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Simplified Signs: My brother’s gift, delivered by Open Book Publishers

by William B. Bonvillian When my brother, John Bonvillian, an emeritus faculty member at the University of Virginia, died in 2018, he had just put the finishing touches on the capstone project of

Open Access Week 2020

Open Access: the Start, not the End of the Equity Journey

Read this post about equity, inclusivity and Open Access by Dr Louise Bezuidenhout and Dr Sara de Wit from the Institute for Science, Innovation and Society (InSIS), School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography (SAME), University of Oxford.

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News Flash: R. O. Blechman Turns Ninety!

The Brooklyn-born R. O. Blechman, Bob to his intimates, qualifies officially as a nonagenarian on October 1, 2020. This blog post, despite being candleless and cakefree, celebrates the occasion, with more than enough social distancing to satisfy the strictest epidemiologist.

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On 'Waltzing Through Europe: Attitudes towards Couple Dances in the Long Nineteenth Century'

Read Emma Frost's reflection on our Open Access title 'Waltzing Through Europe: Attitudes towards Couple Dances in the Long Nineteenth Century'.

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Simplified Signs: A Sleeping Giant

Read Janis Sposato's post, in which she talks about the future of the Simplified Signs project and invites readers to 'awake the giant' and start using the signs.

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An Open Essay on the Personal and Profound Relevance of Simplified Signs

Read Jessica Davis' open essay on the relevance of the Simplified Signs project and her involvement in it.

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Simplified Signs and Psycholinguistics

Read Filip T. Loncke's reflections on the Simplified Sign project and on his collaboration to the system.

sign language

Tackling Simplified Sign System Handshapes: Five Basics to Get You Started

Read Tracy T. Dooley's introduction to the Simplified Signs system's handshapes.

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The Possibility of Signs

This is the first of a series of blog post on one of our latest titles 'Simplified Signs: A Manual Sign-Communication System for Special Populations'. Read William B. Bonvillian's reflections on the Simplified Signs project.

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On 'Liminal Spaces: Migration and Women of the Guyanese Diaspora' by Grace Aneiza Ali (ed.).

Read Domenic Rotundo's reflections on our forthcoming book 'Liminal Spaces: Migration and Women of the Guyanese Diaspora' by Grace Aneiza Ali (ed.).

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Simplified Signs: My brother’s gift, delivered by Open Book Publishers

Open Access: the Start, not the End of the Equity Journey

News Flash: R. O. Blechman Turns Ninety!

On 'Waltzing Through Europe: Attitudes towards Couple Dances in the Long Nineteenth Century'

Simplified Signs: A Sleeping Giant

An Open Essay on the Personal and Profound Relevance of Simplified Signs

Simplified Signs and Psycholinguistics

Tackling Simplified Sign System Handshapes: Five Basics to Get You Started

The Possibility of Signs

On 'Liminal Spaces: Migration and Women of the Guyanese Diaspora' by Grace Aneiza Ali (ed.).