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The one-day SWiP event comprised an exciting panel discussion by experts in the fields of preservation of languages, culture, and digitisation of information, and an introductory mini workshop to Wikipedia focusing on editing, translating, and making content available online.
The one-day SWiP event comprised an exciting panel discussion by experts in the fields of preservation of languages, culture, and digitisation of information, and an introductory mini workshop to Wikipedia focusing on editing, translating, and making content available online.
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Write It – Tshivenda
Link to https://youtu.be/jl9jOLBPQVo
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Write It Project
SADiLaR’s language development and testing node, the Inter-institutional Centre for Language Development and Assessment (ICELDA), has developed a series of videos, called Write It, to fill the gap by guiding students through writing. Academic writing is key to academic success, but getting it right is not easy, particularly for students who are learning in a second…
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Fourth workshop on Resources for African Indigenous Languages (RAIL)
Fourth workshop on Resources for African Indigenous Language (RAIL) The 4th RAIL (Resources for African Indigenous* Languages) workshop will be co-located with EACL 2023 in Dubrovnik, Croatia. The Resources for African Indigenous Languages (RAIL) workshop is an interdisciplinary platform for researchers working on resources (data collections, tools, etc.) specifically targeted towards African indigenous languages. In…
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Communication Manager
Ms Lihle SosiboCommunication Manager Biography: Lihle has served on several communication portfolios in the private and in the public sector and has gained vast competencies in developing and implementing corporate communication and public relations strategies. She is passionate about organisational culture, brand management, events management, content management, media relations and stakeholder engagement. Qualifications Post Graduate…
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Language Resources Audit to support multilingualism is underway in public universities of South Africa
Language continues to be a barrier to access and success for many students at South African higher education institutions. This was noted by the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) in their revised Language Policy Framework for Higher Education. This policy framework emphasises the importance of developing multilingual environments at South Africa’s public higher…
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SADiLaR Researchers impart knowledge at Digital Humanities Summer School
Three of the South African Centre for Digital Language Resources (SADiLaR) researchers (Ms Mmasibidi Setaka, Mr Benito Trollip, and Prof Menno van Zaanen) recently taught courses at a summer school which was organized by the Digital Humanities Association of Southern Africa (DHASA). This 3-day event, which ran from 31 October to 3 November 2022, provided…
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SADiLaR host a successful third RAIL Workshop
The South African Centre for Digital Language Resources (SADiLaR) hosted a successful 3rd Resources for African Indigenous Languages (RAIL) workshop at North-West University, Potchefstroom campus on the 30th of November 2022. RAIL workshops are an interdisciplinary platform for researchers working on resources like data collections, tools, etc and specifically targeted towards African indigenous languages with an aim…
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Humanity: Why we need to build strong digital humanities communities in Africa
Digital humanities (DH) is what happens at the intersection of computing or digital technologies and the disciplines of the humanities. In a way, DH is the humanities’ response to the digital world. On the one hand, DH entails using digital and computational methodologies in the broad field of humanities. For instance, computational approaches allow for…
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DH-IGNITE: Igniting the digital humanities in KwaZulu-Natal
“At the heart of digital humanities is coding, once you can code in R or Python, a world of possibilities opens up to you,” said Professor Kevin Durrheim of the University of Johannesburg (UJ), speaking at SADiLaR’s first DH-IGNITE event which took place in Umhlanga, KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) in October this year. The goal of the…
