… we are living language diversity!
From 23-29 March 2013 the language diversity team participated in the Easter Seminar of the Youth of European Nationalities (YEN) in the Frisian village of Grou (Netherlands).
The seminar was attended by over 90 youth representatives from 25 different minorities from Europe, among them Frisians, Danes, Sorbs and Western Thrace Turks from Germany, Kashubians from Poland, Carinthian Slovenes and Burgenland Croats from Austria, Ladins and Germans from South Tyrol, as well as Aromanians from Albania, Macedonia, Serbia and Romania.
The team used the event to implement its campaign for multilingualism and linguistic diversity in the province of Friesland. At the same it acted for the first time as “language diversity police”, and tested the profession of police officer as ambassador for the campaign. The team was there for the whole week and organised different activities. Together with the young participants and the people living in the region podcasts were filmed, promotion materials were disseminated, and promotion activities, a flashmob, a questionnaire and interviews took place. Furthermore the team spoke with the promotors of the Frisian language – Afûk – and established important contacts to the campaign “Praat mar Frysk” (“Just speak Frisian”).
Podcasts: http://www.youtube.com/user/languagediversity
Photos: http://pinterest.com/languaged/easterseminar-2013-fryslan/