kinetic language to compose poetry, while also exploring how this work can challenge and expand the conventions of the poetic form. She will discuss the organizational and educational challenges that she has faced leading poetry workshops in the context of Greek public education and what it takes for literary fora to host poets from the domain of special education. In response, faculty from Columbia's Teachers College will discuss how their research and teaching has been shaped by the cultural production of New York City's deaf and hard-of-hearing communities.

ASL interpreting and CART services will be made available for the duration of the seminar. 

Seating is limited. Registration closes at NOON on Monday, March 23rd. If you do not have a Columbia ID, you will receive a QR code to access the campus.