Digital Sustainability for Minoritized Language: Challenges and Opportunities
- Time
- 10pm - 6am
- Date
- 5 Mar 2026
- Duration
- 8 hour(s)
- Location
- Main Quad - North Wing, Rooms 1 and 2
- Language
- English
- Presenters
Prof. William Lamb, Dr Kristin Dowell, Dr Erin McNulty
- Registration Required
- No
- Organising Department
School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures (Applied Linguistics)
- Sustainable Development Goals
- Quality education, Reduced inequalities
Language is a key factor in community vitality, the focus of UN SDG11. In addition, the EU initiative 鈥楨urope鈥檚 Digital Decade鈥� seeks to develop 鈥渁 human-centric, sustainable vision for digital society鈥� to empower citizens鈥�. Yet, one group that risks being left behind in the current digital revolution are speakers of minoritized or lesser-used languages, whose communities may lack the resources and infrastructure to access digital developments in the same way as majority languages. This symposium explores the role of academics from across disciplines in the sustainable digital development of minoritized languages. This includes the challenges emerging technologies, such as AI, pose for minoritized languages, as well as the new opportunities they may bring for supporting at-risk languages and communities into the future.