Software-Mediated Public Health Information Localization as Social Justice Work
- UNCW Author/Contributor (non-UNCW co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- G. Edzordzi Agbozo (Creator)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW )
- Web Site: http://library.uncw.edu/
Abstract: Using an autoethnographic approach, I discuss lessons from my role in a software-mediated localization of health information. I argue that the universalization of localizationsoftware disregards the uniqueness of languages involved in this project. The software did notrecognize idiosyncratic sound sequences and syllable structure of tonal languages like Ewe—aWest African language. I suggest some ways that global designers of localization software —andtechnical communicators in general—could redress the challenges of power in multilingualmeaning-making by seeing their work as part of a vigilant public intellectual practice that must be liquid, iterative, and regenerative.
Software-Mediated Public Health Information Localization as Social Justice Work
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- Publication
- Agbozo, G. (2023). Software-Mediated Public Health Information Localization as Social Justice Work. Technical Communication and Social Justice, 1(1), 8-23.
- Language: English
- Date: 2023
- Keywords
- Activism, Social justice, Public health, Ewe language