{"id":505,"date":"2020-09-21T20:00:32","date_gmt":"2020-09-21T20:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ds-wordpress.haverford.edu\/ticha-resources\/modules\/?post_type=chapter&p=505"},"modified":"2022-05-27T15:49:16","modified_gmt":"2022-05-27T15:49:16","slug":"social-media-and-zapotec-language","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/ds-archive.haverford.edu\/ticha-resources\/modules\/chapter\/social-media-and-zapotec-language\/","title":{"raw":"Twitter and Zapotec Language Activism","rendered":"Twitter and Zapotec Language Activism"},"content":{"raw":"
\r\n\r\nThis chapter is an introduction to the networks of Twitter users and hashtags that Zapotec people use in coordination with the Ticha Project. A Twitter account is not required but is recommended for those who wish to participate in these digital networks. We will walk you through how to use Twitter as well. To better understand why Zapotec people use Twitter as an area of language activism, you can check out the module on Language Shift<\/a>.\r\n\r\nResources in this module: Teaching Summary<\/a> \u00b7 Answer Key<\/a> \u00b7 Spanish Version<\/a>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n

1. Accessibility of social media<\/h1>\r\nSocial media is one tool that Zapotec speakers use to create digital spaces that promote Indigenous language use. Speakers share Zapotec cultural and linguistic knowledge to larger audiences. Through the Ticha Project, one of our hopes is to make information about the Zapotec language more accessible for members (and non members) of the Zapotec community. Social media has been a tool utilized in this process; it is an easy way to share vocabulary, writing, and thoughts about Zapotec language quickly, and it can be viewed by virtually anybody.\r\n
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Questions to think about before starting this chapter<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/header>\r\n

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