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An international perspective on the Promotion of Language and Cultures within communities Dr. Alex Riemersma 19 October, 2010 Mercator European Research Centre on Multilingualism and Language Learning www.mercator-research.eu. Unesco Language Atlas 2009.
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An international perspective on thePromotion of Language and Cultures within communities Dr. Alex Riemersma 19 October, 2010Mercator European Research Centre onMultilingualism and Language Learningwww.mercator-research.eu
Unesco Language Atlas 2009 • Assessing Language Vitality on 9 criteria, including: • Community member’s attitudes towards their own language • Shift in domains of language use • Response to new domains and media
RML promotion campaigns • Intra-community campaigns: - aiming at one language community • Inter-community promotion activities: - aiming at the experience of diversity - based on various RMLs
New texts drafted in minority language Original music composed Song Contest Liet International
Song Contest Liet International • 2002, 2003, 2004, 2009: Friesland • 2006, Östersund (Sweden) • 2008, Lulea (Sweden) • 2010: 27 November, Lorient/ An Orient, Brittany (France)
Liet International 2009 Jury award: Somby (Sami rock band) Public award: Dr. Drer and CRC Posse (Sardegna) Photo’s Sandro Weltin/Council of Europe
Liet International 2010 • Pre-contest festivals: • Premiu al meyor cantar, Asturias • Sámi Grand Prix • Liet 2010, Fryslân • Suns, in Udine for Italy and the Alpine region (both jury and public price)
Youth of European Nationalities (YEN) Choir festival with traditional songs in minority languages Voices of Europe Festival
2010: Pécs (Hungary) 2011: Friesland Voices of Europe Festival
Vo LANG teers • The European VoLANGteers network connects international students with young people who have grown up in the town of region where they study. • There are presently VoLANGteers networks in Galicia (Spain) and Friesland. • VoLANGteers is supported by the European Union.
Intra-community activities • Health Care • Sport: traditional & modern; training and schooling • Culture: theatre & music • Reading Promotion
Health Care • Traditional domain of dominant language > ready for language shift towards language revitalisation. • The older we grow collectively, the more we need tailor-made care. • Multilingualism: from birth to death; from cradle to coffin
“Keatsen” – ball sport only Frisian spoken Popular sport in villages – two teams of three people. Frisian sport “keatsen”
Barcelona coach Josep Guadiola: “We are a country with our own language” Foot ball
Traditional Costumes • Traditional costumes as an aspect of cultural heritage related to language & culture preservation.
Leisure: just walking • Walking along with language project Get Together which is promoting multi-lingualism in Switzerland by walking through all 4 language regions through Switzerland.
10 Open air amateur theater plays 100 amateur theatre groups Theatre Photo’s Guus van de Sande & Ekko de Bakker
Reading Promotion • Connecting parents and the school • Connecting grandparents and their grand children through songs, rhymes and stories
Foto fan bern • Leafst bern boartsjend of yn kombinaasje mei heit en memen / of plaatsje mei TOMKE
Top Model as Language Icon • L’Oreal model Doutzen Kroes
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