Endangered Voices is an exhibition exploring the themes of language endangerment. The installation features 7 boards traversing issues and instances of Language and Culture, Languages in Competition, Language and Literacy, Language and Technology, Language Revitalisation (Revitalization) and Language Documentation.

Location

Brunei Gallery
28th June - 30th September 2005 (now extended past Sep 23rd!)
Monday to Friday 10.30am - 5pm
Free Admission, Phone: 020 7898 4915
Gallery website and directions: www.soas.ac.uk/gallery

Credits

Endangered Voices is supported by the Hans Rausing Endangered Languages Project.
Concept and thematic development: Peter Austin, Friederike Lüpke, Robert Munro, David Nathan, Tui Prichard, Sophie Salffner
Coordinator: Robert Munro
Graphic design: Tui Prichard
Special thanks to Henrik Bergqvist, John Giacon, John Hollingworth, Serge Sagna, John Wynne
Photos and materials: Yeshes Vodgsal Acuo, Anna Ash, Peter Austin, Henrik Bergqvist, Gail Coehlo, Evá Csató, John Giacon, David Nathan, Amanda Lissarrague, Friederike Lüpke, Serge Sagna, Sophie Salffner, John Wynne

Endangered Voices is co-exhibited with Hearing Voices, a gallery installation by sound artist John Wynne addressing issues of portraiture, identity and technology in a cross-cultural context.

The exhibitions are accompanied by a multimedia kiosk, Hearing Voices: language / speakers, featuring recordings of Khoi and San speakers, songs by Khoi and San choirs and interviews with Andy Chebanne (University of Botswana) and Peter Austin (School of Oriental and African Studies). Hearing Voices: language / speakers is also available for purchase as a CD-ROM from the SOAS Gallery bookshop and the Multimedia Publications page.