Majority of the world’s languages are spoken and not written. However, only 7% of the world’s knowledge is captured in publication. (WhoseKnowledge? 2019) Languages with limited resources face the risk of low content creation and low readership. Most such languages do not experience a content demand surge nor a faster growth of content producers. We will be demonstrating how and which socio-economic, policy-level and technical factors affect indigenous-language content, especially the Ho and Santali languages of India from research supported by Grant for the Web and Creative Commons CAF fund.
Documentary filmmaker and long-time Openness advocate; Produced films on indigenous rights and in endangered languages; active over a decade in building open internet communities across Asia-Pacific. Former community manager at Wikimedia, Centre for Internet and Society, Mozilla and... Read More →
Santali Ol Chiki script lover, Tech enthusiast, love blogging, love plants, edits Wikipedia, Interested in translating open source applications in Santali language.
Wednesday September 22, 2021 3:30am - 4:00am UTC
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