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Census Technology, Politics, and Institutional Change, 1790-2020
(Indiana University Workshop in Methods, 2026-02-13) Ruggles, Steven
This presentation traces the history of the methods and technology used by the Census Bureau to convert individual census responses into published tabulations. Political considerations shaped the content and applications of the census, as well as the mechanics of census taking. Its history reflects the critical and shifting role of the state and the private sector in the development of technology.
Chuvash: an elementary textbook - a new resource for a unique Turkic language
(2025-11-08) Rumiantsev, Aleksei
This poster introduces Chuvash: An Elementary Textbook, the first comprehensive English-language textbook for learning Chuvash—a critically under-resourced and structurally unique member of the Turkic language family. Unlike previous efforts (Krueger 1961), this new textbook integrates extensive audio materials, offering learners crucial phonological exposure to a language with few accessible native speakers. Developed and piloted at Indiana University, the textbook reflects both pedagogical innovation and the complex sociolinguistic realities of Chuvash. Chuvash is the sole surviving member of the Oghur branch of Turkic, exhibiting features not found in Common Turkic languages. It is also classified as vulnerable by UNESCO due to rapid language shift among youth. While structurally rich, Chuvash has limited geopolitical relevance and little institutional support, leading to a small, highly specialized audience—primarily linguists and scholars interested in language contact, typology, or historical reconstruction. This project not only addresses gaps in material availability but also navigates prescriptive tensions within the language community: competing norms of grammar and vocabulary, variation in possession marking, and widespread Russian lexical influence. The result is a learner-friendly yet linguistically faithful resource designed to both teach and document a language on the brink of wider obscurity.
Acoustic Cartographies: Coke Studio Pakistan’s Imagined Geography in a Post-Partition Subcontinent
(2025-11-08) Prasad, Ria
This project examines the sustained cultural success of Coke Studio Pakistan (CSP) against the backdrop of the enduring geopolitical conflict between India and Pakistan. Moving beyond simple notions of cultural soft power, this research employs theoretical frameworks from Edward Said’s Imaginative Geographies and Benedict Anderson’s Imagined Communities to analyze how CSP constructs a new, acoustic cultural topography. This research explores how CSP operates as a unique modern mediascape, effectively challenging the rigid ‘our space versus their space’ narratives of post-Partition nationalism. By reviving marginalized folk traditions, regional languages (Gujarati, Sindhi, Balochi, etc.), and local musical forms, the platform manages to articulate a cohesive subcontinental vision that bypasses the overt nationalistic indulgence seen in other cultural arenas like cricket and films. This process facilitates a form of deterritorialized identity and belonging, particularly among the South Asian youth & diaspora, by appealing to a regional consciousness. Ultimately, the research posits that CSP functions as a powerful form of post-colonial "print capitalism” that re-imagines shared regionalism, offering an enduring framework for understanding identity, language, and potential cooperation in a historically fractured region.
Examining the Versatility of Ukrainian Libraries in the Russia-Ukraine War
(2025-11-08) Payne, Kat
24 February 2022, Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. My research examines the versatility of Ukrainian libraries affected by the Russia-Ukraine war since the invasion. I conducted a literature review of reports, scholarly articles, and news articles to acquire a well-rounded understanding of the current status of Ukrainian libraries. My findings suggest Russia is targeting libraries because of their cultural significance; however, librarians are collaborating to digitally preserve Ukrainian materials while Ukrainian librarians turn to alternative methods—such as mobile libraries and secret libraries—to maintain library services. My research shows the impressive versatility of Ukrainian libraries and how they evolve to best support—and be supported by—their communities.
Evaluation Report for the 2025 Cyberinfrastructure Leadership Academy
(Indiana University, 2025-04-28) Wernert, Julie A.
The report presents findings from the 2025 Cyberinfrastructure Leadership Academy (CILA) co-located with the March 2025 Coalition for Academic Scientific Computing (CASC) Spring Meeting.