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Status Transactions: The “It” Factor in Sign Language Interpreting?

Wing Butlerhttp://www.streetleverage.com/status-transactions-the-it-factor-in-sign-language-interpreting/

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SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETERS: EXERCISING STATUS AGILITY TO ACHIEVE SOCIAL BALANCE?

Wing Butler

IN THIS SESSION, WING WILL EXAMINE THE CONSTRUCTS OF STATUS, THE RULES AND PRINCIPLES OF STATUS NAVIGATION, AND OFFER INSIGHT INTO HOW TODAY’S INTERPRETER CAN INCORPORATE AN INCREASED LEVEL OF STATUS AGILITY INTO THEIR WORK TO BE MORE SUCCESSFUL

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DREAMS

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Dr. Flavia Fleischer

2 - “While a Deaf person may be perfectly capable of achieving success in whatever ways make sense to him, navigating social and physical spaces (that are designed for and by people who hear) to attain that success can be maddening if not exhausting”

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YouAre Here

Status:The relative social, professional, or other standing of someone or something.

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YouAre Here

Status:The relative social, professional, or other standing of someone or something.

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Status Gaps

Shared Privilege

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Humility: Acceptance of unseen systems and dynamics

H2

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HUMILITY

1 - “We take for granted that one’s awareness of oneself is accurate”

2 - “A person who had been using himself wrongly for a long time could not trust himself”

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Generosity:Acceptance that one’s awareness has inaccuracies

H2 G

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RECIPROCITY

3 – “Every inflection & movement implies a status and that no action is due to chance or really motiveless”

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Reciprocity: We choose to move in a way that doesn’t widen status gaps, and closer if we can.

H2 G R

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IT Factor Formula

Humility2 + Generosity x Reciprocity

= Status Agility

H2 G R+ x

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Me Dad

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Status Gaps

Shared Privilege

H2 + G x R = SA

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Comedian:Is paid to lower his own or other people’s status.

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Status Awareness Exercise

Our Eyes

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Language Conflicts in Meta Behavior

High Status (Dominant)• EYES: Breakaway• POSTURE: Up right • HEAD MOVEMENT: Stillness• SPACE: Lager space• SPEECH: Full sentences• BODY MOVEMENT: Slow

control of body • TOES: Pointed outwards

Low Status (Submissive)• EYES: Breakaway, glance back• POSTURE: Compensated• HEAD MOVEMENT: More • SPACE: Smaller space• SPEECH: Tentative eh,er, um• BODY MOVEMENT: Quick,

jerky body movements • TOES: Pointed inwards

Impro, Keith Johnstone

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Status Conflicts in Interpreting Dynamics

High Status (Dominant)• Doctor• Employer• Supervisor• Police• Friend• Parent

Low Status (Submissive)• Patient• Employee• Team Member• Civilian• Friend• Child

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What meta behaviors (signals) are in direct conflict in [insert interpreting situation]?

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