3 animated stories to explore the origins, the present and the future of language with the NCCR Evolving Language
What does the NCCR Evolving Language study? And how can it be useful? Discover the broad field of research of the NCCR Evolving Language through 3 animated stories, by Robbie L’Anson Price.
Exploring the origins, the present and the future of language with the NCCR Evolving Language
The Swiss National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) Evolving Language is a nationwide interdisciplinary research consortium bringing together research groups from the humanities, from language and computer science, the social sciences, and the natural sciences at an unprecedented level.
Together, we aim at solving one of humanity’s great mysteries: What is language? How did our species develop the capacity for linguistic expression, for processing language in the brain, and for consistently passing down new variations to the next generation? How will our capacity for language change in the face of digital communication and neuroengineering?
Discover the broad field of research of the NCCR Evolving Language through 3 animated stories.
0:00 Story One: The origins of language
0:56 Story Two: The present of language
2:28 Story Three: The future of language
For more videos about our research, you can check out our YouTube channel!
Credits:
Video supervision and ideation: Celia Lazzarotto (UNIGE), Coralie Debraque (UNIGE), Emilie Wyss (UNIGE), Piera Filippi (UZH)
Story support, design and animation: Robbie l’Anson Price
Audio editing: Celia Lazzarotto (UNIGE)
With the support of the Swiss National Science Foundation, the University of Geneva and the University of Zürich.
