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fieldwork, vignettes from: Cameroon, 15–17;
deaf flourishing and, 19–20; Flanders,
17–18; partnerships in deaf education
and, 30; Uganda, 18–19
figured worlds, 86
finding light metaphor, 180, 181, 185–86
Finland, deaf identity in, 138
Flanders: challenges for, 17–18; deaf
community in, 9; deaf education in,
18, 58–59, 148–49, 182–83; deaf
studies in, 3, 197; documentaries
on, 23; generational breach in, 17;
higher education in, 191; positive
policy developments in, 206. See also
Flemish Deaf Association; Flemish deaf
community; Flemish Deaf Parliament;
Flemish Sign Language; nomadic deaf
citizenship
Flemish Deaf Association (Fevlado): clergy
and, 64; deaf awareness course of, 61–62;
global encounters organized by, 62; Keep
calm and carry on signing poster and,
29; magazine of, 17; Mijn Baby is Doof
documentary of, 182; role of, 58; sign
committee of, 59
Flemish deaf community: evolution of,
141–44; giving back to, 212–13; identity
claims in, 136–41; oppression of, 184–85
Flemish Deaf movement, 131–32
Flemish Deaf Parliament: debates in, 145; as
fostering cross-generational equity, 155;
intergenerational dialogue and, 18; life
stories told in, 126–27, 149–50; origins
of, 17; response in, 146
Flemish Deaf Parliament (documentary), 128,
146–47, 154–55
Flemish Sign Language: background of study,
61–63; recognition of, 18, 182; research
findings, 63; research method and
analysis, 59–61; users of, 58
flourishing: capability approach to, 21, 31–32,
97, 124, 173, 204, 209; metaphor of, 20.
See also deaf flourishing
Fosshaug, S., 68
Foster, Andrew, 33, 112, 227
Foucault, M., 69, 203
framework of deaf flourishing, 20–23, 208
Francqui Foundation fellowship, 188Freire, Paolo, 70, 116, 121, 225, 226
Frelich, Phyllis, 168
French Federation of Belgian Deaf, 58
Fritz, E., 237, 239–40Gallaudet Research Institute Small Research
Grant, 188
Gallaudet University: author experience at,
178, 185, 186–91; as deaf dream world,
185; Deaf President Now protest, 90, 92,
189; International Internship Program,
187–88; involvement at, 199–200;
Laborit visit to, 165–66; peer interaction
at, 91, 94; Queen Mathilde visit to,
189; trips to, 62, 67, 73, 132; Unity
of Gallaudet protest, 96, 189; visiting
scholar role at, 9; as zone of proximal
development, 86, 91–92, 94–97. See also
international deaf people at Gallaudet
Gallinat, A., 177
Geertz, C., 45–46
gender and deafness, 194–95
generational differences, 44–45, 138, 139,
154–56
Geschiere, P., 159, 234
Gescinska, Alicjia, 203–4, 205
Ghent University, 17, 148, 173, 178, 205–6
glass ceiling, 194
global encounters: of Flemish deaf adults,
62, 65, 67–68, 71–72, 73; organized
by Flemish Federation of the Deaf, 62;
overview of, 75–76
globalization: identity and, 171–72;
internalized, 83; risks of, 145
glocal identity, 91
Greece, experience of student from, 95
grounded analysis, 60
group identity dynamics, 84Harris, J., 137
Harrison, D., 225
Haualand, H., 81
Hausa Sign Language, 229
Havstad, Lars, 68
Hawkes, John, 217
Hermsen, Joke, 169
Hessel, S., 30
Higgs, P., 122