From fc01255025f3270df0f275055b3c18b1cb2d00f0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sacha Chua Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2020 13:34:03 -0500 Subject: Let's try it with individual info pages that are included --- 2020/info/31.md | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+) create mode 100644 2020/info/31.md (limited to '2020/info/31.md') diff --git a/2020/info/31.md b/2020/info/31.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..1283ea23 --- /dev/null +++ b/2020/info/31.md @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@ +When I began learning Lakota, the language of my ancestors, there was +no way for me to type it on a computer without using non-free +software. Additionally, the only software I could find supported just +one of the proposed orthographies for the language. + +As an Emacs user, I knew that free software offered the ability for +many types of languages to co-exist in the same program and went +looking for how to enable an input mode for Lakota in Emacs. This +talk will discuss how Emacs enabled me to define input modes for +multiple Lakota orthographies using the Quail multilingual input +package. + +I will also discuss some of the ethical and cultural considerations I +went through when publishing the package. Lakota and many other +indigenous languages were actively suppressed for many years, and are +in danger of extinction. The language is being recovered now, but +much of the available educational material comes from non-indian +people. Before publishing an input mode for Emacs, I wanted to ensure +that I included an orthography developed by Lakota people, not only +the suggested orthography present in most of my educational material. +Additionally, the choice of where to publish the source as an Emacs +package was important, since some corporations have been known to +support ongoing oppression against indigenous descended peoples. + -- cgit v1.2.3