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SUMMARY:When Hebrew Met the Machine
DESCRIPTION:What happens when an ancient language meets modern technology? This lecture\nwill discuss the role played by media technologies—such as the phonograph\,\ntypewriters\, the telegraph\, and computers—in the revitalization and\nmodernization of Hebrew since the end of the nineteenth century. After lying\ndormant for two millennia as a mainly written language\, Hebrew awoke from its\nliterary slumber and became a living modern vernacular. The revitalization of\nHebrew is unique and unprecedented in world history\, and it has been studied\nin various fields; but the role of modern media technologies in mediating this\nrevival has not yet been considered. This lecture will delve into questions\nsuch as: what was the role of sound recording technologies in shaping the\nreemerging modern Hebrew speech? And how did the Hebraized typewrite pushed\nfor the modernization of writing in Hebrew?. It will show how these media\,\nwhose emergence ran in historical parallel to the revitalization of Hebrew\,\nwere an active force in shaping the language as a modern communicative medium.\nHebrew was a historical media lab: written from right to left and in unique\nscript\, it posed technical as well as conceptual challenges to media which\nwere originally designed for Latin script and Western writing systems. The\nadaptation of these technologies to Hebrew required various adaptations that\nshaped lingual mechanisms\, which had social and political ramifications on the\nemerging Hebrew culture. \nOrganized by: U-M Frankel Center for Judaic Studies \nView event on Jlive: https://jlive.app/events/13596
URL:https://www.jewishannarbor.org/event/when-hebrew-met-the-machine/
LOCATION:South Thayer Building 202 S Thayer St\, Ann Arbor
CATEGORIES:Adults,College Students,Educational,History,Jewish Learning,Older Adults,Science & Technology,Special Guest,Young Adults
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ORGANIZER;CN="U-M Frankel Center for Judaic Studies":MAILTO:js-event-coord@umich.edu
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