Day 2 of the #30DayMapChallenge. I’m entering the preparatory phase: Figuring out what data are available to plot the maps. Since my main interest is about language, let’s start with the crucial and orthodox question: What is the proportion of fluent speakers of indigenous languages in Taiwan?
As some people may know, I’m actively working on the language processing of understudied languages. I often refer to Taiwan as an open laboratory for cross-linguistic research for psycholinguistics: There are so many languages with so many interesting phenomena but so little has been done! I also remember that when discussing this topic with other researchers, what I often heard was that “Taiwan is so small, you just need a 2-hour drive and you can get to indigenous communities. You’re so lucky!”.
I had the opportunity to design many tutorials as a Ph.D student and after graduating. Generally, the slides and other stuff are just somewhere on my hard drive, taking the digital dust. Therefore, I’ve had the idea to create another Github pages where I could post my tutorials! #OpenScience