Events

Native Spirit is the UK’s premiere and only independent annual festival screening Indigenous Film commencing 12 October Indigenous Peoples Day (Americas). Sister festival, Native Spirit Taiwan runs in October.

The IEAL prepares the activity around native languages as part of the project: Other languages, other worlds: native languages in Mexico, directed by anthropologist David Lagunas and Aline Lara, a project within our Institute. Participating on this occasion will be: - Petronila Pérez Velasco: Native of the Sola de Vega Community Oaxaca. Mixteca Baja. Primary School Teacher. Tnu'u Savi Language. Tachi k☨v☨n: inclusive project in primary schools. -Jhonnatan Rangel. Master in Language Sciences and Applied Languages from the University of Rouen and PhD in Language Sciences from INALCO (National Institute of Oriental Languages and Civilizations). Ayapaneco language Ayapabot: using Twitter as a revitalization tool -Marco Antonio Martínez. Originally from Santa María Ocotepec, Mixe, Oaxaca, Mexico. Member of Kumoontun A. C. Member of the Network of Digital Activists of Indigenous Languages in Latin America. Speaker of the Ayöök language The ap-ok maaytïk and the Kumoontun app. -Hugo Cortez Lemus. Originally from Arantepacua, Michoacán, representative of this community established in the city of Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico. He was state coordinator of the Indigenous Front of Binational Organizations (FIOB) from 2008 to 2010. Speaker of the P'orhé language. The preservation and revitalization of the P'orhé (Purhépecha) language on the U.S.-Mexico border. -Adriana Kupijy Vargas. Originally from the community of Tejas, in the municipality of Santa María Tlahuitoltepec, Mixe, Oaxaca. Student of Pedagogy at the Facultad de Estudios Superiores Acatlán, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM). Community libraries. Promotion of culture and revitalization of language and community thought.

The project will increase competence of professionals and activists in contemporary language technology, and will promote studying and using opportunities for the Karelian language, including on the Internet.

This webinar through the virtual platform is to have a primary discussion on how collectively Indigenous Peoples in Asia can take action for IDIL 2022-2032 to make it successful and impactful. Each country representative will share the status of Indigenous Languages/Cultures of their Country and the strategy for IDIL 2022-2032 for three to four minutes.