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The Department initiated the Survey to collect and document place names in South African Sign Language in 2021. In 2022, the Department paired up with the Interdisciplinary Centre for Digital Futures (ICDF) to collaborate on the project, ‘Advancing SASL for 4IR Technological Development Using Place Names’.
Advancing SASL for 4IR Technological Development Using Place Names’ (March 2022-June 2025) was funded by the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture. Our department led the sociolinguistic and toponymic aspect, while the Interdisciplinary Centre for Digital Futures (ICDF) was responsible for the computational component of the project. Several products resulted from the project, including scholarly articles. The project reports can be found here: https://doi.org/10.38140/ufs.28847498.v3
The Multilingual Information Development Programme (MIDP) was funded by the Province of Antwerp (Flanders, Belgium). The aim of this project was to support initiatives to develop multilingualism for the benefit of the South African society. Such projects include the Adam Kok Language Route and the Philippolis Multilingual Public Speaking Competition (https://www.ufs.ac.za/sasl/community-engagement).
T: +27 51 401 2240 or humanities@ufs.ac.za Postgraduate: Marizanne Cloete: +27 51 401 2592 Undergraduate: Katlego Mabulana: +27 51 401 2495Juanita Hlongwane: +27 51 401 3269
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