Digital Media and the Preservation of Indigenous Languages in Africa

Toward a Digitalized and Sustainable Society

Fulufhelo Oscar Makananise, Shumani Eric Madima (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

302 Seiten

2024
Lexington Books/Fortress Academic (Verlag)
978-1-6669-5752-5 (ISBN)

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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. This edited volume 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 underappreciated languages, and develop African epistemologies. Contributors argue that African societies should acknowledge and embrace digital media platforms which, although potential epistemic colonial sites, are nevertheless 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.

Fulufhelo Oscar Makananise is associate professor in the Department of Communication Science at the University of South Africa. Shumani Eric Madima is senior lecturer of linguistics in the Department of English, Media Studies, and Linguistics at the University of Venda .

Erscheinungsdatum	13.06.2024
Reihe/Serie	Communication, Globalization, and Cultural Identity
Co-Autor	Yusuf Ayodeji Ajani, Nhlayisi Cedrick Baloyi, Jennings Joy Chibike
Sprache	englisch
Maße	161 x 239 mm
Gewicht	590 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Kommunikationswissenschaft
ISBN-10	1-6669-5752-6 / 1666957526
ISBN-13	978-1-6669-5752-5 / 9781666957525
Zustand	Neuware