Hello again! With only a few days left until Saturday, 6 April, we would like to introduce another one of our speakers.
Who is Buket Ela Demirel?
Demirel, a research sociologist who studies cultural and social changes in sign language and the Deaf community, graduated from the Department of Sociology at Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University in 2013. While studying for her bachelor's degree, she began taking part in special and pioneering projects for people with disabilities and socially disadvantaged groups in many civil society organizations such as Düşler Akademisi (2010), Vodafone Foundation (2011), Koç Foundation (2012-2014) and İKSV (2016).
The founder of the Words of Silence initiative, Demirel organized, together with volunteer instructors, the first free EKPSS course held in sign language (2015-2016). After serving as the sign lyricist of the song ‘Eller Konuşur’ (Hands Speak) by the group Defrap (2017), she is now the sign language lyricist of the Birlikte Güçlü Sesler Korosu (Strong Voices Together Choir), formed in collaboration with İKSV Alt Kat and the Istanbul Music Festival.
She currently works as a researcher on Turkish Sign Language and Deaf Culture in the Department of Linguistics at Boğaziçi University.
Demirel, who has severe hearing loss due to a seizure she had at the age of 2.5, speaks Turkish Sign Language and Turkish fluently.
- You can get tickets for the event from the link below.
