indigenous tweet: visible voices & tech

7/29/2019 Indigenous Tweet: Visible Voices & Tech

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To raise awareness of the importance of language revitalization, cultural inclusionand localizationWiden the network of academics, practitioners, educators, civic society,technologists, journalists and others doing this workBrainstorm ways to collaborate further

To show examples of the tools we use are using for language revitalization, culturalpreservation and identity formation of, especially, young indigenous people


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Kara Andrade @newmayaCo-founder HablaCentro.Com

Maite Goi @euskaljakintzaLecturer, Mondragon Unibertsitatea

Peter Rohloff @wuqukawoqMedical Director, Maya Health Alliance

Kevin Scannell @IndigenousTweetProfessor, Saint Louis University


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Of 7105 living languages, 2473 are endangered according toUNESCO; half may be extinct by the start of the next century.

Hundreds of language groups around the world are working torevitalize and even revive their languages.


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"As people of nations and cultures, we need to speak ourlanguages. In order to stop them from dying, we only need to

speak them: in our homes, to our children, to each other, on our

land. It will redefine who we are, and it will be the single largestact of defiance we can make today towards a past that tried to kill

us off."

Lance Twitchellwww.huffingtonpost.com/lance-a-twitchell/native-american-languages_b_2319510
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lance-a-twitchell/native-american-languages_b_2319510.htmlhttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/lance-a-twitchell/native-american-languages_b_2319510.htmlhttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/lance-a-twitchell/native-american-languages_b_2319510.html


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[email protected]


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www.wikipedia.org


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CD ROM

round storage thing

seteyakbl

Active Window

open four-cornered thing

jaql kajtzk

Binaryzero-one

wajun

File

storageyajbl


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Maite Goi (@euskaljakintza) has a degree in BasquePhilology from the University of Deusto and another in

English Philology from the UPV-EHU. She is currently a

lecturer at Mondragon Unibertsitatea (working in the field

of ICT in education) and a teacher at Jakintza Ikastola inOrdizia (teaching Basque Language and Literature).


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I was born in a town called

Bananera in the northeastern part

of Guatemala.


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Bananera


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I want you to tell our

story, your story here use

this camera.


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When my pictures were gone,

my mother gave me a pen

and pad of paper and said:

Write it!


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Now I teach people to tell

their stories from anywhere...


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Sometimes people use

cellphones to tell their stories.


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In Central America there are more than 35

million cellphone users

Guatemala is #4 in the Telecom sector inLatin America

The Superintendency of

Telecommunications (SIT) cited there werealmost 19.8 million registered mobile

users in Guatemala as of June 2012


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There are more cellphones than people!


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Other times people tell their story by radio.

The National Movement of Radio Stations in Guatemala with 168 radio stations and 1600

volunteers uses cellphones to air local broadcasts in their own indigenous languages.


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Sometimes they use video.


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Sometimes they blog from

an internet cafe.

Affordable

Accessible

Local

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But you always meet people

where theyre at.

TrainingTools

Opportunities


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All web packages built on Ruby on Rails

Most of the packages originate from Erik Sundelofs blog platform SimpleBlog

All cellphone applications are only available on Android

Extensive multi-lingual support for all packages

Web: Spanish, English, KaqchikelAndroid: Spanish, English

Large focus is on fast page loads, lightweight pages, efficient HTML & CSS

Strong emphasis on community-driven development

Localized Content Management Systems

Si l Bl


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Lightweight blogging platform that natively comes with extensive language support

Designed for developing and low bandwidth countries

Tightly integrated with Facebook and Twitter

Full support for collaborative translations of all content

www.simpleblog.sundelof.comSimple Blog

H bl G t


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More secure - contributions are anonymous by default

Localized language support

Built-in messaging between contributors

Editorial flow, multi-website flow

Customized modulesIntegration with HC Messaging CMS

Integration of social sites

www.hablaguate.comHablaGuate

Si l El ti (VOZZ)


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Simple Election (VOZZ)

Based on Simple Blog: www.simpleblog.sundelof.com

Available in Kaqchikel, Spanish and English

Simple to use any other languages

Complete integration with YouTube Direct to allow videos in your native languageNative support for text message submissions

Si l C f


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Simple Conference

Based on Simple Blog: www.simpleblog.sundelof.com

Support for Kaqchikel, Spanish and English

Simple to use any other languages

Native support for text messagesComplete donation flow and registration payments through PayPay

Native support for yearly conferences

www.github.com/eriksundelof


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