{"id":9052,"date":"2024-02-21T11:59:34","date_gmt":"2024-02-21T09:59:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sadilar.org\/?p=9052"},"modified":"2024-02-21T12:07:47","modified_gmt":"2024-02-21T10:07:47","slug":"blogs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sadilar.org\/en\/blogs\/","title":{"rendered":"Blogs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-query is-layout-flow wp-block-query-is-layout-flow\"><ul class=\"wp-block-post-template is-layout-flow wp-block-post-template-is-layout-flow\"><li class=\"wp-block-post post-12945 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-blogs category-news tag-nmu tag-sadilar-2 tag-dh tag-digital-humanities tag-indigenous-languages tag-nwu tag-south-african-languages tag-summit tag-unisa\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-post-title\">Summit to Define, Build and Shape the Future of Digital Humanities in South Africa<\/h4>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">17 September 2026 South Africa\u2019s digital humanities community is set to come together for the Digital Humanities Cluster Summit, taking place from 7\u20139 October 2026 at the University of South Africa (UNISA) in Pretoria, with online participation also available. The three-day national gathering will bring together researchers, educators, students, institutional leaders, information and infrastructure specialists,&hellip;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/sadilar.org\/en\/summit-to-define-build-and-shape-the-future-of-digital-humanities-in-south-africa\/\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-12911 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-blogs category-news category-uncategorized tag-african-languages tag-ai tag-digital-humanities tag-escalator\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-post-title\">Advancing AI for African Languages at the LLMs Symposium and Workshop<\/h4>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">9 September 2026 The conversation around the future of Artificial Intelligence and African languages took centre stage at the Large Language Models (LLMs) symposium held on 31 August 2026 and workshop from 1-4 September 2026, hosted by the Telkom Centre of Excellence in ICT4D at the University of Fort Hare. Under the theme &#8220;LLMs for&hellip;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/sadilar.org\/en\/advancing-ai-for-african-languages-at-the-llms-symposium-and-workshop\/\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-12897 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-blogs category-news\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-post-title\">Building resilient economies Through language, technology and opportunity: Mmasibidi Setaka-Bapela\u2019s journey<\/h4>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">31 August 2026 The growth of African languages in the digital age depends not only on technology, but also on the people developing the resources, conducting the research and creating new opportunities within the field. Among them is Mmasibidi Setaka-Bapela, a Digital Humanities Researcher working primarily on Sesotho, whose eight-year journey at the South African&hellip;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/sadilar.org\/en\/building-resilient-economies-through-language-technology-and-opportunity-mmasibidi-setaka-bapelas-journey\/\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-12888 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-blogs category-news\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-post-title\">DH-IGNITE: Connect. Learn. Grow.<\/h4>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">28 August 2026 On the 24th of August 2026, the South African Centre for Digital Language Resources (SADiLaR) brought together researchers, academics and digital humanities enthusiasts for a powerful one-day DH-IGNITE workshop at Birchwood Hotel. The workshop explored the growing intersection of digital humanities, computational social sciences, technology and indigenous language research, with a strong&hellip;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/sadilar.org\/en\/dh-ignite-connect-learn-grow\/\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-12886 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-blogs category-news\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-post-title\">Building the networks behind South Africa&#8217;s digital future<\/h4>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">27 August 2026 What does it take to build a resilient scientific community? Sometimes, it is not a groundbreaking discovery or a headline-making research paper. Sometimes, it is the work of bringing people together, building partnerships and creating opportunities for others to learn, connect and grow. For Jessica Mabaso, this kind of connective work has&hellip;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/sadilar.org\/en\/building-the-networks-behind-south-africas-digital-future\/\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-12878 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-blogs category-news\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-post-title\">Mini DH-IGNITE: Digital Text Analysis &amp; Annotation at TUT<\/h4>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">26 August 2026 On 19 August 2026, the Department of Applied Languages at Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) hosted the Mini DH-IGNITE: Digital Text Analysis &amp; Annotation workshop, ahead of TUT&#8217;s Inaugural Symposium on Sociolinguistics. 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