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Nora Duggan

@noraduggan.bsky.social

Deaf geographer. Irish migrant living in Sweden. Assistant professor in Linguistics at Stockholm University. Research interests: deaf studies, multilingualism, sociolinguistics.

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Deaf couple facing €10,000 bill for hearing aids A deaf couple, both in employment, say they are being penalised for working and "moving away" from the disability allowance.

A deaf couple, both in employment, say they are being penalised for working and "moving away" from the disability allowance

03.03.2026 07:22 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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What Did Responses to Puerto Rican Sign Language at the Super Bowl Reveal About the Misconceptions People Have About Sign Languages? In my last blog post, I briefly referenced the presence of Puerto Rican Sign Language (Lenguaje de SeΓ±as PuertorriqueΓ±o, LSPR) interpreters at the Super Bowl. At the time, my focus was on the broad…

What Did Responses to Puerto Rican Sign Language at the Super Bowl Reveal About the Misconceptions People Have About Sign Languages?

13.02.2026 09:13 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Imagine being Irish and being anti immigration??? Make it make sense! How’s your uncle getting on there in Sydney? How’s your nephew doing in Dubai? I heard the American cousins were over for a visit last month?

16.12.2025 11:34 β€” πŸ‘ 155    πŸ” 28    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0
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This is our rhythm: academic becoming and realignment in deaf space Abstract. Deaf scholars have long worked at the margins of academic institutions not designed for them. Designated deaf academic spacesβ€”where deaf ways of

Academia wasn’t built for deaf scholarsβ€”but what if it was? Our new paper uses #DrDeaf as an example of alignment in action: how deaf ways of knowing and teaching reconfigure academic space and becoming. With tensions, yesβ€”but also with a distinct deaf rhythm. academic.oup.com/jdsde/advanc...

10.12.2025 09:46 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
Silc Seminars Sign Language, Interpreting, Linguistics and Communication Seminars

AurΓ©lia Nanna Gassa Gonga will present at the Silc Seminars next week, Thursday Dec 11th, at 14:30 Norway time on her PhD research - "International Sign Interpreting: New Evidence for a Language-Like System"

Find more information here: www.hvl.no/en/research/...

#linguistics

02.12.2025 11:02 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I noticed that too! Seems like they may not see the r-slur as that offensive to censor the word? 😣

02.12.2025 14:18 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Octavian, a man in a blue patterned shirt sitting on a stool signing. Behind him is a large TV screen showing a PowerPoint slide with text explaining the difference between disability and debility. Beside the screen on the left is a sign language interpreter.

Octavian, a man in a blue patterned shirt sitting on a stool signing. Behind him is a large TV screen showing a PowerPoint slide with text explaining the difference between disability and debility. Beside the screen on the left is a sign language interpreter.

It was an absolute privilege having Dr. Octavian Robinson @deafkilljoy.bsky.social come to our department to give a presentation on Crip Linguistics. Thoroughly enjoyed it! Looking forward to reading many more of his works soon to come πŸ”₯

08.10.2025 14:06 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Feel free to contact me for more information πŸ€—

19.09.2025 05:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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PhD student in Linguistics, sign language The Department of Linguistics at Stockholm University conducts research and offers education in a number of areas such as child language development, computational linguistics, general linguistics, ph

Application for a PhD position at our department is now open! We are looking for applicants that are interested in areas of sign language linguistics, general sign language studies, or deaf bilingualism/multilingualism. Deadline is 15th Oct. Please share away! su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

19.09.2025 05:05 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 23    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Issues | The Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education | Oxford Academic Publishes peer-reviewed scholarly papers integrating and coordinating basic and applied research relating to individuals who are deaf, including cultural, developmental, linguistic, and educational to...

I am really touched by all of the articles in the special issue of @jdsde.bsky.social in honour of Jon Henner. ❀️https://academic.oup.com/jdsde/issue

12.06.2025 19:02 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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πŸ‘‰Writing Retreat. Write that academic paper in a deaf-centered space!

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24.06.2025 09:43 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Children of migrant Deaf adults During my Master of Research (MRes) studies, whenever I met someone new, they would often enquire about what I was doing for my thesis. When I told them, I was doing research with hearing children …

How do hearing children of Deaf migrant parents experience their multilingual repertoires?
@empacheco.bsky.social explains in the latest Language-on-the-Move post
www.languageonthemove.com/children-of-...

16.06.2025 09:04 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 4

No one needs to be told this, but in policing research there’s this thing called β€œcop culture” [see Robert Reiner] and part of it is a β€œthirst for action”. Police inherently want there to be riots and a chase because police work, for the most part, is extremely boring.

11.06.2025 06:59 β€” πŸ‘ 135    πŸ” 25    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1
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a woman with a ring on her finger is asking what do you think Alt: a woman with a ring on her finger is asking what do you think

...data sharing. This makes it wildly difficult to even think about opening up my ethnographic data for other researchers to access. I'd love to hear other opinions here on BlueSky on the feasibility of sharing ethnographic data, or making it open access, particuarly video data.

10.06.2025 16:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Governments love numbers, less interested in qualitative/ethnographic data but the latter are more likely to capture the small details that can have major impact or consequences. They make a valid point in that. For me, as a researcher based in Sweden with its (may I say) crazy restrictions on...

10.06.2025 16:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The book focused specifically on their experiences of languaging in everyday life, capturing the ups and downs of language learning, as well as attitudes toward various linguistic repertoires. The authors emphasised the importance of sharing ethnographic data, as to strengthen the numbers.

10.06.2025 16:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Written my first book review and what a book it was! "Life in a new language" by Ingrid Piller (@languageonthemove.bsky.social) & 5 other authors captured adult migrants' experiences moving to Australia.
revistes.eapc.gencat.cat/index.php/rl...

10.06.2025 16:19 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
Nora in a pink dress and a graduation cap with her parents beside her. Balloons above her says Dr Nora.

Nora in a pink dress and a graduation cap with her parents beside her. Balloons above her says Dr Nora.

Cannot believe it has already been a year since I successfully defended my PhD! A wonderful day full of memories I'll cherish for the rest of my life.

05.06.2025 09:14 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The link is not working for me πŸ€”

21.05.2025 18:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It's quite jarring to watch. Surprised that it's already being used by the NHS but then again, should I be?

20.05.2025 18:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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This whole evening summed up
#eurovision

17.05.2025 23:06 β€” πŸ‘ 85    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

My Roman Empire is that Koko the gorilla never learned to sign and a conversation with one singular Deaf person would have saved a lot of time and a lot a shoddy research

13.05.2025 08:07 β€” πŸ‘ 35    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2

I like telling authoritarians where to shove it in multiple languages

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Speculating Deaf Tech: Reimagining Technologies Centering Deaf People | Proceedings of the 2025 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

Our #CHI2025 paper β€žSpeculating Deaf Tech: Reimagining Technologies Centering Deaf Peopleβ€œ with @katta.bsky.social and @mdemeulder.bsky.social is finally out! dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/... πŸš€ See you on the Eyeth?!

28.04.2025 11:54 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Woohoo, congratulations on your publication πŸ₯³

22.04.2025 15:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The US right is coming for disabled people. Here’s why that threatens everyone Trump’s administration is dismantling disability rights and education. History has shown this can be a warning sign for all civil liberties

Thanks so much to @theguardian.com for having me, and especially @estelletang.bsky.social for her fastidious edits. www.theguardian.com/global/2025/...

27.03.2025 17:02 β€” πŸ‘ 145    πŸ” 90    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 20
A comic strip by Adam Ellis of a man with a MAGA hat shaking hands with a gay man holding a picket that says "Gays agains drag queens". The MAGA man said "We did it! We finally outlawed all the trans people and drag queens! Thanks for your help!", the gay man said "happy to be of service! So, who are we going after next?". The MAGA man has a grin. The gay man asked "I said who's next?". The MAGA man keeps the same grin on. The gay man with a sudden realisation on his face says "Who...". The MAGA man still have the same grin on.

A comic strip by Adam Ellis of a man with a MAGA hat shaking hands with a gay man holding a picket that says "Gays agains drag queens". The MAGA man said "We did it! We finally outlawed all the trans people and drag queens! Thanks for your help!", the gay man said "happy to be of service! So, who are we going after next?". The MAGA man has a grin. The gay man asked "I said who's next?". The MAGA man keeps the same grin on. The gay man with a sudden realisation on his face says "Who...". The MAGA man still have the same grin on.

This comic by @adamtots.bsky.social made a while back cannot be more relevant than ever.

20.03.2025 16:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

We were actually just talking about this today that it doesn't seem to be safe for travel to the US for DAC. I wasn't planning on going since I have a wedding to attend but now I'm glad I don't have to make that decision on whether I should go or not. It's scary what's happening in the US.

20.03.2025 16:00 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'll be presenting at the conference. Hoping to see some familiar faces there!

12.03.2025 15:18 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Brilliant news, congratulations! Seems like a very interesting topic πŸŽ‰

12.03.2025 13:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0