by Subhashish P. | Aug 9, 2019 | Campaigns, Digital rights, IYIL 2019, Marginalized Community Council
What is really important to create for growing any indigenous, endangered or any other marginalized language? We share a few recommendations—thanks to friends from many communities that we closely work with.
by Subhashish P. | Aug 2, 2019 | Asia-Pacific, Blogs, Reposts
This post, authored by Rising Voices, originally appeared on Rising Voices, and is about a collaborative initiative that we’re also a partner in. Beginning on Tuesday, August 6, a rotating roster of language activists from across Asia will become guest …...
by O Foundation | Aug 2, 2019 | Campaigns, IYIL 2019
The year of 2019 is celebrated globally as the International Year of Indigenous Languages (IYIL)—there are a whole range of activities to promote indigenous languages and grow resources online.
by O Foundation | Jul 30, 2019 | Conferences, Digital rights, India
Authoritarianism is not new—even societies that embraced democracy years ago still do not apply fully the democratic processes in their governance. With the rise of the Internet which was always intended to provide individuals more importance, there has been a...
by Subhashish P. | Jul 20, 2019 | Conferences
This year, we’re fortunate to be there at the Creative Commons Summit 2019 at Lisbon, Portugal. We presented a talk about OpenSpeaks titled—”OpenSpeaks: Open Archives of the Voices of the Commons“. Abstract Half of world’s languages (6500)...
by Subhashish P. | Jul 15, 2019 | Film, IYIL 2019
During a panel at the Global Voices Summit 2017 in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Eddie Avila, Director of Rising Voices narrated about the dilemma that a Colombian young man went through once after discovering a bunch of cassette tapes. The tapes … Read the rest Related...
