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Maartje De Meulder

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Maartje De Meulder @mdemeulder.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
#DrDeaf Winter 2026 workshops are now open for registration! This year we have three workshops: PhDeaf foundations, PhDeaf advanced and the Writing Retreat. drdeaf.org/workshops-ev...
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Workshops & events
Upcoming: PhDeaf Workshop and Writing Retreat — 7 to 11 December 2026. Registration is now open. Registration Open: PhDeaf Workshop and Writing Retreat 2026 Registration is now open for the PhDeaf …
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Maartje De Meulder @mdemeulder.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Thanks to support from @jdsde.bsky.social we can cover travel and visa costs for one or more participants from the Global South at this Winter's Dr Deaf workshop. Apply for funding and join a growing international network of deaf academics. drdeaf.org/workshops-events/#global-south-funding #drDeaf
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Workshops & events
Upcoming: PhDeaf Workshop and Writing Retreat — 7 to 11 December 2026. Registrations will open soon. Funding Available: PhDeaf Workshops 2026 (Global South Travel Support) The Dr Deaf Team is pleas…
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Maartje De Meulder @mdemeulder.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Call for Papers "Beyond Shared Language: Anthropologies of Communication with Non-Equivalent Others" - abstracts due 30 Sept www.frontiersin.org/research-top...
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Frontiers | Beyond Shared Language: Anthropologies of Communication with Non-Equivalent Others
Contemporary theories of communication often presuppose the existence, or at least the eventual attainability, of a shared code, be it a common language, mut...
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Maartje De Meulder @mdemeulder.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Call for Papers: XXI International Conference on Minority Languages (ICML 2027) icml2027.eurac.edu/en/call-for-...
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Call for Papers
Since its first edition in 1980, the International Conference on Minority Languages (ICML) has been one of the leading international forums for researchers working on minority languages in contexts su...
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Maartje De Meulder @mdemeulder.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Spending 3 hours trying to secure sign language interpreting services just because you live and work in a different EU country #deaftax
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Maartje De Meulder @mdemeulder.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
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Built By Deaf People, For Deaf People, Google's New Technology
Google's new AI turns sign language into text, built with Deaf input. Deaf filmmaker Chrissy Marshall asks whose ASL these systems will recognize.
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Maartje De Meulder @mdemeulder.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Testimonies from those who were taught or mentored by Jason Arday or crossed paths with him in different ways - testimonies to the lasting impact he had on many people. leilacancode.github.io/everythinggo...
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Everything Good About Jason Arday
First-hand accounts from people who knew him. Collected by his students.
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Maartje De Meulder @mdemeulder.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
What happens when you put 100+ sociolinguists in a room to talk about AI? You get lively conversations and some much-needed hope. At a moment when LLMs are increasingly shaping our lives, it was reassuring to be part of this kind and critical community. shorturl.at/IXfsR
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Maartje De Meulder @mdemeulder.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
We're happy to share some of the accepted work for #DeafTech2026. Thanks to everyone who submitted their work and to our reviewers for their evaluations! Poster and demo submissions remain open until 20 February www.deaftech26.eu/program
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Program - Deaf Tech Conference 2026
DeafTech 2026 Conference Program - Two days of talks, demos, and networking
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Brian Merchant @bcmerchant.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
When the AI boom began, copywriters were singled out as one of the jobs most vulnerable to AI. Now, three years later, I wanted to hear from workers on the frontlines of the industry, to hear what had actually taken place on the ground. For many, it was even worse than they'd feared.
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"I was forced to use AI until the day I was laid off." Copywriters reveal how AI has decimated their industry
Copywriters were one of the first to have their jobs targeted by AI firms. These are their stories, three years into the AI era.
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Maartje De Meulder @mdemeulder.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
We are looking for a new team member for an exciting project investigating how remote sign language interpreting services may be improved using augmented reality! Application deadline: 31 January 2026 werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...
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Vacancy — Research assistant in Designing an AR Remote Sign Language Interpreting Service
<p>Would you like to contribute to rethinking how deaf people access essential services through technology, especially Augmented Reality, with key national partners in the Netherlands?</p>
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Maartje De Meulder @mdemeulder.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Another week of deaf academic becoming ❤️ #DrDeaf academic.oup.com/jdsde/advanc...
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Joseph Murray @drjosephmurray.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Thrilled to see the #drDeaf article I published with @mdemeulder.bsky.social @annelieskusters.bsky.social is now the fourth most read article in the journal after one day of publication! Join the crowd and read the open access article here: academic.oup.com/jdsde/advanc...
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Maartje De Meulder @mdemeulder.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Academia wasn’t built for deaf scholars—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, yes—but also with a distinct deaf rhythm. academic.oup.com/jdsde/advanc...
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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 spaces—where deaf ways of
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Lina Who Lina How Lina… (侯詠絮) @linasigns.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Highly recommended for all mentors and advisers who work with deaf students in graduate programs: academic.oup.com/jdsde/advanc...
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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 spaces—where deaf ways of
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Maartje De Meulder @mdemeulder.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Analysing data from our 2025 survey on AI adoption among sign language interpreters and speech-to-text reporters in Belgium and the Netherlands. We're looking at how practitioners perceive the benefits and risks of language AI, workflow changes, and human-AI collaboration. More to come!
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Maartje De Meulder @mdemeulder.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
🚀 Call for Papers: #DeafTech2026. We want anything on tech + deaf experiences. Deaf interpreters using captions, deaf animator & game devs, speech-to-text in daily life, sign language AI, VR/AR, media & streaming and more critical/theoretical reflections. Deadline: 8 Dec AOE www.deaftech26.eu/cfp
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Call for Papers - Deaf Tech Conference 2026
Call for Papers - Deaf Tech 2026. Submit your research on deaf technology innovations.
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Multilingual Matters @multi-ling-mat.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
New book outlines theoretical and methodological approaches to analyzing deaf people's experiences of understanding and being understood. buff.ly/zoyy9jt
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Maartje De Meulder @mdemeulder.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
A few more things about #deaftech2026 1. This is a deaf-only conference. This is intentional. 2. The conference language will be International Sign 3. This is not an “AI conference” - obv submissions on AI are welcome, but this is about the whole spectrum of how technologies meet deaf experiences
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Maartje De Meulder @mdemeulder.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Registrations for the DeafTech 2026 conference are now open. Get your ticket today! www.deaftech26.eu/registration
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Registration & Fees - Deaf Tech Conference 2026
Registration & Fees - DeafTech 2026. Register for the conference with affordable pricing for researchers, industry, and community members.
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Deafness, Cognition and Language Research Centre (DCAL) @dcal-ucl.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
There’s still time to apply for the Deaf in AI & Technology workshop. The deadline’s this Sunday, 23 November. Re-sharing in case you haven’t seen it yet.
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Maartje De Meulder @mdemeulder.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
More information on deaf technologies, ticket system, call for papers, and why you should join the #deaftech2026 conference! youtu.be/KFCYmGPobqo
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Deaf Tech Conference 2026 - FAQ
YouTube video by Deaf Tech Conference 2026
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Joseph Murray @drjosephmurray.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
We had our first Professor Deaf #drDeaf workshop with 22 Deaf mid/senior career academics having a dialogue across sessions on career stages, academic administration, running research centers, mentoring and more.
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Maartje De Meulder @mdemeulder.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
Save the date! 📣 First International DeafTech conference, May 26-27, 2026, Vienna. www.deaftech26.eu
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Deaf Technologies 2026 - International Conference on Deaf Technologies - Deaf Tech Conference 2026
Deaf Technologies 2026 - International Conference on Deaf Technologies. May 26-27, 2026 in Vienna, Austria.
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Maartje De Meulder @mdemeulder.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
New paper! We tested AR glasses for Video Relay Interpreting (VRI). Interpreters preferred AR VRI over VRI; deaf users saw future potential but said current tech isn't good enough. Real-world unscripted testing gave different results than lab experiments. dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
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User Acceptance of Augmented Remote Sign Language Interpreting | Adjunct Proceedings of the 25th ACM International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents
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Maartje De Meulder @mdemeulder.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
This week will be the first Professor Deaf workshop! This is a #DrDeaf event aimed at mid career academics. We will be a group of 22 deaf academics from 8 different countries. Excited about this new addition to the #DrDeaf offer!
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Maartje De Meulder @mdemeulder.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
With this questionnaire @karogebruers.bsky.social, Deborah Giustini and I are exploring the impact of AI language technologies on VGT/NGT-Dutch interpreters & notetakers in Belgium (Flanders) and the Netherlands. If you are among the target group, do participate! forms.cloud.microsoft/e/MVGHn45Pa7
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Maartje De Meulder @mdemeulder.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Impressive group of deaf scholars! gallaudet.edu/deaf-studies...
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Meet this year’s Deaf Studies Incubator Fellows  | Deaf Studies | Gallaudet University
What do you get when you put four Deaf scholars from around the world together in a historic house for a year? The Deaf Studies Incubator.  The
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Natalia Levshina @natalialevshina.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
🚨 #SLE2026 Workshop alert! 🚨 How do Large Language Models reshape linguistics? 🧠🤖 Join the debate about LLMs' impact on linguistic theory, methods and human language! Osnabrück 26-29 August 2026. #LLM #linguistics Full text of our workshop proposal: societaslinguistica.eu/sle2026/wp-c...
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Liam O’Dell (He/Him) @liamodell.com · 19/07/2025
Hearing families should stop being told not to use sign language with their deaf children, deaf academic Dr Kate Rowley has said, with there being “no evidence” it impacts speech or literacy.
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‘No evidence’ BSL harms speech or literacy, as researchers stress benefits of early access
Hearing families should stop being told not to use sign language with their deaf children, deaf academic Dr Kate Rowley has said, with there being “no evidence” it impacts speech or literacy.
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Liam O’Dell (He/Him) @liamodell.com · 19/07/2025
A new study shared at the British Deaf Association's (BDA) annual conference in Leeds has concluded that investing in British Sign Language (BSL) for deaf children is "likely cost-effective", returning £4 to the economy for every £1 spent.
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Early years sign language access for deaf children ‘likely cost-effective’, study finds
A new study shared at the British Deaf Association's (BDA) annual conference in Leeds has concluded that investing in British Sign Language (BSL) for deaf children is "likely cost-effective", returning £4 to the economy for every £1 spent.
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Maartje De Meulder @mdemeulder.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Thanks to @liamodell.com for covering my presentation on the ethics of the development and use of sign language technologies at the BDA conference in Leeds. And thanks to @bda.org.uk for the invitation! The UK has given me a lot as a deaf scholar over the years - happy to give back in return.
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Louise Bony @bony-l75.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
De Meulder's keynote address yesterday at #ICED2025 deeply reinvigorated me. It felt good to see such a powerful talk, one that accurately deciphers our needs as Deaf people and the vital importance of Deaf academic spaces! Thank you again!
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Maartje De Meulder @mdemeulder.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
My keynote presentation at #ICED2025 yesterday was about the critical importance of deaf academic spaces, presenting #DrDeaf as an example, and the values they entail for broader deaf educational environments. Preprint of the paper: lnkd.in/ecx4bM-D Full keynote presentation: lnkd.in/eE7qrkhY
Wide view of a large auditorium filled with attendees watching a keynote presentation at ICED 2025. A speaker stands on stage presenting, with slides and sign language interpretation projected onto two large screens above.
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Maartje De Meulder @mdemeulder.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
First conference stop this summer: ICED in Rome, the premier international conference on deaf education. It’s my 3rd ICED, after Maastricht (2005) and Vancouver (2010). Among the approx. 600 participants are 130 deaf participants, including many presenters. Great to see this deaf space at ICED.
A conference badge with a red lanyard lying on a wooden table. The badge reads: “ICED 2025, Rome - Italy, July 7 - 11, 2025” at the top, with the name “DE MEULDER, Maartje” in large text in the middle. At the bottom, on a red strip, it says “KEYNOTE SPEAKER.”
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Sara Nović @novicsara.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
I see the "we cured deafness" injection is making the rounds in the UK now. Let's discuss 🧵
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Dr. Nicole Lee Schroeder @nicole-lee-sch.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Here's a thread about a virtual conference that's actually accessible. How? Because it was designed and executed by disabled people who care about access and know what it takes to build meaningful community. Take notes. 1/11
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Joseph Murray @drjosephmurray.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
The events run parallel and take place in Ål, Norway from 7-12 December 2025. There will be joint lectures and activities between the two events, including our now infamous winter afternoon sauna and ice-bathing wellness activity! (We pre-cut the hole in the ice, no worries! 🤣) #drDeaf
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Joseph Murray @drjosephmurray.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
The Dr Deaf Winter 2025 Workshops are open! #drDeaf 👉 Phd Deaf for those in or considering a Phd. Join a cohort and make connections that will support you in your doctoral journey! 👉Writing Retreat. Write that academic paper in a deaf-centered space! Register at forms.office.com/e/HLfrV76SXU
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 19/06/2025
When a chatbot gets something wrong, it’s not because it made an error. It’s because on that roll of the dice, it happened to string together a group of words that, when read by a human, represents something false. But it was working entirely as designed. It was supposed to make a sentence & it did.
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 19/06/2025
Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
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Maartje De Meulder @mdemeulder.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
I just heard there will be at least 130 deaf participants at the next ICED conference in Rome. I went to two before, and I think there were never that many.
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Maartje De Meulder @mdemeulder.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
What is common knowledge in your field, but shocks outsiders? That you can build a career on sign language without ever using it.
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Maartje De Meulder @mdemeulder.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
What a great paper. I miss Twitter (or what it once was), and @jmhenner.bsky.social in it. Thanks to @deafkilljoy.bsky.social and Rachael Gabriel for writing this. Make sure to check the other papers in the special issue in honour of Jon Henner. academic.oup.com/jdsde/articl...
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Layers, cells, and constellations: Jon Henner’s Twitter platform as crip activism
Abstract. This paper examines the role of Jon Henner’s Twitter presence (@jmhenner) as a form of crip activism, exploring how he used the platform to chall
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Maartje De Meulder @mdemeulder.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
At #DrDeaf we hand out designated Dr Deaf mugs to participants who received a PhD. Congratulations @bevjbuchanan.bsky.social and Paul Simmons on your PhDs - we look forward to handing out many more Dr Deaf mugs in the years to come!
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Dr Keith Wilson 💭 @keithwilson.eu · 12/06/2025
Not to mention following feeds in your areas of interest. The real strength of Bluesky compared to other social networks lies in the ability to *choose your own algorithm*. (Enabling ‘Show samples of your saved feeds in your Following feed’ in preferences also makes for a better experience.) 🦋
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Ariel Guersenzvaig @interacciones.org · 12/06/2025
“Sensors on your glasses can track biting and chewing speeds to ensure you don’t become too much of a food hoover.” Self-inflicted helicopter parenting for grown-up fools.
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Wyatte Hall @wyattehall.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
New publication out with the late great @jmhenner.bsky.social and @anthrodad.bsky.social The #Deaf Childhood Experiences Scale aims to provide data on deaf life factors with the goal of better understanding... quality of life outcomes among deaf populations. academic.oup.com/jdsde/articl... 1/6
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Preliminary development of the deaf childhood experiences scale
Abstract. We describe here the initial creation and validation of a tool designed to quantify certain unique life experiences of deaf individuals. The Deaf
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Maartje De Meulder @mdemeulder.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Wat is de huidige impact van AI op de opleiding en het beroep van tolken gebarentaal? trajectum.hu.nl/neemt-ai-het...
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Neemt AI het werk van tolken gebarentaal over en gaat de opleiding verdwijnen? - Trajectum
'Met zo'n bril zien dove gebruikers een tolk levensgroot in hun gezichtsveld.'
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