The Memorial University of Newfoundland will be hosting an online workshop through Nexus Center.
Nick Welch of MUN is the organizer, and hey says that “The pandemic, technology, and language revitalization has been affected life worldwide on an unprecedented scale.
Endangered languages have been faced with additional threats as the disease has sickened elder fluent speakers, closed language classes, and disrupted everyday life in language communities.
At the same time, the rapid development and growth of remote working, teaching and learning technology has provided opportunities and tools that can be applied to revitalization efforts as the world emerges from the pandemic.
This same remote technology can connect communities in new ways, allowing ideas and resources to be shared.
Tomorrow on Thursday, May 13, 2021, Welch will be hosting an online workshop through the Nexus Centre at Memorial University on this topic.
invited speakers are from Indigenous communities and academia.
They will give 30-minute talks on topics related to using the technology driven by the pandemic to further language documentation and revitalization.
Along with these talks, a panel discussion will address the application of this technology in Indigenous communities.
Indigenous language community members and Memorial University faculty, staff and students are invited to attend this workshop.
To register you can email nexus@mun.ca.