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Preserving Australia's Indigenous cultural intellectual property in digital storytelling
Anissa Jones, an Indigenous educator, employs technology to persevere the Dharug Dhalang language. Her Puliima presentation emphasizes digital storytelling and preserving Indigenous Cultural Intellectual Property through technology and community involvement.
Morocco's Amazigh pursue civic presence through linguistic rights
Respecting the linguistic rights of the Amazigh people promotes social integration and allows speakers to freely express their culture and identity, which results in increased civic engagement.
Bridging generations: Bininj Kunwok Centre blends tech and tradition for language
The Bininj Kunwok Regional Language Centre is participating in the Puliima Indigenous Languages and Technology Conference where they are presenting their technology-driven initiatives focused on the Bininj Kunwok languages.
Digital activist discusses why native Yoruba speakers should embrace their Indigenous language in online spaces
Many people are beginning to forget all the rich cultural and historical aspects of Yoruba. If the language is to thrive, its culture and identity must be visible.
Surajo Teete: bringing the Fulfulde language of Nigeria into the digital world
Surajo Teete is hosting the @DigiAfricanLang Twitter account from August 3–9, 2023, covering his work around the Fulfulde language, native to Western Africa.
Punjabi Wikipedia for 21 years: Celebrating 50,000 articles and looking ahead
The entire volunteer community came together for Mission 50,000, a call-for-action to reach 50k articles, in order to celebrate the 21st birthday of Punjabi Wikipedia.
No one left behind: promoting the Indigenous languages of Ghana
Discover the efforts of Mohammed Kamal-Deen Fuseini, a language digital activist committed to promoting indigenous languages in Ghana. Through Wikimedia projects, he champions the visibility of the Gurene language in digital realms.
Press freedom also means media in indigenous languages: The case of France's Occitan
Media production and access is essential to the revitalization of indigenous languages, as the case of Occitan, spoken less and less in southern France, demonstrates.
Wikimedian meet-up to celebrate Ghana's linguistic diversity
The Ghanaian Wikimedia Languages Meet-up will bring together diverse communities to celebrate linguistic diversity, foster collaboration, and promote inclusivity in Ghana's Wikimedia ecosystem, with a focus on decolonizing the internet through local content.
Chajinem pa k’amaya’l: jun ch’ojinem pa k’amaya’l chuqa richin ri qach’ab’äl
“Tajin niqakanuj rub’eyal richin niqato’ qi’ chuqa niqatzijoj chiqawäch ri achike rub’anikil niqachajila’ qi’, niqachajij apo ri juläy chik qach’alal xtani’, ixöqi’, toq yetz’iläx pe pa k’amaya’l, toq yekajix pe pa k’amaya’l ruma öj ixoqi’”
Learning from Mapuche teachings of “poyewvn” to counter discrimination online
Elisa Loncon, Mapuche women, activist and scholar, positioned Mapudungun in institutional spaces during her time as president of the Constitutional Convention in Chile. Her strategy inspires ideas to safeguard linguistic diversity online
Ayuujk-amïxän: Imagining digital security strategies from listening to the elders
Tajëëw goes beyond the digital security view commonly held by the youth, by involving the experience of the elders to ensure security for Mixe communication and linguistic revitalization in the digital world
Facebook and privacy in El Carrizal, a Men Diiste community in Oaxaca
What is lost when the diversity of languages in the world do not find a safe space on digital platforms? Can we create digital security strategies that recognize and leverage linguistic diversity online?