Outreach and Science Communication in the DGS-Korpus Project: Accessibility of Data and the Benefit of Interactive Exchange between Communities

Jahn, Elena | Khan, Calvin | Herrmann, Annika

Volume:: Proceedings of the LREC2022 10th Workshop on the Representation and Processing of Sign Languages: Multilingual Sign Language Resources
Venue:: Marseille, France
Date:: 25 June 2022
Pages:: 80–87
Publisher:: European Language Resources Association (ELRA)
License:: CC BY-NC 4.0
sign-lang ID:: 22035
ACL ID:: 2022.signlang-1.13
ISBN:: 979-10-95546-86-3

Content Categories

Projects:: DGS-Korpus project
Languages:: German Sign Language
Corpora:: DGS Corpus
Dictionaries:: DW-DGS

Abstract

In this paper, we tackle the issues of science communication and dissemination within a sign language corpus project with a focus on spreading accessible information and involving the D/deaf community on various levels. We will discuss successful examples, challenges, and limitations to public relations in such a project and particularly elaborate on use cases. The focus group is presented as a best-practice example of a what we think is a necessary perspective: taking external knowledge seriously and let community experts interact with and provide feedback on a par with academic personnel. Showing both social media and on-site events, we present some exemplary approaches from our team involved in public relations.

Document Download

Paper PDF BibTeX File + Abstract

Cite as

Citation in ACL Citation Format

Elena Jahn, Calvin Khan, Annika Herrmann. 2022. Outreach and Science Communication in the DGS-Korpus Project: Accessibility of Data and the Benefit of Interactive Exchange between Communities. In Proceedings of the LREC2022 10th Workshop on the Representation and Processing of Sign Languages: Multilingual Sign Language Resources, pages 80–87, Marseille, France. European Language Resources Association (ELRA).

BibTeX Export

@inproceedings{jahn:22035:sign-lang:lrec,
  author    = {Jahn, Elena and Khan, Calvin and Herrmann, Annika},
  title     = {Outreach and Science Communication in the {DGS-Korpus} Project: Accessibility of Data and the Benefit of Interactive Exchange between Communities},
  pages     = {80--87},
  editor    = {Efthimiou, Eleni and Fotinea, Stavroula-Evita and Hanke, Thomas and Hochgesang, Julie A. and Kristoffersen, Jette and Mesch, Johanna and Schulder, Marc},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the {LREC2022} 10th Workshop on the Representation and Processing of Sign Languages: Multilingual Sign Language Resources},
  maintitle = {13th International Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation ({LREC} 2022)},
  publisher = {{European Language Resources Association (ELRA)}},
  address   = {Marseille, France},
  day       = {25},
  month     = jun,
  year      = {2022},
  isbn      = {979-10-95546-86-3},
  language  = {english},
  url       = {https://www.sign-lang.uni-hamburg.de/lrec/pub/22035.pdf}
}