Here we don’t speak, here we whistle: Designing a language support system for the Silbo Gomero

Sonia Matos

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Abstract

This paper presents the design of a didactic application for a whistled form of language known as the Silbo Gomero (Island of La Gomera, Canarian Archipelago). After fifty years of almost total extinction this form of communication has been revived. As a response to this transformation, the need to develop didactic materials is presented as one of the main challenges encountered by the community.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationDesign Frontiers - Territories, Concepts, Technologies
Subtitle of host publicationProceedings of the 8th Conference of the International Committee for Design History & Design Studies
EditorsPriscila Farias, Marcos Braga, Calvera Anna, Zuleica Schincario
PublisherBlucher
Pages243-247
Number of pages4
ISBN (Electronic)978-968-5852-45-6
ISBN (Print)978-85-212-0692-7
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2014

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