1. Tracing a genealogy of Deafness and Sign Language 1700- 2006 A Foucauldain analysis By Jennifer Malcolm, for Language, Discourse and Power, Massey University

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5. Text 1 “ Oral speech is the sole power that can rekindle the light God breathed into man when, giving him a soul in a corporeal body, he gave him also a means of understanding, of conceiving and expressing himself…. While, on the other hand, mimic signs are not sufficient to express the fullness of thought, on the other hand they enhance and glorify fantasy and all the faculties of the sense of imagination….The fantastic language of signs exalts the senses and foments the passions, whereas speech elevates the mind much more naturally, with calm, prudence and truth.” … Tarra ended by defying anyone to define in sign language the soul, faith, hope, charity, justice, virtue, the angels, God…”No shape, no image, no design,” Tarra concluded, “can reproduce these ideas. Speech alone, divine itself, is the right way to speak about divine matter.” Lane, H. (1999). The mask of benevolence: disabling the Deaf community (2nd ed),(p 92) San Diego, CA: DawnSignPress. Giulio Tarra quotes from congress of Deaf educators in Milan in 1880

8. Text 2 This Bill is necessary. A lack of recognition of New Zealand Sign Language leads to serious barriers to information and services and therefore unacceptable injustices for Deaf people. It offers improved access to information and services that hearing people take for granted. It provides acknowledgement of Deaf peoples’ language and culture. New Zealand Sign language is part of our rich cultural diversity. Around 28,000 people, of whom 7,000 are Deaf, use it. It is a language native to our country. It has a unique linguistic structure and includes signs that express concepts from Maori culture. Deaf people comprise a distinct and dynamic cultural group in our country. Their language is central to their culture. Language and culture go hand in hand, and by our recognition of New Zealand Sign Language we give due recognition to Deaf Culture. Dyson, R., (2006) New Zealand Sign Language Bill Third Reading Speech. Retrieved October 2, 2008, from http://www.beehive.govt.nz/node/25407