CODA Updates
CODA Festival Conference Event
The CODA Festival conference event was held at the Maxima Aula, UCC on 4-5 October 2024. The CODA Festival conference provided a platform for showcasing CODA’s lived experience through presentations, panel discussions, personal storytelling, artwork exhibition followed by evening dinner for presenters and delegates.
Approximately 70 delegates from Ireland, the United Kingdom, Canada, United States and Australia attended the event. CODAs represented about 90% of the delegates. The event provided the CODA project researchers (Dr Noel O’Connell) and PhD student (Seda Guektasch) with opportunity to network with CODAs and recruit potential research participants. The event was also filmed by a CODA professional videographer.
Dr Noel O’Connell presented the following papers at the CODA Festival event:
- “Overview of the CODA Research Project and a literature review summary”
- “Growing up with deaf parents and negotiating stigmatized identities”