ANTH 5465 - Language and the Culture of Preservation

Effective Date 07/17/2019
Why save endangered languages? What makes this work compelling to the diverse stakeholders involved? What kinds of obstacles do language preservation projects repeatedly encounter and why? This seminar explores language preservation as a cultural phenomenon in which issues of temporality, ownership, identity, and authenticity come to the fore.

Credits: 3
Grading Basis Student Option