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Ladino on the Internet: Sepharad 4 book cover

1st Edition

Ladino on the Internet Sepharad 4

By Carlos Yebra López Copyright 2025
268 Pages
by Routledge

268 Pages
by Routledge

Ladino on the Internet constitutes the first critical and systematic account written in English on the online revitalisation of Ladino. This book conclusively demonstrates that nowadays the global Ladino-speaking community connects first and foremost online, which calls for a full, comprehensive examination of the web-based development of the Sephardic diaspora (including that of Ladino) as a... Read more

Introduction: Theoretical Framework, Scope Methodology, and Chapters

Part 1: Web 1.0: The Mostly-Read Stage (1990s-)

Chapter 1: Correspondence Circles (1999-): Ladinokomunita, Ladino Culture Forum, and SefaradiMuestro

Part 2: Web 2.0: The Participative, Multisemiotic, Multimodal Social Stage (2000s-)

Chapter 2: Digital Archives on YouTube (2011-): Autoridad Nasionala del Ladino i su Kultura, eSefarad CCSefarad, Wikitongues, Ladino 21, and VLACH

Chapter 3: Social Media and Language Learning Apps (2017-): Facebook, X, WhatsApp, TikTok, Duolingo, and uTalk

Chapter 4: Zoom Boom (2020-2): The Sephardic Digital Academy, Enkontros de Alhad, the Oxford School of Rare Jewish Languages

Chapter 5: Video-On-Demand and Streaming Services (2021-): The Netflix Shows Kulüp and The Beauty Queen of Jerusalem

Part 3: Web 3.0: The Decentralised, Blockchain- and Token-Based Stage (2010s-)

Chapter 6: Sepharad 5? (2022-): The Metaverse and The Network State

Conclusion

Biography

Carlos Yebra López (PhD from New York University) is an Assistant Professor in Spanish Linguistics at California State University, Fullerton. He has worked as a Ladino instructor at the Oxford School of Rare Jewish Languages, and as a CEO of Ladino 21 Community Interest Company, a public outreach initiative and digital archive devoted to grassroots documentation of Ladino.

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