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4:00 PM-8:00 PM

Digital Discourses: The Digital Future of Indigenous Languages from a Global Perspective

Panel Discussion and Workshop|Panel Discussion on the Digital Future of Indigenous Languages in the Global Context and Supporting Workshops.

  • Auditorium of Pusat Dokumentasi Sastra H. B. Jassin

  • Indonesian
  • Free of charge | With registration

Digital Discourses 2025 © Goethe-Institut Indonesia / Each Other Company

Digital Discourses 2025 © Goethe-Institut Indonesia / Each Other Company

Panel Discussion


Previous Digital Discourses 2025 events have discussed initiatives for the preservation and revitalisation of Indigenous languages that have been conducted in Indonesia. These initiatives range from practical efforts to technical efforts and digital activism. But are these initiatives also practised in other countries?

The final event of Digital Discourses 2025 comprises three separate activities. The first is a workshop on writing in Indigenous scripts using lontar, run by Galeri Aksara Nusantara. The second is a collaboration with Wikimedia Indonesia to contribute Indigenous language words to Wiktionary, an online dictionary. The third event is a panel discussion addressing the global challenges faced by Indigenous language initiatives, the issues surrounding Unicode, and Indigenous language projects within international NGOs.

Biography

is an independent researcher specialising in Indonesian modern literature and cultural studies. She focuses on research and artmaking, including visual arts and music. She has published her research in scientific journals and popular media and given talks on resistance against Indonesian political strains in literature, theatre, and film.

is a language activist who is particularly interested in conserving languages from Nusantara. He volunteers for Wikimedia, specialising in the development of Wiktionary, Wikipedia's sister project. Since 2023, he has managed the WikiTutur programme, which focuses on recording the pronunciation of Nusantara indigenous languages in Indonesian Wiktionary (Wikikamus) and Lingua Libre.

is Vice Chair of the Unicode Script Encoding Working Group and a U.S. representative to the ISO Subcommittee on coded character sets. Until 2024, she led the Script Encoding Initiative project at UC Berkeley, a project that works with communities to get characters and scripts into the Unicode Standard. She holds a Ph.D. in Indo-European Studies from UCLA.

is the Managing Director and Rising Voices (RV) Director at Global Voices. RV has worked with more than 240 digital language activists from over 50 countries, representing 127 unique languages. He also led the project Indigenous Language Digital Initiatives in collaboration with UNESCO as part of the International Decade of Indigenous Languages.

is a Nusantara script enthusiast and a member of the Galaksi community. He is currently studying scripts used in Sumatera, from  Pallawa  to  Lampung and Jawi. He also contributes actively to the Batak Toba Wikipedia and has published a book in multiple scripts titled Dalam Persimpangan Jalan: Pada Mata Gawaiku.

is an Associate Project Officer of the Communication and Information Unit at the UNESCO office in Jakarta. She is currently responsible for the Social Media 4 Peace, Media and Information Literacy, Freedom of Expression, and journalist safety programmes. Previously, she worked as a journalist in East Java and Jakarta and was also an active coordinator of the Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI), specialising in gender, children, and journalist safety issues.

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