Autumn Seminar “Rewriting our story”

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De YEN sil Autumn Seminar “Rewriting our story” organisearje fan 1-7 novimber yn Lorient, Brettanje, Frankryk.

De seminar wurdt mei-organisearre troch Kenstroll Breizh , de Betonske jongereinferiening.

Wolsto in wike lang mear oer de Bretonske minderheid leare, Europeeske taalminderheden moetsje en leuke workshops folgje? Jou dy dan op fia it FYK.

Every day we are surrounded by stories and narratives that influence how we think about other people, society, and the world. Most of the time we only listen to those who are the loudest, the most powerful or have the best networks. Sadly, this often means that only one-sided, over-simplified or wrong stories are told about marginalised communities.

The Seminar will focus on the exploration and reflection of storytelling while providing concrete and creative tools for the creation of their own stories.

De seminar is iepen foar jongerein (16-30 jier) en de fiertaal sil Ingelsk wêze. Mear ynformaasje oer de workshops, de omjouwing en de koroanamaatregels binne beskikber. De kosten om diel te nimmen binne €100,-, foar de akkomodaasje, iten en de aktiviteiten fan dy wike. Reiskosten wurde foar in part fergoede. Foar finansjele help is oerlis altyd mooglik. Mear ynformaasje opfreegje, fragen of dy opjaan? Mail it FYK

De deadline om dy op te jaan (fia it FYK) is 3 oktober.

7-8 October 2015: Seminar Open Learning in Minority Languages

In the fast developing digital area, new opportunities address themselves for regional and minority languages to engage with other language communities or to engage others with their language. Open Education and Open Educational Practices (OEP) and Open Educational Resources (OER) in that respect, are in ideal way to empower a small languages.

How can different language communities and cross-border collaboration advance the development of OER? How can OEP be transferred to language communities with less financial resources and political support and how? What are the challenges and opportunities from a policy perspective on OER uptake? What is the added value of OER from a (small) language teaching perspective?

These and other topics will be addressed in a seminar taking place on 7-8 October 2015 in Leeuwarden (the Netherlands). Both researchers, educators and policymakers in the field of regional and minority languages are welcome to participate in the seminar. The seminar is organized by the European Commission funded Life Long Learning project LangOER and hosted by the Mercator Research Centre (part of the Fryske Akademy ).

Registration will open on the 1st of August 2015. For registration, send an e-mail to: mercator@fryske-akademy.nl. See for more information: www.mercator-research.eu.

Boarne: Mercator Kennissintrum

Expert Seminar on “Social Media and Lesser Used Languages”

Eksperts op it mêd fan sosjale media en minderheidstalen diele kennis by Fryske Akademy

Ljouwert, 28 novimber 2012 – Ferline jier simmer waard it kontrakt tusken de Baskyske oerheid en it Mercator Kennissintrum fan de Fryske Akademy ferlingd. Dêrom sil op 29 en 30 novimber yn kongres- en stúdzjesintrum ‘It Aljemint’ fan de Fryske Akademy it seisde Europeeske ekspert seminar plakfine yn it ramt fan dizze gearwurking. It ûnderwerp dit jier: “Social Media and lesser used languages”, sil útdjippe wurde troch wittenskippers en minsken út de praktyk. Neist lêzingen binne der ditkear ek workshops dêr’t aktive dielname ferwachte wurdt.
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