Fingershop.ch
| fingershop.ch | |
|---|---|
| legal form | GmbH |
| founding | 2006 |
| Seat | Allschwil , Switzerland |
| management | Marina Ribeaud |
| Branch | publishing company |
| Website | fingershop.ch |
Fingershop.ch (proper spelling in lowercase) is a Swiss book publisher , who in sign language , sign language culture and especially Swiss-German Sign Language specializes (DSGS), with the focus moderately Children are the target audience. The publishing house was founded in 2006 and is based in Allschwil .
The publisher produces books, DVDs, games, flash cards, postcards and posters on the subject.
history
The publishing house was founded in Allschwil in 2006 by the deaf sign language teacher and visual pedagogue Marina Ribeaud and started publishing with the book Das Gebärdensuchbuch . The publisher was awarded an innovation prize by the Swiss Association of the Deaf (SGB-FSS) for the first children's book to be published in Switzerland in sign language, Maga and the Enchanted Ears . In 2009, an additional website was set up on the fingershop.ch publisher's website in order to be able to offer a sales platform to other sign language projects that are independent of the publisher. In 2012 a children's book was published for the first time in German, French and Italian.
The fingershop.ch publishing house is a branch of ubi levitas gmbH based in Allschwil.
subjects
The illustrations are created by different artists. With Learning Sign Language 1 , a book was published for the first time in German-speaking countries that not only teaches sign language but also visual language grammar.
Association to promote sign language in children
In 2009 the Association for the Promotion of Sign Language in Children was founded with the aim of promoting sign language in Switzerland and specifically promoting German-Swiss Sign Language (DSGS) in children ("in German-speaking Switzerland or in the Swiss-German- speaking area"). This support association enables the financing of the various books and DVDs that the publisher cannot produce at a cost-covering level. Together with the association, the publisher runs a website ( gebaerden-sprache.ch ) that offers background information on the subject of sign language, such as B. on language acquisition , sign language culture, short biographies of the deaf, diploma theses, TV and radio broadcasts, but also various online tools, such as lip reading and finger alphabet learning programs, which are provided by different authors.
Web links
- Website of the publisher fingershop.ch
- Website of the Swiss Association for the Promotion of Sign Language in Children
- Website gebaerdenssprache.schule - training material for teaching in (Swiss-German) sign language
Individual evidence
- ↑ Simone Leinkauf: facing each other . In: BuchMarkt . March 2008, p. 178, 180 ( online ; PDF, 513 kB [accessed July 11, 2017]).
- ↑ Sarah Maier: From speaking hands. The picture book “Maga and the bewitched ears” . In: Medienheft . Catholic Media Service and Reformed Media , December 11, 2007, p. 1–3 ( online ; PDF, 50 kB [accessed July 11, 2017]).
- ↑ Sign World: A Historic Event for the Sign Language Community ( Memento from October 31, 2011 in the Internet Archive )