This session will offer an insightful exploration into the intersections of Deaf culture and architectural practice, aimed at students, academics, practitioners, and allies interested in inclusive and accessible design<\/p>\n
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The event will highlight our ongoing research and\u00a0projects,\u00a0as well as founder Chris Laing\u2019s plans to strengthen connections between Deaf culture and architectural design.<\/p>\n
Chris will also discuss Silent Buttons, presenting a short film of the same name. He will explain the creative process behind the film and the importance of the campaign in raising awareness of the everyday barriers faced by the Deaf community. Our cities are not designed with Deaf people in mind – this project seeks to challenge that.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n The event will also introduce Deaf Space and the upcoming Deaf Space Lab, which will focus on developing resources and Signstrokes, a collection of BSL architectural terms.<\/p>\n This session will offer an insightful exploration into the intersections of Deaf culture and architectural practice, aimed at students, academics, practitioners, and allies interested in … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":86196,"featured_media":1153,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[312383],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1152"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/86196"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1152"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1152\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1155,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1152\/revisions\/1155"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Wednesday 10 December 2025, 1500 – 1700<\/h3>\n
Marlowe Lecture Theatre 1, Canterbury Campus<\/h3>\n
Open to all staff and students, no sign up required<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"