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Deaf Culture; Deaf People; Cultural Artifacts of the Deaf People; Territorialities; Place.
Although there is inclusion legislation, deaf subjects still do not have their cultural, linguistic, political, social and educational rights effectively guaranteed. This research hypothesizes that this problem occurs due to the lack of scientific research on what it means to “Be Deaf” and “Deaf Culture”; but mainly due to the lack of Deaf researchers delving into these themes. Ignorance of such conceptions causes other problems, such as the denial of the culture and identity of this people; lack of knowledge of the epistemological view of deafness; and recognition of their territorialities, etc. This research aims to analyze the place of the deaf in society, through life experiences and the vision of the deaf people, based on the studies of Strobel (2008), within the scope of Cultural Studies and Cultural Geography, according to the studies by Claval (2009). As specific objectives, this study intends to identify the conquests of the deaf people, in a mostly hearing society, and to understand the process of territoriality in the midst of differences in culture, identity and language. The methodology used is qualitative research, using interviews with eight deaf participants as data collection instruments. socio-territorial - territory, territoriality, space and place. In the data analysis, it was observed that the place can be considered a cultural artifact of the deaf people, since it is constituted in a space where the deaf subject feels comfortable or welcomed (TUAN, 1983). In addition, the data show that the deaf participants constituted their territorialities, that is, they established their place in society and placed their mark, through the appropriation of cultural artifacts of the deaf people: sign language, family, politics, social life and place.