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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Identificação

Identificação pessoal

Nome completo: Joana Morêdo Pereira

Nomes de citação

Morêdo Pereira, Joana

Identificadores de autor

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

Domínios de atuação

Humanidades - Línguas e Literaturas - Literaturas Específicas
Ciências Sociais - Ciências da Educação - Educação Especial
Humanidades - Artes - Estudo das Artes da Representação (música, teatro e dramaturgia)
Humanidades - Outras Humanidades

Idiomas

Idioma	Conversação	Leitura	Escrita	Compreensão	Peer-review
Inglês	Utilizador proficiente (C2)	Utilizador proficiente (C2)	Utilizador proficiente (C2)	Utilizador proficiente (C2)	Utilizador proficiente (C1)
Francês	Utilizador independente (B1)	Utilizador proficiente (C1)	Utilizador independente (B1)	Utilizador independente (B2)
Italiano	Utilizador elementar (A1)	Utilizador independente (B1)	Utilizador elementar (A1)	Utilizador independente (B1)
Português (Idioma materno)
Língua Gestual Portuguesa	Utilizador proficiente (C2)			Utilizador proficiente (C2)

Formação

	Grau	Classificação
2017/10/01 - 2021/02/18 Concluído	PhD in Intercultural Studies - Deaf Studies (Doutoramento) University College London Centre for Multidisciplinary and Intercultural Inquiry, Reino Unido "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)" (TESE/DISSERTAÇÃO)	UK classification - Approved
2013/09/01 - 2014/11/06 Concluído	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 Concluído	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 Concluído	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." (TESE/DISSERTAÇÃO)	18 - Summa Cum Laude
2000/09/01 - 2005/07/01 Concluído	Portuguese Sign Language Translation and Interpreting (Licenciatura) Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal Escola Superior de Educação, Portugal "n/a" (TESE/DISSERTAÇÃO)	16 in 20

Percurso profissional

Docência no Ensino Superior

	Categoria Profissional Instituição de acolhimento	Empregador
2021/11/01 - Atual	Professor Adjunto Convidado (Docente Ensino Superior Politécnico)	Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal, Portugal
	Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal Escola Superior de Educação, Portugal
2020/11/28 - 2022/02/18	Professor Adjunto Convidado (Docente Ensino Superior Politécnico)	Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra, Portugal
	Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Escola Superior de Educação de Coimbra, Portugal
2010/01/01 - 2013/08/31	Assistente Convidado (Docente Universitário)	Universidade Católica Portuguesa Instituto de Ciências da Saúde, Portugal

Outras Carreiras

	Categoria Profissional Instituição de acolhimento	Empregador
2004/11/17 - 2017/08/31	Técnico Superior (Técnico Superior)	Ministério da Educação, Portugal

Cargos e Funções

	Categoria Profissional Instituição de acolhimento	Empregador
2016/01/21 - 2016/04/22	Teaching Assistant in Special Education Needs and Disability - SEND	Holland Park School, Reino Unido

Outros

	Categoria Profissional Instituição de acolhimento	Empregador
2017/10/01 - 2020/09/07	PhD Researcher	University College London Centre for Multidisciplinary and Intercultural Inquiry, Reino Unido

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

Projetos

Bolsa

	Designação	Financiadores
2017/09/01 - 2021/02/28	The cultural Impact of Signed Songs SFRH/BD/118580/2016 Bolseiro de Doutoramento University College London Centre for Multidisciplinary and Intercultural Inquiry, Reino Unido	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluído

Produções

Publicações

Artigo em conferência	Morêdo Pereira, Joana. "Signed Songs created by Deaf artists in Portugal and in the UK: an international study". Trabalho apresentado em Research workshops at the Portuguese Deaf Association, Lisbon, 2023. Morêdo Pereira, Joana. "Deaf Communities and the performing arts in signed languages". Trabalho apresentado em Credited Teacher training, Seixal, 2022. Pereira, Joana. "Building a bilingual scientific dictionary in Portuguese Sign Language: a dictionary based on a corpus". Trabalho apresentado em 2nd Symposium in Applied Sign Linguistics - Sign Language Learning and Teaching., 2011. Pereira, Joana. "Diachronic analysis in Portuguese Sign Language: the case of family". Trabalho apresentado em The 1st Symposium in Applied Sign Linguistics - Sign Language Teaching and Learning., Bristol, UK, 2010. Publicado
Artigo em revista	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. Acesso aberto • Publicado 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. Acesso aberto • Publicado Joana Pereira. "The power of signed song". Diffractions 7 (2023): 203-207. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/43713. Acesso aberto • Publicado • 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. Acesso aberto • Publicado • 10.34632/diffractions.2023.15941 Joana Morêdo Pereira. "Deaf way nos Estudos Culturais; a bandeira Surda da diversidade (Deaf Way in Cultural Studies: The Deaf Flag for Diversity)". MEDI@ÇÕES (2019): http://mediacoes.ese.ips.pt/index.php/mediacoesonline/article/view/205/pdf. Acesso aberto • Publicado 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. Publicado 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. Acesso aberto • Publicado
Artigo em revista (magazine)	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.
Capítulo de livro	Joana Morêdo Pereira. "Signed songs as Deaf music". In Music, song and translation. 2023. Aceite para publicação Pereira, Joana. "Signed Songs as Deaf Music". In Music, Song and Translation, editado por Helen Minors. London, Reino Unido, 2020. Em revisão Joana Morêdo Pereira. "A etnia Surda e o investigador externo". In Línguas de sinais: cultura, educação, identidade. Ex-Libris, 2020. Publicado Pereira, Joana. "Deaf Ethnicity and the outsider researcher". In Línguas de sinais: Cultura, Educação, Identidade. (Signed languages: culture, education, identity). Coimbra, Portugal, 2019. Publicado 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. Publicado
Edição de número de revista	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. Publicado • Editor convidado
Livro	Morêdo Pereira, Joana; Carmo, Helena ; Barber, Maxwell P.L.. Autor correspondente: Morêdo Pereira, Joana. The power of music in signed languages: songs by Deaf artists (in review). Washington DC, Estados Unidos: Gallaudet University Press. 2023. Em revisão Joana Morêdo Pereira; Helena Carmo; Maxwell P. L. Barber. The power of music in signed languages: songs by deaf artists. Gallaudet University Press. 2023. Aceite para publicação Pereira, Joana. Amor Surdo – Relações humanas e tecido cultural, a comunidade Surda como minoria linguística. Lisbon, Portugal: Chiado Editora. 2013. Publicado Joana Morêdo Pereira. Deaf Love - Human relationships and cultural tissue, the Deaf community as a linguistic minority. 2013. Publicado
Poster em conferência	Pereira, Joana. "Deafhood on Stage: The Power of Songs in Signed Languages". Trabalho apresentado em The 2018/19 University College London Poster Competition, 2019.
Recurso online	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.
Tese / Dissertação	Pereira, Joana. "Love Demonstrations: the role of Portuguese Signed Language and Deaf culture in the affective behavior of 10 Deaf youth". Mestrado, 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.

Outros

Outra produção

Deaf Communities and the performing arts in signed languages: Teacher training session. 2022. Joana Morêdo Pereira.
Joana Pereira: Research on the importance of Deaf-led Signed Songs in the UK and Portugal. 2021. Joana Morêdo Pereira. https://limpingchicken.com/2021/03/12/joana-pereira-research-on-the-importance-of-deaf-led-signed-songs-in-the-uk-and-portugal/.
Video-results: Signed Song research - BSL. 2021. Joana Morêdo Pereira. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ve4ZVhHhlas&t=1s.
Vídeo-resultados: estudo de Canto Gestual - LGP. 2021. Joana Morêdo Pereira. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnDGgsqdRAI.
The cultural impact of performing signed songs - CenTraS, UCL: Presented at the Centre for Translation Studies monthly research seminar. 2018. Joana Morêdo.

Atividades

Apresentação oral de trabalho

	Título da apresentação	Nome do evento Anfitrião (Local do evento)
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, França)
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, Reino Unido)
2019/01/14	The Music of Deaf Communities	Port Talk event at Goodenough College Goodenough College (London, Reino Unido)
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, Reino Unido)
2018/05/31	The cultural impact of performing Signed Songs	Research Presentation Day 2018 Centre for Multidisciplinary and Intercultural Inquiry, UCL (London, Reino Unido)
2018/05/30	The cultural impact of performing Signed Songs	The Centre for Translation Studies Monthly Research Seminar Centre for Translation Studies, UCL (London, Reino Unido)
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, Reino Unido)
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, Reino Unido)
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, Reino Unido)
2018/03/12	Deaf Artistic Spaces	Introduction to Deafhood, MSc module in Language Sciences/Sign Language and Deaf Studies, UCL. Robert Adam, PhD (London, Reino Unido)
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)

Organização de evento

	Nome do evento Tipo de evento (Tipo de participação)	Instituição / Organização
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) Conferência (Outra)
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) Concerto (Presidente da Comissão Organizadora)	Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Escola Superior de Educação de Coimbra, Portugal University College London Centre for Multidisciplinary and Intercultural Inquiry, Reino Unido
2013/01/02 - 2013/12/31	1st Symposium on Sign Language Acquisition (2013/03/21 - 2013/03/23) Conferência (Outra)

Júri de grau académico

	Tema Tipo de participação	Nome do candidato (Tipo de grau) Instituição / Organização
2017/09/04	Member of the Jury for 3 Specialization Recognitions in Maternal Language and Literature – Mother Tongue and Sign Language (Polytechnic Career) Arguente	Maria Lambéria da Silva, Carlos Manuel Cardoso Gonçalves, Marta Silva. (Outro) 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) Arguente	Neuza Santana (Outro) 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) Arguente	Maria José Almeida (Outro) Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal Escola Superior de Educação, Portugal

Arbitragem científica em revista

	Nome da revista (ISSN)	Editora
2022/06/01 - 2023/12/31	Diffractions (2183-2188)	Universidade Católica Portuguesa
2023/12/04 - 2023/12/04	Diffractions (2183-2188)	Universidade Católica Portuguesa

Membro de associação

	Nome da associação	Tipo de participação
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

Membro de comissão

	Descrição da atividade Tipo de participação	Instituição / Organização
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

Distinções

Prémio

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, Reino Unido
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, Reino Unido
2017	2017-2021 PhD Fellowship Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2017	2017 - 2021 Goodenough College PhD Scholarship Goodenough College, Reino Unido
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

Outra distinção

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