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Building Translation Networks in the Midwest with HathiTrust

Gaming Multilingual Works in the Digital Library
Wednesday, December 7, 2022
4:00-8:00 PM
Off Campus Location
Please join us for our Fall 2022 Hybrid Events:

NOVEMBER 11
2:00-3:00 PM
Language Resource Center, 1500 North Quad
Game Drop! Learn to play the educational game Tower of Babel: HathiTrust Edition that fosters discovery of fun finds across languages in the digital library. The first hour (2-3 PM) members of the development team will introduce the game to players in person at the LRC and online and they will stay until 5PM to answer questions and cheer you on! There will be snacks and drinks and opportunities to meet other players and form teams to compete in the Multilingual Midwest Challenge! Rules of the challenge will be announced at the Game Drop and prizes will be awarded on Dec. 8, Game Night!

December 7
4:00-5:30 PM & 6:30-8 PM
Space 2435, North Quad
Invited speakers Carolyn Shread, Nathan Langston, Christopher Warren and Rini Bhattacharya Mehta will discuss their own experiences working on projects of translation and/or digital networks in the arts and humanities (such as Telephone Game and Six Degrees of Francis Bacon), as the Translation Networks team members consider possibilities for future development.

For more information on the December 7 Panel, see the Translation Networks page: https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/translationnetworks/december-7-2022-gaming-multilingual-works-in-the-digital-library

Register here for the December 7 Panel (whether you are attending in person or virtually): https://forms.gle/zs4tpJXNWYv5zGUY9

December 8
4:00-5:30 PM
Space 2435, North Quad
Game Night with South Asian Studies faculty! Prizes awarded for the Multilingual Midwest Challenge!

For more information on the December 8 Game Night, see the Translation Networks page: https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/translationnetworks/december-8-2022-game-night-amp-multilingual-midwest-challenge/

Register here for the December 8 Game Night: https://forms.gle/1ZqBXMvMs3Ke98LH7
Building: Off Campus Location
Location: Virtual
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Event Type: Recreational / Games
Tags: Asia, Asian Languages And Cultures, Center For South Asian Studies, center for southeast asian studies, center of southeast asia studies, comparative literature, Digital And Data Methods, Faculty, Free, Games, hindi, Hybrid, India, Language, Languages, Multilingual, South Asia, South Asian Studies, Teaching
Source: Happening @ Michigan from Comparative Literature, Language Resource Center, Center for South Asian Studies, Asian Languages and Cultures
Upcoming Dates:
Wednesday, December 7, 2022 4:00-8:00 PM