Tag Archives: Sign Language

Emergent Ritual

Posted on October 26, 2015 by julianstodd

The meaning of things can fall into history, even when the artefact itself persists. Like why we shake hands. Or give three kisses on the cheek. Or bow. Rituals, embedded in our culture, but not in any sense natural behaviours. … Continue reading →

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The Man Who Mistook… A Tribute to Oliver Sacks

Posted on September 2, 2015 by julianstodd

It didn’t take me long to find the first reference i made to Oliver Sacks’ work: it’s in the first significant piece of writing it did, for my undergraduate dissertation on the psychology and neurophysiology of interpretation. It’s easy to … Continue reading →

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Through the Noise

Posted on April 30, 2015 by julianstodd

It’s a travel day: disrupted, fragmented. Hard to settle. Hard to write. Shards of time, split out. At the airport i stop for dinner. Loud: tannoy interrupts my thinking, people talking, constant noise. Hard in the restaurant: the staff are … Continue reading →

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Disability and communication: adapting our model of communication to changing circumstances.

Posted on June 20, 2011 by julianstodd

Recently i met someone brave. A teenager who had been profoundly affected by cancer, losing first her sight, then her hearing, all over the space of around three years. Within that time, instead of despair, she seemed to have found … Continue reading →

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