Digital Tamil Studies Virtual Symposium February 10, 2024
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Digital Tamil Studies is a wide-ranging field of digital scholarship that engages interdisciplinary scholars, computing experts, and the public in the production of open research and resources in Tamil.
The Digital Tamil Studies community at UTSC is pleased to present a Digital Tamil Studies symposium Saturday February 10, 8:30 AM -11:30 AM (Toronto time); 7:00 PM-10:00 PM (Chennai/Jaffna time).
This virtual event brings together our research and collections development community to promote projects and discuss the intersection of Tamil language collections and digital research. Registration is free. The event will be held in a combination of Tamil and English on Zoom, with interpretation available.
This event is made possible with the generous support of the Tamil Worlds Initiative.
Note: All times are in EST
| Time | Programming |
|---|---|
| 8:30 - 9:00 am | Welcome notes from the organizational team, and technical notes on the event (B. Raman and K. Stapelfeldt) Language: English |
| 9:00 - 9:20 am | Introduction to the Digital Tamil Studies Hub (Natkeeran Ledchumykanthan) Language: Tamil |
| 9:20 - 9:40 am | Soviet Literature Reading in Post-Soviet Era (Shibi Laxman Kumarapeerumal) Language: Tamil |
| 9:40 - 10:00 am | Giving New Life to Old Tamil Little Magazines Through Digitization (Shrinivasan T) Language: Tamil |
| 10:00 - 10:20 am | Drawing The Language of the Sea (B. Raman) Language: English |
| 10:20 - 10:40 am | Sri Lankan Muslims' Ephemera: Preservation of Cultural Moments (Mohamed Saakir) Language: Tamil |
| 10:40 - 11:00 am | Tamil Digital Pedagogy - New Resources for Teaching Digital Humanities and QGIS (Shanmugapriya) Language: Tamil |
| 11:00 - 11:20 am | Archiving Ephemera (Thamilini Jothilingam) - Language: English |