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M4: P3 – Spark: The Disappearing Web

The idea of obsolescence and Indigenous knowledge on the web came to me through my last post: Keoni Mahelona and Peter-Lucas Jones on Indigenous Data Sovereignty. In that interview Jones and Mahelona explain that if the medium through which a language is stored is lost, then part of the culture is lost with it. In this episode of Spark, Young (2021) explores how previous forms of print material are available to historians, but digital data is pervasively disappearing from the web. This is, of course, a dire predicament when it comes to storing Indigenous knowledge through online platforms.

Reference

Young, N. (Host). (2021, June 10). Disappearing web. [Audio podcast episode]. In Spark. CBC.

MODULE 2-ENTRY 3: How Korean language had been protected during colonial era?

This video shows how the Japanese Government destroyed Hangul(Korean language) during the Japanese colonial period. All classes at all educational institutions were conducted in Japanese, and Korean language became a local dialect. Koreans have made efforts to protect the Korean language through various methods of resistance against to Japanese atrocities. Koreans organized a secret society and pushed for a campaign to protect our language. As the movement to protect Hangul became active, however, Japan eliminated all magazines and newspapers made in Hangul. Believing that protecting the language is to protect the spirit of the people and the identity of the nation, thanks to the sacrifice of many people, Hangul was able to survive.

We can consider what efforts and spirit we need to make in order to preserve and vitalize indigenous language through this video clip.

 

Reference

tvN인사이트. (2020, Feburary 25). 해방 후 ,1달만에 한글로 교과서를 가질 수 있었던 이유. [Video]. Retrieved from YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OHuFCjaEK8&ab_channel=ohforsatanssake