the Whose Knowledge?, Ana Alonso and the shifting attitudes toward Zapotec indigenous languages
“ Well, when I look for the name of my community or about our language, sometimes we find more information related to the culture, and it's written in, in English and also in French and Spanish, but it's mainly written in, in English. And what exists, I think that what we have there or what, what is on the internet about us, it's about our culture and not about the language. ”
the Whose Knowledge?, Ana Alonso and the shifting attitudes toward Zapotec indigenous languages
“ And I think that, or my main interest is to come to the Decolonizing the Internet for Indigenous languages is to really think that what needs to be done or how we need to shape or reshape the, the internet to be accessible for Indigenous languages or languages that are not represented on the internet. I'm really looking forward to this second day of our meeting and trying to think about how we can improve the internet and how we can add more content for Indigenous languages or for minoritized populations that are not really well represented on the internet. ”
the Whose Knowledge?, Ana Alonso and the shifting attitudes toward Zapotec indigenous languages
“ Well, I work with an organization, a community-based organization, and we are creating content for the internet, basically the social media, and on that platform, we are raising awareness about the language, about our culture. ”
