Shaun Fahey hosts an open Q&A providing insights into how the NZSL Dictionary received its illustrations used in its definitions of signs along with other art projects Shaun has done as part of his working career. Learn how Shaun learnt to sign while attending a mainstream school that only believed in oralism, and how that shaped his family to learn Total Communication in an effort to understand Shaun.
Memories of Shaun Fahey
2004 •
- Life Stories/People
Shaun Fahey, a Deaf artist, talks about illustrating signs for the NZSL Dictionary, and what life was like for a young Shaun growing up in Christchurch under the rule of oralism.
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Taonga source:
AUT Visual Languages Section
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AUT Visual Languages Section
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VHS
Reference number:
SignDNA – Deaf National Archive New Zealand, AUT027-01-LS04
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