Project Kavi

Project Kavi In Hindi, the word Kavi means poet. A poet compellingly conveys human experience with the medium – analogous to the potter's clay – language.

Kavi is a forum at UBC that celebrates and provides visibility to languages that have or continue to face colonial oppression across the world, and connect and share the experiences of speakers of these languages. Language is essential not just to poets, but to all of us, for it is the medium with which we too convey our experiences, our knowledge, identity and values. Linguistic diversity is esse

ntial for personal and group identities, expansion of creative expression, and allow for the dynamic growth of local knowledges. Yet, language loss is happening at an unprecedented rate. These effects are most profoundly felt by colonised or formerly colonised societies ranging from the threat of extinction to loss of pride and awareness about local literary traditions. Project Kavi is the brainchild of language lovers at UBC, who care deeply about language and identify loss, brought on by colonial contexts. Kavi is a forum at UBC that celebrates and provide visibility to languages that have or continue to face colonial oppression across the world, connect and share the experiences of speakers of these languages. Kavi is an informative forum for linguistic diversity with a special focus on languages with a colonial past/present.

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