Events

Participating in this year’s celebration, the Island Ark Project focused on the Palauan community, for whom they have worked with in the past including several organizations and government officials including Palau Community College, the Belau National Museum, and so forth. IAP continues to focus its work in preserving and safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH), and in lieu of […]

The Canadian Language Museum presents an exhibit about Cree, the most widely spoken Canadian Indigenous language. Six colourful panels present maps, photos and information on topics including the syllabic writing system, word formation, animacy, and the future of Cree. There are also audio clips of Cree dialects from across Canada. On display at the Canadian […]

This is the first time Disney dubbed one of their films into a Sami language. This is the result of a collaboration between the Sami Parliament on the Norwegian, Swedish and Finnish sides, the joint Sami organization Saami Council – and one of the world’s largest media and entertainment companies: Walt Disney Animation Studios.

Dans le cadre de l’année internationale des langues autochtones déclarée par l’UNESCO, l’Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales (Inalco) et l’association Amériques proposent le cycle Ciné Amériques, inscrit dans la programmation annuelle « L’Inalco fait son cinéma ».

On Tuesday, 17 December 2019, the President of the UN General Assembly will convene a High-Level Event to close the 2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages in New York, in line with General Assembly resolution 73/156. The event is organized in collaboration with UNESCO and UNDESA. Participants: Member States, indigenous peoples, UN-System organizations, Observers of the General Assembly […]

Interculturality and preservation of endangered languages – Liege – Belgium - 17/12/2019 – 9am > 1pm In order to protect the rights of indigenous peoples, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) has proclaimed 2019 as the "International Year of Indigenous Languages" (https://en.iyil2019.org). In the framework of this UNESCO and in UN ECOSOC accreditation of “Le Monde des Possibles”, we invite you to a debate on the links between multilingualism and the social inclusion of migrant. Participants in the various NPO projects and resource persons (academics..) will impulse multilingualism issues : learning the language of the hosting country and the future of the native language, multilingualism in public institutions, intercultural exchanges and the arts contribution into the inclusion process, language skills valued in the labour market. We will propose a list of recommendations and concrete actions to promote multilingualism in Liège. Interested ? Send an email to lemondedespossibles@gmail.com or contact Siham ASSRI on 00324/232.02.92 by 15 December 2019 at the latest, we will confirm your registration. Venue : Maison des Sports de Liège Rue des Prémontrés 12, 4000 Liège Tuesday 17 décembre 09.am – 1pm The draft program is available here (in French) We look forward to welcoming you! The conference will be held in French only.

VF : Ce colloque d’une journée est dédié à la question des langues minoritaires de l’aire culturelle nord européenne. Au travers de différentes présentations de chercheurs confirmés et jeunes chercheurs, les problématiques afférentes aux changements (politiques, environnementaux et socio-économiques) affectant les communautés côtières de cette région sont abordées. Les mécanismes d’adaptations développées par ces communautés […]