[Linganth] Online Lecture: An Introduction to Endangered Alphabets

[Tim Brookes]

An Introduction to Endangered Alphabets

A 60-minute online presentation by Tim Brookes, founder of the Endangered
Alphabets Project, suitable for undergraduate students of linguistics,
anthropology, communication, human rights, history, social studies,
writing, and languages



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While the vital field of endangered languages study, including
documentation and revitalization programs, has been embraced and
established in higher education, the different but related field of
endangered and emerging minority scripts has not.

*Of the more than 300 writing systems currently in use, more than 85% are
to varying degrees threatened.* Many of these culture-specific scripts have
been poorly documented, and on the macro scale the significant questions
about script loss (causes, effects, criteria for degree of threat) remain
not only unanswered but largely unasked.

In this one-hour presentation, suitable for undergraduate students of all
levels, Tim Brookes, founder of the Endangered Alphabets Project and author
of *Endangered Alphabets, An Atlas of Endangered Alphabets *and *Writing
Beyond Writing,* will introduce the subject of minority and emerging
scripts with examples from around the world.

He will explain the profound importance to a marginalized community of
having its own script and discuss current threats, revitalization efforts,
and the role of digitization.

Tim Brookes has lectured on endangered alphabets at Harvard, Yale, Oxford,
Cambridge, the Smithsonian Institution and the Library of Congress, among
many other venues.

*This presentation will be given twice, to accommodate different time
zones:*

Thursday, October 15th, 4 p.m. BST

Registration:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/e2FLOIAtTYOpOHxGDIzUYw

Monday, October 19th, 9 a.m. BST

Registration:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/auyhSsUNQ0KspbAtDCw1rQ



For more information, email tim at endangeredalphabets.com.

*See also the main Endangered Alphabets website at endangeredalphabets.com
<http://endangeredalphabets.com> and the online Atlas of Endangered
Alphabets at endangeredalphabets.net <http://endangeredalphabets.net>.*

-- 
Tim Brookes
Check out my new book *By Hand* at
https://www.endangeredalphabets.com/by-hand/.
The Endangered Alphabets Project
www.endangeredalphabets.com
and The Atlas of Endangered Alphabets at
www.endangeredalphabets.net
Twitter: @EAlphabets
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1190077011746159
Instagram: @EndangeredAlphas
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