THE ENDANGERED ALPHABETS PROJECT
We’ve all heard about endangered species. But what about endangered languages? Tim Brookes researches languages on the brink of being completely forgotten, and he’s here to break ‘em down and store ‘em up with his Endangered Alphabets project. Brookes carves and paints near-extinct writing systems from Indonesia, Nigeria, and beyond into wood, and he’s planning a traveling exhibition to preserve these scripts and the fascinating cultures they embody.
The Endangered Alphabets Project needs invites for a Vermont professor traveling the world to attempt to save endangered languages... Please help.
Contact timbrookes@burlingtontelecom.net
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Representatives of Chile's confederation of university students, Confech, will travel to Europe to seek international support and raise the profile of their push for sweeping reforms to the nation's education system, writes Joe Hinchliffe for the Santiago Times. The student representatives will include Giorgio Jackson, president of the student federation of Universidad Catolica, and Francisco Figueroa, vice-president of the student federation of Universidad de Chile (Fech). The students will meet with representatives of the human rights commission of the UN and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, and speak before the Commission of Higher Education of the European Union. |
