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An international perspective on
the Promotion of Language and Cultures within
communities Dr. Alex Riemersma
19 October, 2010Mercator European Research Centre onMultilingualism and Language Learning
www.mercator-research.eu
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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
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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
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Song Contest Liet International
• New texts drafted in minority language
• Original music composed
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Song Contest Liet International
• 2002, 2003, 2004, 2009: Friesland
• 2006, Östersund (Sweden)
• 2008, Lulea (Sweden)
• 2010: 27 November, Lorient/ An Orient, Brittany (France)
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Liet International 2009
Jury award: Somby (Sami rock band)
Public award: Dr. Drer and CRC Posse (Sardegna)
Photo’s Sandro Weltin/Council of Europe
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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)
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Voices of Europe Festival
• Youth of European Nationalities (YEN)
• Choir festival with traditional songs in minority languages
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Voices of Europe Festival
• 2010: Pécs (Hungary)
• 2011: Friesland
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Vo LANG teers
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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.
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Intra-community activities
• Health Care
• Sport: traditional & modern; training and schooling
• Culture: theatre & music
• Reading Promotion
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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
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Euskatel cycling team
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Frisian sport “keatsen”
• “Keatsen” – ball sport only Frisian spoken
• Popular sport in villages – two teams of three people.
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Frisian sailing competitions
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Foot ball
Barcelona coach Josep Guadiola:
“We are a country with our own language”
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Traditional Costumes
• Traditional costumes as an aspect of cultural heritage related to language & culture preservation.
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Sorbian dancing group
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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.
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Theatre • 10 Open air
amateur theater plays
• 100 amateur theatre groups
Photo’s Guus van de Sande & Ekko de Bakker
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Reading Promotion
• Connecting parents and the school
• Connecting grandparents and their grand children through songs, rhymes and stories
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Foto fan bern
• Leafst bern boartsjend of yn kombinaasje mei heit en memen / of plaatsje mei TOMKE
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Top Model as Language Icon
• L’Oreal model Doutzen Kroes
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