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Mark Turin

Canadian film made in language spoken by just 20 people in the world

The Guardian spoke to Mark Turin, a professor of anthropology at UBC, for an article about a film made in two Haida dialects, which only about 20 people speak. The […]

Mar 29, 2019

Anthropologists search NASA data for migration and land use patterns in the Himalayas

Anthropologists search NASA data for migration and land use patterns in the Himalayas

Mark Turin and Sara Shneiderman know what it’s like to have a home reduced to rubble.

Jan 17, 2017

UBC-Yale team help translate Facebook’s Safety Check tool after Nepal quake

UBC-Yale team help translate Facebook’s Safety Check tool after Nepal quake

UBC linguist Mark Turin helped translate Facebook’s Safety Check tool into Nepali.

May 22, 2015

Experts available to comment on Nepal earthquake

Experts available to comment on Nepal earthquake

UBC researchers are available to speak about the latest earthquake to strike Nepal, two weeks after more than 8,000 people died in a devastating quake.

May 12, 2015

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