free film screening --- open to the public

Thursday, April 23, 2009, 5:00pm

Great Hall, International House, UC San Diego

(directions)

followed by a discussion with David Harrison,

linguist featured in the film

Half of the world's languages are on the verge of extinction. Who will record them before they are gone? David Harrison and Greg Anderson are scientists consumed with documenting endangered languages. In Siberia, India, and Bolivia, the linguists confront head-on the very forces silencing languages: institutionalized racism and violent economic unrest. Their journey takes them deep into the heart of the cultures, knowledge, and communities at stake.

for more information, contact:

thelinguists@ling.ucsd.edu