ABSTRACT
This concluding section encompasses the main findings of the volume, alongside suggestions for further research. First, it celebrates the thriving of Ladino as part of Sepharad 4, noting that the successful revitalisation of this language on the Internet has brought together the global community of Ladino speakers, reducing the intergenerational and digital gaps, expanding Ladino’s domains, and contributing to its positive transvaluation. The favourable consequences of this process for the purposes of documenting and teaching Ladino are also underscored, as well as the fruitfulness of having adopted Revivalistics as a methodological framework, particularly in dialogue with parallel initiatives apropos Yiddish. This is followed by a critique of the current shortcomings of Ladino on the Internet (centralisation, the algorithms of oppression, passive consumerism, and lack of gerontechnological solutions) and a call for Ladino speakers and activists to transcend negative language attitudes and ideologies [(non)nativespeakerism, language ownership], embracing tolerance and diversity without fetishising either. Lastly, this section encourages the reader to build on the limitations of the present volume to explore new avenues for research, such as identifying and discussing online initiatives released after this book, as well as analysing the online revitalisation of further Ladino varieties, including Haketia and Judeo-Spanish.
