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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.

This participatory site- and culture-responsive audio installation, created by Aotearoa (NZ)-born, Sydney-based public artist Allan Giddy, utilises the natural flow of water to convey the voices of First Nations children, speaking their messages to their community, their countries and the world in their First Languages. The children’s words, recorded and edited into soundscapes, are being ‘released’ into the water to flow to the oceans. This work is essentially invisible to passersby, yet the underwater audio can be accessed via a poetically simple means: a pole held with one end in the water, the other against the ear. As the project progresses the words that flow from children around the world will, metaphorically, eventually meet and mix with each other in the interconnected oceans of our globe. This intermingling of First Words will symbolise both the strength and support that First Cultures draw from establishing relationships with each other globally, and the interdependent nature of all humanity. 'Flow' is supported by Creative New Zealand, the Australia Council for the Arts and Create NSW. In Rotorua, Allan is creating 'Rotorua Flow', working with children from schools he attended as a child. The work will incorporate the voices of children from Malfroy Primary School speaking te reo Māori, and the poles will be carved into by students of Whakairo (Maori carving) from Rotorua Boys’ High School. 'Rotorua Flow' is supported by Creative New Zealand, facilitated by Rotorua Lakes Council, and installed on the lakefront, in Te Arawa waters, with the approval of Te Arawa Lakes Trust. With thanks to: the staff of Malfroy Primary and Rotorua Boys' High School, Ngati Whakaue, Pukeroa Oruawhata, Intercreate.org, University of New South Wales.

The Laboratory of Modern Greek Dialects of the University of Patras Greece, the Laboratory for Greek Dialectology of the Ohio State University and the Tsakonian Archives of the Community of Leonidio will be holding the 9th International Conference on Modern Greek Dialects and Linguistic Theory (MGDLT9), to take place on September 18-20, 2020, at the […]

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.

A collection of visionary images of the Sapmi soul taken by Andrea Barghi Goaskim and interpreted and plaid by the lulesami artist and storyteller Mikael Pirak

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.