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For Whom the Language Bells Toll: African Languages & Technology

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Knox Hall, Room 208
  • Add to Calendar 2025-03-12 16:10:00 2025-03-12 18:00:00 For Whom the Language Bells Toll: African Languages & Technology Featuring: Kọ́lá Túbọ̀sún Title: For Whom the Language Bells Toll: African Languages & Technology A linguist, independent academic researchers, and writer, with over a decade of fieldwork in African studies, literature, and technology. Kọ́lá Túbọ̀sún will address the work he has done in the space of language, revitalization, language technology, as well as the challenges that remain through social media, AI, language attitudes, and literature - especially African literature, where the question of what language to write in remains a subject of regular conversation, and sometimes incoherent postulations. Wednesday, March 12th 4:10 - 6:00 PM | Knox Hall, Room 208 Knox Hall, Room 208 Barnard College barnard-admin@digitalpulp.com America/New_York public
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Featuring: Kọ́lá Túbọ̀sún

Title: For Whom the Language Bells Toll: African Languages & Technology

A linguist, independent academic researchers, and writer, with over a decade of fieldwork in African studies, literature, and technology.

Kọ́lá Túbọ̀sún will address the work he has done in the space of language, revitalization, language technology, as well as the challenges that remain through social media, AI, language attitudes, and literature - especially African literature, where the question of what language to write in remains a subject of regular conversation, and sometimes incoherent postulations.

Wednesday, March 12th 4:10 - 6:00 PM | Knox Hall, Room 208

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