A Gathering of Indigenous Language Digital Activism in Oaxaca, Mexico (fwd link)

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*A Gathering of Indigenous Language Digital Activism in Oaxaca, Mexico*

Posted *18 August 2014* *14:00 GMT*

Global Voices <http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/> through its Rising Voices
<http://rising.globalvoicesonline.org/> initiative, the Juan de Córdova
Research Library <http://www.bibliotecajuandecordova.mx/>, and SURCO
<http://www.surcooaxaca.org/index.html> invite indigenous language
activists from all across Mexico to take part in the Indigenous Language
Digital Activism Gathering that will take place on October 3-5 at the San
Pablo Cultural Center <http://www.san-pablo.mx/> in the historical center
of Oaxaca de Juárez, Mexico.

The central focus of this gathering is to provide a space for peer learning
and exchange targeted at 25 indigenous language digital activists that are
currently using their languages in digital media.

Mexico is one of the most linguistically diverse countries in Latin America
with more than 300 indigenous languages spoken and written on a daily
basis, and many of these are in danger of extinction. Technology has been
adopted in recent times for academic documentation and for the creation of
language learning software as a way to study and preserve these languages.

Access full article below:

http://globalvoicesonline.org/2014/08/18/a-gathering-of-indigenous-language-digital-activism-in-oaxaca-mexico/
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