Now at #FaceInterface, Eason Lu on "The Battle of Nüshu, or, how do we encode a performative script?" In 1982, Chinese anthropologists went to Hunan, found a script written, embroidered, and most importantly, *performed*, by women only.

More on Nüshu from @lisahuang’s 2021 Letterform Lecture: https://letterformarchive.org/events/view/nueshu-a-script-created-by-self-educated-women-in-a-remote-region-of-china/

Nüshu, a script created by self-educated women in a remote region of China

Nüshu is a writing system created and developed by women in the remote area of Jiangyong in the Hunan region of China. It was born out of the necessity to...

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