John Carter Brown Library Exhibit: "Paper Worlds of Native Voices"

As UNESCO’S International Year of Indigenous Languages (2019) draws to a close, the JCB has chosen to end its year with an exhibition on the geographic diversity of the Library’s renowned Indigenous Languages collection.  Visitors to the John Carter Brown Library come from all regions of the globe, speaking many different languages, and working on texts that were written and elaborated in diverse linguistic contexts. The Library’s Indigenous Languages collection – with materials ranging in origin from the Arctic to Patagonia – serves as an open invitation for scholars, interested publics, and bearers of traditional tribal knowledge throughout the Americas to explore the JCB’s materials with an eye toward recovering linguistic traditions and challenging interpretations that have been garnered over centuries.