🙊 Oral Languages Are Watched, Sign Languages Are Free 🙉
December 27, 2025
2:00 PM – 4:00 PM Add to calendar
2:00 PM – 4:00 PM Add to calendar
House of Tea
Chaos Communication Congress (C3) is a big annual event for people who love technology, cybersecurity, free culture, and creativity. Since 1984, it has been held in Germany, first mostly in German, then in English to connect people worldwide.
Today, thanks to International Sign (IS), everyone deaf or hearing can fully join. IS makes communication open, equal, and accessible, helping people overcome language barriers and work together.
There are over 300 sign languages in the world, some more than 5,000 years old. IS has been used for several decades by the World Federation of the Deaf (WFD) and the Deaflympics Games (ICSD). These organizations used to have a hierarchy, but today IS allows a holarchy, where everyone has a place and communication is shared equally.
A big question is: why choose English instead of International Sign? English helps hearing people communicate worldwide. But IS allows deaf and hearing people to connect more equally, opening space for sharing and understanding deaf cultures.
What’s on program:
introduction to visual foundations of sign languages
practical vocabulary for Congress (introductions, nicknames, navigating the venue, essential needs);
tips for quick and effective communication with deaf hacktivists;
a focus on accessibility and Deaf culture within hackerspaces.
Workshop is open to everyone, no prior knowledge required.
Additional information
| Type | other |
|---|---|
| Language | German |
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