Endangered Alphabets: Why Are They Vital? (feat. Tim Brookes)

Episode 55 August 10, 2022 00:58:42
Endangered Alphabets: Why Are They Vital? (feat. Tim Brookes)
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Endangered Alphabets: Why Are They Vital? (feat. Tim Brookes)

Aug 10 2022 | 00:58:42

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Show Notes

More than 85% of the world's writing systems are threatened, and with them the entire written record of their culture of origin. How does script loss affect a people--and why are so many cultures working to revive their traditional scripts or create new ones?

Our guest: Tim Brookes is the founder and executive director of the Endangered Alphabets Project. Since 2010 he has given talks/exhibitions about script endangerment at over 150 venues including Harvard, Yale, Cambridge, the Smithsonian, and the Library of Congress.

See also: endangeredalphhabets.com endangeredalphabets.net ulusgame.com

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