Libras como língua (de direito) no registro da memória da comunidade surda

Abstract

The Deaf Community, composed mainly of Deaf users of Sign Languages as the first language, has historically faced many social barriers in relation to communication. In this sense, this investigation aims to research what is the treatment for the oral memory of the Deaf Community, through the memory spaces, in the collection, registration and availability of oral information, in Porto Alegre, Caxias do Sul and Santa Maria, in Rio Grande do Sul. In order to investigate this issue, seven places that have oral memory collections were interviewed and the existence of oral deafs made in Brazilian Sign Language was verified. As a way to theoretically analyze the issue: issues related to Deaf Identity, Culture and Community are addressed through Deaf Studies, of which researchers such as Gladis Perlin, Karin Strobel and Paddy Ladd stand out; in relation to Sign Language, William Stokoe, Ronice Muller de Quadros and Lodenir Becker Karnopp; and linguistic studies, from the perspective of Benveniste, Geertz and Woodward. We identified, throughout this study, that the Oral Memory of the Deaf Community has not reached the memory spaces and that the Brazilian Sign Language has been disregarded in this medium as a priority language of the Deaf's memory. [resumo fornecido pelo autor]