ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses the actions of social actors, through art related to a social use of anthropological research, problematises representations of disability and the political debates between social movements and institutions about the D/deaf body. The constant search for a group to belong to, to get out of the trajectories of marginalisation and stigma had become a fundamental objective. The paths to raise awareness on issues, such as the learning of Italian Sign Language and the national meetings of Ente Nazionale Sordi, are inscribed in forms of daily activism that have as their goal the integration of D/deaf people. The field of deafness in central Italy is defined by the lines drawn by social actors who cross different contexts: the medical-clinical, the associative, the institutional, normative and bureaucratic, theatrical and artistic. The use of images, photos, drawings and artistic works have a meaning that goes beyond that attributed to the artist.
