Infrastructure

Life-Course Data on Deaf People in East Flanders (1750-1950)

Type

Equipment (E-resource)

Acronym

DEAF

Code

APP/00115

Date of commissioning

01 January 2014 → …

Organisations

Department of History (LW03)
Quetelet Center for Quantitative Historical Research (CF006)

Research disciplines

Humanities and the arts
- Modern and contemporary history
- Socio-economic history
Social sciences
- Inclusive and special education

Keywords

Deafs East Flanders Life courses History

Funding project(s)

Breaking the silence. On the cultural, formal and social integration of the hearing impaired. The case of East-Flanders, 1750-1900. (3F025710)

Other information

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Description

The province of East Flanders possesses unique sources that make it possible to identify deaf men and women from the mid-18th century onward. The DEAF database contains life history data of 284 deaf individuals born in this province between 1748 and 1860. The data are derived from various archival sources (250 variables).