[Air-L] Suggested materials for Computers and Society course for Computer Science majors?

[Corinne Cath]

This work by Whose Knowledge on the state of Internet knowledges might be
of interest:
https://whoseknowledge.org/initiatives/state-of-the-internets-languages/

As well as these two projects:
https://www.opentech.fund/results/supported-projects/global-voices/
https://www.localizationlab.org/

On Sat, Mar 12, 2022 at 5:50 AM Amy Mowle <Amy.Mowle at vu.edu.au> wrote:

> This may not be quite what you're looking for, but there's quite a bit
> going on in terms of using technology to aid in the preservation of
> Australian Aboriginal languages:
>
> Here's some bits and pieces that might be of interest:
>
> Platform created by Aboriginal people for language conservation -
> https://www.miromaa.org.au/
> There's a 'living archive' of Aboriginal Languages from the Northern
> Territory - https://livingarchive.cdu.edu.au/
>
> You might already be aware of 'First Voices' -
> https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/firstvoices-keyboards/id1066651145
>
> Good luck!
>
>
> Amy
>
>
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> Hello AoIR community,
>
> Our Computer Science and Engineering department at Oakland University is
> working on a new Computers and Society course and we're really excited
> about bringing this type of course to Computer Science students. *We’re
> looking for suggested course readings/materials* that broadly fit this
> course objective: “knowledge of the role that different cultural heritages
> (past and present) play in forming values in another part of the world,
> enabling the student to function in a global context.” Anything come to
> mind?
>
> We’ve also been constructing a list of topics that the course should
> cover; we welcome suggestions for additional topics or
> readings/materials/activities related to any of them that would be
> accessible to computer science students who have never considered this side
> of computing before.
>
> Explore how computers can play a role in ● bringing different cultural
> heritages to others.
> ● preserving and communicating cultural heritages.
> ● preserving and promoting low resource languages.
> ● preserving and promoting music and performance.
> ● creating exhibits and 3D models of museum artifacts.
>
> --
> Douglas Zytko, PhD
> Assistant Professor of Human-Computer Interaction Director of Oakland HCI
> Lab Oakland University Department of Computer Science and Engineering
> dougzytko.com
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