Digital Media and the Preservation of Indigenous Languages in Africa
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Digital Media and the Preservation of Indigenous Languages in Africa

Toward a Digitalized and Sustainable Society

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eBook - ePub

Digital Media and the Preservation of Indigenous Languages in Africa

Toward a Digitalized and Sustainable Society

About this book

Digital Media and the Preservation of Indigenous Languages in Africa: Toward a Digitalized and Sustainable Society presents cutting-edge epistemological debates, academic case studies, and empirical research from African scholars on the intersection of digital media technologies, artificial intelligence, and the preservation of Indigenous languages in the continent. This edited collection provides a methodology for African researchers, practitioners, and marginalized communities to integrate digital technologies into their lives to foster innovation, advance the documentation and preservation of underrepresented languages, and promote African-centered epistemologies. Contributors to this edited volume argue that African societies should acknowledge and embrace digital media platforms. Despite these platforms' potential as sites of epistemic colonialism, they are essential for promoting ways of life that reflect the diversity and importance of Indigenous cultures. For Indigenous languages and local epistemologies to flourish in this rapidly evolving technological era, African communities must employ a variety of contemporary practices and strategies to document, protect, and preserve ways of being that have formerly been relegated to the periphery.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Contents
  4. Acknowledgments
  5. Introduction: Theorizing Digital Media and Epistemic Indigenous Languages Preservation for Sustainable Development in the Fourth Industrial Revolution
  6. Part I: Digital Preservation, Epistemic African Knowledges, and the Fourth Industrial Revolution
  7. Chapter 1: Digital Preservation of Indigenous Languages and Participatory Epistemic Knowledge Systems of the Global South: Insights from South African Experiences
  8. Chapter 2: Indigenous Language Preservation and Promotion through Digital Media Technology in the Fourth Industrial Revolution
  9. Chapter 3: Positioning South African Indigenous Languages on Social Media Communication in the Fourth Industrial Revolution
  10. Chapter 4: Computational Linguistics and Indigenous Languages: WhatsApp Emoji Use and the Reclamation of Shona and Ndebele Language and Culture
  11. Part II: Digital Media Strategies and Indigenous Language Preservation in the Fourth Industrial Revolution
  12. Chapter 5: Global Initiatives for Digital Preservation of Indigenous Languages in the Fourth Industrial Revolution
  13. Chapter 6: Indigenous Language Development and Preservation in the Age of the Fourth Industrial Revolution
  14. Chapter 7: Kivunjo Names and Naming as an Indigenous Language Preservation and Digitization Strategy
  15. Part III: Endangered Language Revitalization, Social Media Language Prospects, and Media Training
  16. Chapter 8: Using Social Media to Promote Indigenous Languages: Reality or Delusion: A Critical Review of Shona Facebook Television
  17. Chapter 9 : Exploring the Role of Indigenous Languages in Journalism and Media Training in the Fourth Industrial Revolution Era
  18. Chapter 10: Indigenous Language Preservation, Challenges, and Opportunities in the Social Media Age
  19. Part IV: Orality on Social Media, Indigenous Epistemic Cultures, and Minority Languages in Digital Media
  20. Chapter 11: Promotion of Indigenous Languages and Culture through Social Media
  21. Chapter 12: Orality On Social Media Language: Linguistic Texts and Images Portraying Elements of Isizulu Folklore
  22. About the Editors and Contributors