ILAT cited in Annu. Rev. Anthropol. 2004

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"Another advantage often stressed by proponents of the use of digital
forms of mediation in situations of language revitalization is that
their use facilitates networking and community building among people
interested in the language. Computer technology is indeed a widely used
means of interaction among language activists, whether in the form of
email lists (http://www.u.arizona.edu/~cashcash/ILAT.html) or in the
sharing of knowledge and concerns through Web pages across different
groups...."


LANGUAGE REVITALIZATION AND NEW TECHNOLOGIES:
Cultures of Electronic Mediation and the Refiguring of Communities
Patrick Eisenlohr
Annu. Rev. Anthropol. 2004. 33:21–45

Abstract. Recently, language activists and linguists have begun using
new technologies in projects aimed at revitalizing the practice of
lesser-used languages. This review explores relatedwork, emphasizing
howpractices of electronic mediation enabled by such technologies both
shape and are informed by linguistic ideologies, which in turn
crucially influence the possible revived use or abandonment of
linguistic varieties. New technologies are treated as part of cultures
of electronic mediation, connecting sociocultural valuations to
mediated discourse. Their use often has important political
implications, given that projects of language revitalization are often
linked to claims of ethnolinguistic recognition. Finally, because
documentation of lesser-used languages using digital technologies also
results in the production of new cultural objects to be
stored, displayed, and circulated, attention is also focused on the
forms of sociality sustained by the creation and exchange of such
electronic artifacts.