Saw this one in the university canteen today. In terms of project dreams, this is definitely where we hope Lingscape will end up someday.

Am Donnerstag waren wir im Institut für DaF an der @lmumuenchen.bsky.social zu Gast, aus Anlass einer studentischen (!) Tagung zu Sprachlandschaften. @questoph.bsky.social durfte den Eröffnungsvortrag halten und danach tolle Projekte mit den Studis diskutieren, viele davon mit Lingscape umgesetzt.

Some seven years ago, when visiting the IDS for the first time as part of the workshop „Desktop oder App“, we left this little note next to the entrance door. Looks like our merch is pretty persistent in the linguistic landscape ✌️

This statement across the street from the venue became part of the talk, as an example of app’s the secret super power, drawing attention to a hidden layer of social information inscribed in the public sphere. Once you see it, there’s no going back. Not sure, though, why it’s facing the IDS…

This week, Lingscape is visiting @idsmannheim.bsky.social, where we are exchanging ideas with a growing community of language researchers who are interested in participatory approaches. In this context, @questoph.bsky.social talks about our experiences from already nine years with Lingscape.

Speaking of news: When working with the app or accessing the website, you might notice some technical hiccups in the coming weeks.

We’re currently updating the technical base and moving stuff around on servers. We promise to be as quick as possible and avoid downtime as much as possible.

Look at that! Lingscape has arrived on Bluesky. It was about time…

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