An experience about developing educational tools for revitalizing language and culture of a Colombian native community

International audienceRevitalizing mother tongue and culture is a priority for the Nasa Colombian native people [9, 2]. Since 1970 they are running processes to revert the consequences of the persecution and punishment that the use of Nasa Yuwe, the Nasa language, suffered during earlier periods of their history. This text briefly describes a project that aims to support such revitalization efforts through Human-Computer Interaction. The intent of the authors is to take into account cultural particularities of the target population in the design of educational tools