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A rotating Twitter account highlighting the work of language digital activists across Asia.
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An initiative to support and facilitate peer networks of indigenous language digital activists in Latin America.
@ActLenguas
A rotating Twitter account highlighting the work of indigenous language digital activists in Latin America.
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Online Conversation: What does the future hold for indigenous languages online in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic?
Announcing the first in a series of online exchanges about language digital activism to take place on Thursday, July 16, 2020
Q&A: Meet Nabil Berri, Acehnese language activist
Please meet Nabil Berri, the host of @AsiaLangsOnline Twitter account during July 08-14, 2020. He will be sharing his work with the Acehnese language, spoken in Indonesia.
Join us for cross-regional online exchanges about language digital activism
Through a new collaboration between Rising Voices and the Canadian Embassy in Mexico, we'll explore how language digital activism may play a meaningful role in the future of language revitalization.
Interview with Jermani Ojeda Ludeña, Quechua language digital activist
Learn more about Jermani Ojeda Ludeña. He manages the @ActLenguas Twitter account during June 8-14, 2020 and will speak about his work with the Quechua language.
MarginalizedAadhaar: Digital identity in the time of COVID-19
India's digital identification system is putting marginalised communities at a greater disadvantage during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Students arrested for demanding internet facilities in Balochistan
A number of students were manhandled, baton-charged and arrested in Quetta, Balochistan, for protesting against non-availability of internet after their classes shifted online due to COVID-19 restrictions.
Community networks and local access monthly newsletter – number 26
The June 2020 newsletter is part of the project titled, “Local Access Networks: Can the unconnected connect themselves?” developed by APC in partnership with Internet Society and Rhizomática.
Interview with Alcides Javier Torres Gutt, Guaraní language digital activist
Find more about Alcides Javier Torres Gutt. He will manage the @ActLenguas Twitter account during June 15-21, 2020 and will talk about his work for the Guaraní language.
RV Newsletter: Curating a collection of multilingual COVID-19 resources
The Rising Voices newsletter provides links to opportunities related to digital inclusion including access and adoption of digital tools, as well as different ways for communities to fully participate online.
Interview with Elena Tambriz, K’iche’ language digital activist
Learn more about Elena Tambriz. She is the host of the @ActLenguas Twitter account during June 1-7, 2020 and will speak about her work in support of the K’iche’ language.
Making Swahili visible: Identity, language and the internet
Swahili is the most widely spoken African language, but its visibility online is dismal. Kenyan language activist Bonface Witaba is working to change this.
A Yorùbá language activist strives for linguistic diversity in digital spaces
Adéṣinà Ọmọ Yoòbá, a Nigerian Yorùbá language and culture advocate, is keen to bridge the cultural and linguistic digital divide.
Who fact checks online disinformation in West Africa’s Bambara language?
Kpénahi Traoré, a language activist and journalist, battles the online dissemination of false information in Bambara, one of West Africa’s most widely spoken minority languages.
