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@isabellezaugg-phd.bsky.social
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Technology, Language, Image, Representation, Culture, Ethiopia. Independent scholar, educator, and filmmaker. My heart is in Addis Ababa.

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Modern Languages Open @modlangopen.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
NEW | 'Typography Beyond Latin: Cultivating Visual Culture at the Crossroads of Digital Access and Technical Policy': An interview with Kamal Mansour @artgriot.bsky.social & @isabellezaugg-phd.bsky.social. ➡️ bit.ly/MLO-Mansour-Zaugg @politonaiz.bsky.social @typographica.org @arxiv-cs-cl.bsky.social
A purple banner to the left which reads 'The Digital Lives of Greater South Languages' with the MLO logo in white. This is next to artwork of a translucent glass dome with tiny people below stood observing the orb surrounded by a black spiky cage. The artwork is by Abel Tilahun titled “Chrome” (2019). This image is available via Creative Commons license, and was originally commissioned for the chapter: Zaugg, Isabelle (2019). “Imagining a Multilingual Cyberspace: How the Internet damaged linguistic diversity and what you can do to fix it,” in Finding CTRL: Visions for the future internet.
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Modern Languages Open @modlangopen.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
NEW | 'Language and the Next Billion Users' is an interview with Payal Arora & @isabellezaugg-phd.bsky.social on language diversity in the digital sphere and cultivating the vitality of minoritized languages. ➡️ bit.ly/MLO-Arora-Zaugg @mcmasterhum.bsky.social @reshapingwork.bsky.social
A purple banner to the left which reads 'The Digital Lives of Greater South Languages' with the MLO logo in white. This is next to artwork of a translucent glass dome with tiny people below stood observing the orb surrounded by a black spiky cage. The artwork is by Abel Tilahun titled “Chrome” (2019). This image is available via Creative Commons license, and was originally commissioned for the chapter: Zaugg, Isabelle (2019). “Imagining a Multilingual Cyberspace: How the Internet damaged linguistic diversity and what you can do to fix it,” in Finding CTRL: Visions for the future internet.
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Modern Languages Open @modlangopen.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
NEW | '“No Language Left Behind?” Predictive Text, Generative AI and Dilemmas of Digital Inclusion for Marginalized Languages' by @petechonka.bsky.social, Stephanie Diepeveen & Yidnekachew Haile. ➡️ Read it #OA: bit.ly/MLO-Chonka @isabellezaugg-phd.bsky.social @aiatkings.bsky.social
A purple banner to the left which reads 'The Digital Lives of Greater South Languages' with the MLO logo in white. This is next to artwork of a translucent glass dome with tiny people below stood observing the orb surrounded by a black spiky cage. The artwork is by Abel Tilahun titled “Chrome” (2019). This image is available via Creative Commons license, and was originally commissioned for the chapter: Zaugg, Isabelle (2019). “Imagining a Multilingual Cyberspace: How the Internet damaged linguistic diversity and what you can do to fix it,” in Finding CTRL: Visions for the future internet.
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Modern Languages Open @modlangopen.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
NEW | 'Language Justice and Machine Translation on Social Media' by Amandalynne Paullada & Levon Haroutunian advocates for a language justice orientation in MT system development and design. 🔓️ Read it #OA: bit.ly/MLO-Paullada-Haroutunian @isabellezaugg-phd.bsky.social @politonaiz.bsky.social
A purple banner to the left which reads 'The Digital Lives of Greater South Languages' with the MLO logo in white. This is next to artwork of a translucent glass dome with tiny people below stood observing the orb surrounded by a black spiky cage. The artwork is by Abel Tilahun titled “Chrome” (2019). This image is available via Creative Commons license, and was originally commissioned for the chapter: Zaugg, Isabelle (2019). “Imagining a Multilingual Cyberspace: How the Internet damaged linguistic diversity and what you can do to fix it,” in Finding CTRL: Visions for the future internet.
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Modern Languages Open @modlangopen.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
NEW | 'Unsettled Scripts: Script Invention and the Bind of Digital Recognition' by Anushah Hossain investigates “neographies" in a digital age. ➡️ bit.ly/MLO-Hossain @isabellezaugg-phd.bsky.social @politonaiz.bsky.social @stanfordsilicon.bsky.social @stanfordpacs.bsky.social @viewsproject.bsky.social
A purple banner to the left which reads 'The Digital Lives of Greater South Languages' with the MLO logo in white. This is next to artwork of a translucent glass dome with tiny people below stood observing the orb surrounded by a black spiky cage. The artwork is by Abel Tilahun titled “Chrome” (2019). This image is available via Creative Commons license, and was originally commissioned for the chapter: Zaugg, Isabelle (2019). “Imagining a Multilingual Cyberspace: How the Internet damaged linguistic diversity and what you can do to fix it,” in Finding CTRL: Visions for the future internet.
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Paul Spence @politonaiz.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Very happy to see this special on 'The Digital Lives of Greater South Languages' launched, edited by @isabellezaugg-phd.bsky.social as part of the Digital #ModernLanguages section @modlangopen.bsky.social‬ #multilingualism
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Modern Languages Open @modlangopen.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
NEW | 'Reconquering our Capacity to Dream in Revitalizing our Languages': A Conversation between HE Manssour Bin Mussallam and @isabellezaugg-phd.bsky.social. Read it #OpenAccess via MLO: ➡️ bit.ly/MLO-Mussallam-Zaugg @politonaiz.bsky.social @naswells.bsky.social #mflbluesky
A purple banner to the left which reads 'The Digital Lives of Greater South Languages' with the MLO logo in white. This is next to artwork of a translucent glass dome with tiny people below stood observing the orb surrounded by a black spiky cage. The artwork is by Abel Tilahun titled “Chrome” (2019). This image is available via Creative Commons license, and was originally commissioned for the chapter: Zaugg, Isabelle (2019). “Imagining a Multilingual Cyberspace: How the Internet damaged linguistic diversity and what you can do to fix it,” in Finding CTRL: Visions for the future internet.
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Modern Languages Open @modlangopen.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
NEW | 'Harnessing AI to Build the Ecology of Indigenous Thoughts': An Interview with @runningwolf.bsky.social by @isabellezaugg-phd.bsky.social on accountability among AI researchers working on Indigenous languages. Read it #OA: 🔗bit.ly/MLO-Wolf-Zaugg @politonaiz.bsky.social @naswells.bsky.social
A purple banner to the left which reads 'The Digital Lives of Greater South Languages' with the MLO logo in white. This is next to artwork of a translucent glass dome with tiny people below stood observing the orb surrounded by a black spiky cage. The artwork is by Abel Tilahun titled “Chrome” (2019). This image is available via Creative Commons license, and was originally commissioned for the chapter: Zaugg, Isabelle (2019). “Imagining a Multilingual Cyberspace: How the Internet damaged linguistic diversity and what you can do to fix it,” in Finding CTRL: Visions for the future internet.
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Modern Languages Open @modlangopen.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
NEW | In 'Language 4R: Discussing the Roots of Language Identity in the African American Community' Kyra Ann Dawkins presents language reparation, reappropriation, reclamation & restoration in African American identity. ➡️ bit.ly/MLO-Dawkins @isabellezaugg-phd.bsky.social
A purple banner to the left which reads 'The Digital Lives of Greater South Languages' with the MLO logo in white. This is next to artwork of a translucent glass dome with tiny people below stood observing the orb surrounded by a black spiky cage. The artwork is by Abel Tilahun titled “Chrome” (2019). This image is available via Creative Commons license, and was originally commissioned for the chapter: Zaugg, Isabelle (2019). “Imagining a Multilingual Cyberspace: How the Internet damaged linguistic diversity and what you can do to fix it,” in Finding CTRL: Visions for the future internet.
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isabellezaugg-phd.bsky.social @isabellezaugg-phd.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
The Script Encoding Initiative interviewed me about my research on Unicode and Ethiopic, which led to a breadth of work on global language justice, including my recent special journal issue "The Digital Lives of Greater South Languages." Read more here: sei.berkeley.edu/2026/03/16/i...
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Interview with Isabelle Zaugg: On Explorations of Global Language Justice - Script Encoding Initiative
Isabelle Zaugg wrote what may be the first humanistic dissertation on the Unicode Standard in 2017.
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isabellezaugg-phd.bsky.social @isabellezaugg-phd.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Please check out this interview Modern Languages Open conducted with me, introducing "The Digital Lives of Greater South Languages" special issue I edited for the open access journal, published by Liverpool University Press. liverpooluniversitypress.blog/2026/03/19/i...
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Introducing ‘The Digital Lives of Greater South Languages’, a Special Collection from MLO
Edited by Isabelle Zaugg, this collection provides a multi-faceted lens through which to consider how digital tools shape and are shaped by Greater South language communities.
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Modern Languages Open @modlangopen.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
NEW | 'Technology Rewriting: Testimonio as a Methodology to Learn from People’s Stories' by Alvarez Malvido examines the dialectical tensions between people and digital tools. ➡️ bit.ly/MLO-Malvido @isabellezaugg-phd.bsky.social @politonaiz.bsky.social @naswells.bsky.social
A purple banner to the left which reads 'The Digital Lives of Greater South Languages' with the MLO logo in white. This is next to artwork of a translucent glass dome with tiny people below stood observing the orb surrounded by a black spiky cage. The artwork is by Abel Tilahun titled “Chrome” (2019). This image is available via Creative Commons license, and was originally commissioned for the chapter: Zaugg, Isabelle (2019). “Imagining a Multilingual Cyberspace: How the Internet damaged linguistic diversity and what you can do to fix it,” in Finding CTRL: Visions for the future internet.
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Modern Languages Open @modlangopen.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
NEW | 'The Digital Lives of Greater South Languages' Edited by @isabellezaugg-phd.bsky.social, this collection considers how digital tools shape and are shaped by Greater South language communities. @politonaiz.bsky.social @naswells.bsky.social 🔗 bit.ly/Digital-Lives-Blog
A purple banner to the left which reads 'The Digital Lives of Greater South Languages' with the MLO logo in white. This is next to artwork of a translucent glass dome with tiny people below stood observing the orb surrounded by a black spiky cage. The artwork is by Abel Tilahun titled “Chrome” (2019). This image is available via Creative Commons license, and was originally commissioned for the chapter: Zaugg, Isabelle (2019). “Imagining a Multilingual Cyberspace: How the Internet damaged linguistic diversity and what you can do to fix it,” in Finding CTRL: Visions for the future internet.
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isabellezaugg-phd.bsky.social @isabellezaugg-phd.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
"The Digital Lives of Greater South Languages," the special journal issue I guest edited with Modern Languages Open, has luanched, fully open-access. Please take a look! lnkd.in/dVH_BuNf Gratitude to the contributing authors, editorial assistants, MLO staff, anon reviewers, and artist Abel Tilahun.
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