Minority Languages and Language Policies in the Nordic Countries Symposium 2024

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Minority Languages and Language Policies in the Nordic Countries Symposium 2024

Original language description

International symposium Minority Languages and Language Policies in the Nordic Countries was held at the Faculty of Arts, Charles University, April 25- 26, 2024.The symposium focused on the topic of multilingualism in Nordic societies.Multilingualism is a wide topic concerning all the Nordic societies - and, evidently, not only the Nordic ones - at many levels. Usage of different languages is part of the everyday life, and, therefore, multilingualism has been taken into account when designing language policies and their practical implementations. All this implies that multilingualism and parallel usage of languages are also topics of linguistic research. In the Nordic countries research on multilingual topics has been done for a long time. The field also involves other crucial matters: language teaching, and language awareness at all the levels of the societies, among others.In addition, one of our objectives is to remind the audience that natural languages are not only spoken, they are also signed. Furthermore, there have lately been awakenings regarding the statuses of the national languages in the Nordic countries: how to endorse their usage in certain contexts (instead of English), for example in certain academic fields. Offering a glimpse on the Nordic societies - Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden included in our project - from these points of view for the Czech audience is primordial in order for them to understand deeper how the Nordic societies work - sometimes well and, sometimes, not so well.The conference opened with welcoming remarks by the Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Charles University, Eva Lehečková. Guests from Nordic embassies and cultural organizations also contributed with their speeches on the importance of the topic from the perspective of the Nordic countries (Riikka Seppälä, Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of Finland; Marie Bendegard, Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of Sweden; Michal Švec, Director of the Scandinavian House in Prague).Eight international speakers attended the symposium, presenting topics seldom heard in the Czech Republic. These talks introduced the audience to entirely new perspectives, such as Finnish Swedish sign language and the use of the endangered Karelian language on social media and online platforms. The event wrapped up with a roundtable discussion involving also linguists from the Faculty of Arts at Charles University.Students were offered the opportunity to complete a specially designed course (AFN201023) by attending a conference and working on their own project on the topic of minority languages.The conference had 65 participants from the fields of Nordic languages, as well as completely different ones.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

M - Conference organization

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

60203 - Linguistics

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2024

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Event location

Filozofická fakulta Univerzity Karlovy

Event country

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Event starting date

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Event ending date

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Total number of attendees

65

Foreign attendee count

22

Type of event by attendee nationality

EUR - Evropská akce