Joana Morêdo Pereira (5D1F-E8EA-D225)

Curriculum Vitae

Joana Morêdo Pereira

Joana Morêdo Pereira has a Ph.D. in Intercultural Studies - Deaf Studies from University College London (UCL), where she developed research on the cultural impact of songs in signed languages, as a full-time Ph.D. fellow financed by FCT (Fundação para Ciência e a Tecnologia). Her prior studies are: an Advanced Studies Diploma in Languages, Literature and Cultures, specializing in Cultural Studies, by the New University of Lisbon (2014); a Master of Sciences in LGP and Deaf Education by the Universidade Católica Portuguesa (2008); and a graduate degree in Translation/Interpretation of Portuguese Sign Language (LGP) by the School for Higher Education - Polytechnic Institute of Setúbal (2005). She is currently a lecturer in Deaf Studies at the Polytechnic Institute of Setúbal. She has also taught/tutored at the Polytechnic Institute of Coimbra and the Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Portugal. Morêdo Pereira was a practicing Portuguese Sign Language interpreter for 15 years in community, education, arts and university settings, having retired due to severe injury. Throughout her career, she has studied and worked in the USA, Sweden, Italy and the United Kingdom with the local Deaf communities. Joana Morêdo Pereira has authored and co-authored a number of articles in the field of signed languages, education, linguistics, signed language interpretation and Deaf culture, and published a book on Deaf Culture in 2013. Her research interests are in Deaf Studies, most particularly Deaf Culture Studies. Within this field, she specifically aims to contribute to the register and preservation of Portuguese Deaf Culture, both by conducting interdisciplinary work with Performance Studies regarding the agency of Deaf artists, and by collecting Deaf testimonies and life stories in Portugal.

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Joana Morêdo Pereira

Citation names

Morêdo Pereira, Joana

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: 5D1F-E8EA-D225
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-8821-6524

Knowledge fields

Humanities - Languages and Literatures - Specific Literatures
Social Sciences - Educational Sciences - Education, Special
Humanities - Arts - Performing Arts Studies (Musicology, Theater Science, Dramaturgy)
Humanities - Other Humanities

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
English	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Advanced (C1)
French	Intermediate (B1)	Advanced (C1)	Intermediate (B1)	Upper intermediate (B2)
Italian	Beginner (A1)	Intermediate (B1)	Beginner (A1)	Intermediate (B1)
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
Portuguese gestual language	Proficiency (C2)			Proficiency (C2)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2017/10/01 - 2021/02/18 Concluded	PhD in Intercultural Studies - Deaf Studies (Doutoramento) University College London Centre for Multidisciplinary and Intercultural Inquiry, United Kingdom "Deaf on Stage: The cultural impact of performing Signed Songs. (International research on Deaf people's interests in music, in the products created by Deaf people who translate mainstream songs and performing live)" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	UK classification - Approved
2013/09/01 - 2014/11/06 Concluded	Diploma of Advanced Studies in Languages, Literatures and Cultures - specialization Cultural Studies (Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares)) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal	17
2014 Concluded	Certified Instructor in Special Needs Education - awarded due to relevant academic CV and career (Outros) Universidade do Minho, Portugal	Formal acknowledgement
2005/09/01 - 2008/07/01 Concluded	MSc in Portuguese Sign Language and Deaf Education (Mestrado) Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Portugal "Love Demonstrations: The role of Portuguese Signed Language and Deaf culture in the affective behaviour of 10 Deaf youth." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	18 - Summa Cum Laude
2000/09/01 - 2005/07/01 Concluded	Portuguese Sign Language Translation and Interpreting (Licenciatura) Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal Escola Superior de Educação, Portugal "n/a" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	16 in 20

Affiliation

Teaching in Higher Education

	Category Host institution	Employer
2021/11/01 - Current	Invited Adjunct Teacher (Polytechnic Teacher)	Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal, Portugal
	Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal Escola Superior de Educação, Portugal
2020/11/28 - 2022/02/18	Invited Adjunct Teacher (Polytechnic Teacher)	Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra, Portugal
	Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Escola Superior de Educação de Coimbra, Portugal
2010/01/01 - 2013/08/31	Invited Assistant (University Teacher)	Universidade Católica Portuguesa Instituto de Ciências da Saúde, Portugal

Other Careers

	Category Host institution	Employer
2004/11/17 - 2017/08/31	Técnico Superior (Técnico Superior)	Ministério da Educação, Portugal

Positions / Appointments

	Category Host institution	Employer
2016/01/21 - 2016/04/22	Teaching Assistant in Special Education Needs and Disability - SEND	Holland Park School, United Kingdom

Others

	Category Host institution	Employer
2017/10/01 - 2020/09/07	PhD Researcher	University College London Centre for Multidisciplinary and Intercultural Inquiry, United Kingdom

2004/10/01 - 2017/08/31	Portuguese Sign Language Interpreter	Freelancer (Several), Portugal

2009/09/01 - 2014/08/01	Portuguese/English Translator - Scientific Materials	Freelancer (Several), Portugal

Projects

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2017/09/01 - 2021/02/28	The cultural Impact of Signed Songs SFRH/BD/118580/2016 PhD Student Fellow University College London Centre for Multidisciplinary and Intercultural Inquiry, United Kingdom	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded

Outputs

Publications

Book	Morêdo Pereira, Joana; Carmo, Helena ; Barber, Maxwell P.L.. Corresponding author: Morêdo Pereira, Joana. The power of music in signed languages: songs by Deaf artists (in review). Washington DC, United States: Gallaudet University Press. 2023. Under revision Joana Morêdo Pereira; Helena Carmo; Maxwell P. L. Barber. The power of music in signed languages: songs by deaf artists. Gallaudet University Press. 2023. Accepted Pereira, Joana. Amor Surdo – Relações humanas e tecido cultural, a comunidade Surda como minoria linguística. Lisbon, Portugal: Chiado Editora. 2013. Published Joana Morêdo Pereira. Deaf Love - Human relationships and cultural tissue, the Deaf community as a linguistic minority. 2013. Published
Book chapter	Joana Morêdo Pereira. "Signed songs as Deaf music". In Music, song and translation. 2023. Accepted Pereira, Joana. "Signed Songs as Deaf Music". In Music, Song and Translation, edited by Helen Minors. London, United Kingdom, 2020. Under revision Pereira, Joana. "Deaf Ethnicity and the outsider researcher". In Línguas de sinais: Cultura, Educação, Identidade. (Signed languages: culture, education, identity). Coimbra, Portugal, 2019. Published Joana Morêdo Pereira. "A etnia surda e o investigador externo". In Línguas de sinais: cultura, educação, identidade. Ex-Libris, 2019. Published Pereira, Joana. "Práticas de Tradução e Interpretação de Língua Gestual Portuguesa: o Contexto Académico na Pro_LGP". In Cartografias da Surdez: Comunidades, Línguas, Práticas e Pedagogias. Portugal, 2013. Published
Conference abstract	Joana Morêdo Pereira. "The cultural impact of signed songs in Portugal and in the UK: a multidisciplinary and International study on a deaf performing art". 2019. Published Joana Morêdo Pereira. "Deaf people and musical activities, signed songs and research". 2019. Published Joana Morêdo Pereira. "Deaf bodies and song: conference paper presented at conference in Birmingham". Paper presented in BDA Conference & AGM 2019, Birmingham, 2019. Published Joana Morêdo Pereira. "Hands on Stage: The cultural impact of performing signed songs". 2018. Published Joana Morêdo Pereira. "The cultural impact of performing Signed Songs - DCAL, UCL: UCL, London, UK". 2018. Published Joana Morêdo Pereira. "The cultural impact of performing Signed Songs". 2018. Published Joana Morêdo Pereira. "The cultural impact of performing Signed Songs: PhD Presentation, Edinburgh, UK.". 2018. Published Joana Morêdo Pereira. "Deaf Communities and Intercultural Spaces". 2018. Published Joana Morêdo Pereira. "The cultural impact of performing Signed Songs - DCAL UCL, March 2018: PhD project Presentation, London, UK.". 2018. Published Joana Morêdo Pereira. "Deaf Artistic Spaces: Presentation in London, UK.". 2018. Published
Conference paper	Morêdo Pereira, Joana. "Signed Songs created by Deaf artists in Portugal and in the UK: an international study". Paper presented in Research workshops at the Portuguese Deaf Association, Lisbon, 2023. Morêdo Pereira, Joana. "Deaf Communities and the performing arts in signed languages". Paper presented in Credited Teacher training, Seixal, 2022. Pereira, Joana. "Building a bilingual scientific dictionary in Portuguese Sign Language: a dictionary based on a corpus". Paper presented in 2nd Symposium in Applied Sign Linguistics - Sign Language Learning and Teaching., 2011. Pereira, Joana. "Diachronic analysis in Portuguese Sign Language: the case of family". Paper presented in The 1st Symposium in Applied Sign Linguistics - Sign Language Teaching and Learning., Bristol, UK, 2010. Published
Conference poster	Joana Morêdo Pereira. "Deafhood on stage: the power of songs in signed languages". Paper presented in ICH Annual Open Day and Poster Competition, 2019. Pereira, Joana. "Deafhood on Stage: The Power of Songs in Signed Languages". Paper presented in The 2018/19 University College London Poster Competition, 2019.
Journal article	Cristina Isabel Caciones Gil; Genie Gertz; Joana Morêdo Pereira; Tom Humphries. "Editorial: DEAF CULTURE (editorial section of journal issue)". Diffractions Journal. Nº 7, DEAF CULTURE. 2 7 (2023): 1-11. https://revistas.ucp.pt/index.php/diffractions/article/view/15941/15379. Open access • Published António Cabral; Colin Thomson; Joana Morêdo Pereira. "The power of signed song (published interviews in online journal)". Diffractions Journal. Nº 7, DEAF CULTURE. 2 7 (2023): 203-207. https://revistas.ucp.pt/index.php/diffractions/article/view/15971. Open access • Published Joana Pereira. "The power of signed song". Diffractions 7 (2023): 203-207. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/43713. Open access • Published • 10.34632/diffractions.2023.15971 Cristina Gil; Genie Gertz; Joana Pereira; Tom Humphries. "Editorial: deaf culture". Diffractions 7 (2023): 1-11. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/43711. Open access • Published • 10.34632/diffractions.2023.15941 Cristina Gil; Joana Môredo Pereira. "Deaf way nos estudos culturais: a bandeira surda da diversidade". Medi@ções 7 1 (2019): 4-17. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/33225. Open access • Published • 10.60546/mo.v7i1.205 Pereira, Joana. "b-Learning in a Distance Learning Graduate Program for Deaf Students". Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability (2013): https://ahead.org/uploads/publications/JPED/jped26_1/JPED26_1_FullDocument.pdf. Published Pereira, Joana. "Cultura Surda: A bandeira de um povo dentro de outro". Cadernos da Saúde, Nº2, Vol. IV IV 2 (2011): 65-70. http://www.cadernosdesaude.org/files/2011-CS4.2%287%29.pdf. Open access • Published
Journal issue	Cristina Isabel Caciones Gil; Genie Gertz; Joana Morêdo Pereira; Tom Humphries. "Diffractions Journal. Nº 7, DEAF CULTURE.". Diffractions Journal. Nº 7, DEAF CULTURE. 7 (2023): https://revistas.ucp.pt/index.php/diffractions/issue/view/825. Published • Invited editor
Magazine article	Pereira, Joana. "Deaf way nos Estudos Culturais: a bandeira Surda da diversidade (Deaf Way in Cultural Studies: The Deaf Flag for Diversity).", Freire, Maria José (ed). MEDI@ÇÕES, 2019, http://mediacoes.ese.ips.pt/index.php/mediacoesonline/article/view/205/pdf.
Online resource	Morêdo Pereira, Joana. Results Signed Song research - BSL. 2021. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ve4ZVhHhlas&t=1s. Morêdo Pereira, Joana. Resultados estudo Canto Gestual - LGP. 2021. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnDGgsqdRAI.
Thesis / Dissertation	Joana Morêdo Pereira. "Deaf on stage: the cultural impact of performing signed songs". PhD, University College London, 2021. Pereira, Joana. "Love Demonstrations: the role of Portuguese Signed Language and Deaf culture in the affective behavior of 10 Deaf youth". Master, Universidade Católica Portuguesa Biblioteca Universitária João Paulo II, 2008. https://repositorio.ucp.pt/handle/10400.14/1746.
Website	Morêdo Pereira, Joana. Joana Pereira: Research on the importance of Deaf-led Signed Songs in the UK and Portugal. 2021. https://limpingchicken.com/2021/03/12/joana-pereira-research-on-the-importance-of-deaf-led-signed-songs-in-the-uk-and-portugal/. Morêdo Pereira, Joana. Estudo internacional informa sobre o impacto das canções em línguas gestuais apresentadas por artistas Surdos, em Portugal e no Reino Unido. 2021. https://www.porsinal.pt/index.php?ps=destaques&idt=not&iddest=523.

Artistic / Performance

Video recording

Joana Morêdo Pereira. 2021. Video-results: signed song research - BSL.
Joana Pereira. 2021. Resultados estudo canto gestual - LGP.

Other

Other output

Deaf Communities and the performing arts in signed languages: teacher training session. 2022. Joana Morêdo Pereira.
The cultural impact of performing signed songs - CenTraS, UCL: Presented at the Centre for Translation Studies monthly research seminar. 2018. Joana Morêdo.

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2023/12/04	Diffractions N.7 and the Deaf Studies Lab launch session	Diffractions N.7 and the Deaf Studies Lab launch session Universidade Católica Portuguesa (Lisbon, Portugal)
2023/12/04	Portuguese Deaf Cultural Map - Introduction	Diffractions N.7 and the Deaf Studies Lab launch session (Lisbon, Portugal)
2023/11/25	Workshop "Signed Songs by Deaf artists in Portugal and the UK: An international research"	Associação Portuguesa de Surdos
2023/11/15	Awareness session "The national day of Portuguese Sign Language"	Polytechnic Institute of Setúbal
2023/07/08	Workshop " Deaf music in Portugal and the UK: Results of an international study"	Associação de Profissionais de Lecionação de Língua Gestual
2023/02/25	Signed Songs created by Deaf artists in Portugal and in the UK – an international study	Associação Portuguesa de Surdos
2022/07/20	Deaf Music Masterclass	Inart - Arts Festival Voarte (Odivelas, Portugal)
2022/07/20	Masterclass música surda: uma nova perspetiva internacional	INART - community arts festival 2022 (Lisboa, Portugal)
2021/07/07	A high risk profession: the sign language interpreter as a high level performer	3 sessions at Higher Education Institutions in Coimbra and Setubal, and at the National Association of Interpreting Professionals – Signed Languages 3 sessions at Higher Education Institutions in Coimbra and Setubal, and at the National Association of Interpreting Professionals – Signed Languages (Several, Portugal)
2021/07/05	A high-risk profession: The sign language interpreter as a high-level performer	National Association of Interpreting Professionals - Signed languages
2021/05/31	A high-risk profession: The sign language interpreter as a high-level performer	Polytechnic Institute of Setúbal
2021/05/20	A high-risk profession: The sign language interpreter as a high-level performer	Polytechnic Institute of Coimbra
2019/09/10	Deaf translations in music	The 9th European Society for Translation Studies Congress The European Society for Translation Studies (Stellenbosch, Portugal)
2019/07/25	The cultural impact of Signed Songs in Portugal and in the UK: a multidisciplinary and International study on a Deaf performing art	The XVIII World Federation of the Deaf Congress World Federation of the Deaf (Paris, France)
2019/03/14	Deaf people and musical activities, signed songs and research	Deaf Studies BA class Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra - Escola Superior de Educação (Coimbra, Portugal)
2019/02/01	Deaf Bodies and Song	Conference: Performing Languages, Creative Multilingualism Birmingham City University (Birmingham, United Kingdom)
2019/01/14	The Music of Deaf Communities	Port Talk event at Goodenough College Goodenough College (London, United Kingdom)
2019/01/14	The music of deaf communities	Session on Deaf Awareness and Research Dissemination (London, United Kingdom)
2018/12/06	Hands on Stage: The cultural impact of performing signed songs	Science Meeting at the Deafness, Cognition and Language Research Centre (DCAL) DCAL, University College London (London, United Kingdom)
2018/05/31	The cultural impact of performing Signed Songs	Research Presentation Day 2018 Centre for Multidisciplinary and Intercultural Inquiry, UCL (London, United Kingdom)
2018/05/30	The cultural impact of performing Signed Songs	The Centre for Translation Studies Monthly Research Seminar Centre for Translation Studies, UCL (London, United Kingdom)
2018/05/09	Deafhood on Stage: The power of songs in signed languages	The 1st UCL Interdisciplinary Conference on Disability – Disability between academic and research practice: breaking barriers towards a just and equal world University College London (London, United Kingdom)
2018/04/24	The cultural impact of performing Signed Songs	PhD project presentation Heriot-Watt University, Department of Intercultural Studies, The BSL research team (Edinburgh, United Kingdom)
2018/03/23	Deaf Communities and Intercultural Spaces	Conference celebrating the 20 years of the Undergraduate Program in Portuguese Sign Language Translation and Interpreting School for Higher Studies in Education, Setúbal, Portugal. (Setúbal, Portugal)
2018/03/22	The cultural impact of performing Signed Songs	The Deafness, Cognition and Language Research Centre (DCAL) Science Meeting DCAL, UCL (London, United Kingdom)
2018/03/12	Deaf Artistic Spaces	Introduction to Deafhood, MSc module in Language Sciences/Sign Language and Deaf Studies, UCL. Robert Adam, PhD (London, United Kingdom)
2017/11/25	Deaf Way in Culture Studies: The Deaf flag for diversity	The 7th National Congress of Deaf People (Portugal) The Portuguese Federation of Deaf Associations (FPAS) (Lisbon)

Event organisation

	Event name Type of event (Role)	Institution / Organization
2022/10/01 - 2023/04/21	Conferência Comemorativa dos 25 anos da Licenciatura em Tradução e Interpretação de Língua Gestual Portuguesa (2023/04/21 - 2023/04/21) Conference (Other)
2019/03/16 - 2019/03/16	Concert session with the Portuguese Deaf-led musical project “Singing Hands”. Event oriented towards the Portuguese Deaf Community, with the intent of showcasing the artistic work of pioneer Portuguese Deaf artists in Signed Song. This event included a short theoretical introduction on ongoing research, a live concert and a debate session. Held at Auditorium of the Escola Superior de Educação de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal. (2019/03/16 - 2019/03/16) Concert (President of the Organising Committee)	Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Escola Superior de Educação de Coimbra, Portugal University College London Centre for Multidisciplinary and Intercultural Inquiry, United Kingdom
2013/01/02 - 2013/12/31	1st Symposium on Sign Language Acquisition (2013/03/21 - 2013/03/23) Conference (Other)

Jury of academic degree

	Topic Role	Candidate name (Type of degree) Institution / Organization
2017/09/04	Member of the Jury for 3 Specialization Recognitions in Maternal Language and Literature – Mother Tongue and Sign Language (Polytechnic Career) (Thesis) Arguer	Maria Lambéria da Silva, Carlos Manuel Cardoso Gonçalves, Marta Silva. (Other) Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Escola Superior de Educação de Coimbra, Portugal
2014/09/08	Jury member at defence session for Specialization Degree in Foreign Languages and Literature (Polytechnic Career) (Thesis) Arguer	Neuza Santana (Other) Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal Escola Superior de Educação, Portugal
2012/06/08	Member of the Jury at defence session for Specialization Degree in National Languages and Literature Polytechnic Career) (Thesis) Arguer	Maria José Almeida (Other) Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal Escola Superior de Educação, Portugal

Association member

	Society Organization name	Role
2011/07/10 - 2023	National Association of Sign Language Interpreters (Portugal - ANAPI_LG) (External organisation)	Chair
2011/07/07 - 2013/12/31	National Association of Sign Language Interpreters - Associação Nacional e Profissional da Interpretação - Língua Gestual (ANAPI-LG)	Member of the Management Board

Committee member

	Activity description Role	Institution / Organization
2011/07/07 - 2031/12/31	National Association of Sign Language Interpreters (Portugal - ANAPI_LG) (External organisation)	National Association of Sign Language Interpreters (Portugal - ANAPI_LG), Portugal

Journal scientific committee

	Journal title (ISSN)	Publisher
2022/06/01 - 2023/12/31	Diffractions (2183-2188)	Universidade Católica Portuguesa
2023/12/04 - 2023/12/04	Diffractions (2183-2188)	Universidade Católica Portuguesa

Distinctions

Award

2019	Young researcher travel grant EST 2019 Stellenbosch
2019	Support for presentation of research at the XVII World Federation of the Deaf, Paris, France. School of European Languages, Culture and Society, United Kingdom
2019	Support for presentation of research at the 9th European Society for Translation Studies Congress, Stellenbosch, South Africa. Presentation entitled "Deaf translations in music”. School of European Languages, Culture and Society, United Kingdom
2017	2017-2021 PhD Fellowship Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2017	2017 - 2021 Goodenough College PhD Scholarship Goodenough College, United Kingdom
2017	PhD International Fellowship Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT), Portugal
2017	Young researcher travel grant EST 2019 Stellenbosch European Society for Translation Studies, South Africa
2017	Goodenough College PhD Scholarship Goodenough College, UK
2016	Fulbright winner 2016 Fulbright Foundation Portugal, Portugal
2016	Fulbright Award Fulbright Portugal
2005	2005 Merit Award for Academic Excellence Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal Escola Superior de Educação, Portugal
2005	Merit Award for Academic Excellence The Polytechnic Institute of Setúbal – School of Education, Portugal

Other distinction

2008	Summa Cum Laude Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Portugal
2008	Master of Sciences - Summa Cum Laude The Catholic University of Portugal – Health Sciences Institute, Portugal