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Role of Social Media in Spreading Fake News During COVID-19 Pandemic: A Survey among University Students of Bangladesh

Description: Arising in China in December 2019, the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) soon spread to other countries worldwide including Bangladesh. Mass media and social media platforms played an important role in providing Coronavirus related information and news as they enable people to share news as well as personal experiences with one another rapidly. Since little is known about COVID-19, various fake news spread across social media that panicked people into making panic decisions. The primary objective of… more
Date: December 2020
Creator: Atikuzzaman, MD.
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Partner: UNT College of Information
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Speech about language endangerment and political instability in the Balkans

Description: Video of a presentation from the 2020 workshop 'Language Then and Now: Language Endangerment and Political Instability.' Ana Roeschley discusses her experience of how political instability and violence break apart communities and erode their ability to pass down their written and spoken word in the Balkans. She talks about the siege of Sarajevo and the destruction of the National and University Library of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Date: February 21, 2020
Duration: 12 minutes 41 seconds
Creator: Burke, Mary
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Speech about language endangerment and political instability in rural Manipur

Description: Video of a presentation from the 2020 workshop 'Language Then and Now: Language Endangerment and Political Instability.' Rex Khullar discusses his experience of how political instability and violence break apart communities and erode their ability to pass down their written and spoken word in the hills of Manipur, India. He talks about how village life can be disrupted when children have to go to larger cities to make money for their families.
Date: February 21, 2020
Duration: 3 minutes 57 seconds
Creator: Burke, Mary
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Amplifying Community Voices in Language Archives Through Participatory Archiving

Description: Presentation from a panel, "Considering Individual and Community Contexts Within Information Pedagogy, Scholarship, and Practice," that was held virtually for the 83rd Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T). This portion of the panel focuses on the author's research into community-based language research (CBLR) and the Lamkang language.
Date: October 25, 2020
Creator: Burke, Mary
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Partner: UNT College of Information
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Crisis, New Imperialisms, and Accumulation by Dispossession: The Case of the Pakistan Railways

Description: My research examines the three interrelated concepts of crisis; new imperialisms, spatial-temporal fix and accumulation by dispossession (ABD) stemming from the work of David Harvey as a way to understand the contested history of the Pakistan Railways. For the first thirty odd years after Pakistan's inception in 1947, the railways, a state-owned institution, was the primary mode of transport for the public, cargo, and workers. Alongside basic infrastructure, the railways had a vast network of h… more
Date: August 2020
Creator: Khan, Sher Ali
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Partner: UNT Libraries
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"We Do Not Wait for the Government": An Evaluation of a Disaster Rebuilding Program in Kathmandu Valley

Description: Five years ago, a massive earthquake and its subsequent aftershocks rocked the core of Nepal. Recovery from these quakes has been a long and difficult process. This thesis will explore findings from a qualitative evaluation of Lumanti Support Group for Shelter, an NGO in Kathmandu, Nepal that implemented a residential reconstruction program in four peri-urban communities in Kathmandu Valley. These findings are a culmination of 26 semi-structured interviews and document analysis. This research h… more
Date: August 2020
Creator: Cronin, Shannon
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Transgender in India: A Semiotic and Reception Analysis of Bollywood Movies

Description: The transgender community in India, commonly known as hijras, consists of people who were born as males but address themselves as females. They have been considered as the third gender in India for millennia and have had specific religious and sociocultural values and roles, but are forced to live in shadows in this day and age. Isolation of this community is also reflected in the way transgender characters are represented in Indian entertainment media. The study analyses two transgender themed… more
Date: May 2020
Creator: Shewade, Ruchi Ravi
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Speech about language endangerment and political instability in Mizoram

Description: Video of a presentation from the 2020 workshop 'Language Then and Now: Language Endangerment and Political Instability.' Lalnunthangi Chhangte discusses her experience of how political instability and violence break apart communities and erode their ability to pass down their written and spoken word in Mizoram, India. She talks about the legacy of colonialism in the area and the stigma toward indigenous groups.
Date: February 21, 2020
Duration: 17 minutes 03 seconds
Creator: Burke, Mary
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Speech about language endangerment and political instability in Manipuri history

Description: Video of a presentation from the 2020 workshop 'Language Then and Now: Language Endangerment and Political Instability.' L. Somi Roy discusses his experience of how political instability and violence break apart communities and erode their ability to pass down their written and spoken word, and the relations between insurgency and writing systems in Manipur.
Date: February 21, 2020
Duration: 27 minutes 15 seconds
Creator: Burke, Mary
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Introduction to the Language Endangerment and Political Instability UNESCO workshop

Description: Video of Shobhana Chelliah introducing the 2020 workshop 'Language Then and Now: Language Endangerment and Political Instability' held at the Indira Gandhi National Center for the Arts in New Delhi, India. At this workshop, held in conjunction with UNESCO, participants discuss their experiences of how political instability and violence break apart communities and erode their ability to pass down their written and spoken word.
Date: February 21, 2020
Duration: 5 minutes 27 seconds
Creator: Burke, Mary
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Speech about language endangerment and political instability in the Manipuri school system

Description: Video of a presentation from the 2020 workshop 'Language Then and Now: Language Endangerment and Political Instability.' Marjing Mayanglambam discusses his experience of how political instability and violence break apart communities and erode their ability to pass down their written and spoken word, specifically in relation to the scripts used to write the Manipuri language.
Date: February 21, 2020
Duration: 4 minutes 22 seconds
Creator: Burke, Mary
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Speech about language endangerment and political instability in Northeast India

Description: Video of a presentation from the 2020 workshop 'Language Then and Now: Language Endangerment and Political Instability.' Pauthang Haokip discusses his experience of how political instability and violence break apart communities and erode their ability to pass down their written and spoken word in Manipur, India.
Date: February 21, 2020
Duration: 7 minutes 22 seconds
Creator: Burke, Mary
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Partner: UNT College of Information
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