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<b>Please disseminate the following information to
members/representatives of European minority language communities:</b><br>
<br>
CALL FOR COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION<br>
<br>
<b>LANGUAGE FAIR</b><br>
<br>
<p><span lang="en-US">DATE AND VENUE</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm" align="JUSTIFY"><span lang="en-US">October
18-19th,
2013 | Old textile factory Emídio da Silva Raposo, Minde
(Portugal) </span> </p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm" align="JUSTIFY"><span lang="en-US">Organizer:
CIDLeS - Interdisciplinary Centre for Social and Language
Documentation<br>
Website: </span><font color="#0000ff"><span lang="de-DE"><u><a
href="http://www.cidles.eu/events/conference-ele-2013/language-fair/"><span
lang="en-US">http://www.cidles.eu/events/conference-ele-2013/language-fair/</span></a></u></span></font><span
lang="en-US"></span><font color="#0000ff"><span lang="de-DE"><u><a
href="mailto:ele2013@cidles.eu"><span lang="en-US"></span></a></u></span></font><span
lang="en-US"> </span> </p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm"><br>
</p>
<span lang="en-US">ABOUT THE EVENT</span>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm" align="JUSTIFY"><span lang="en-US">The
Interdisciplinary Centre for Social and Language Documentation
(CIDLeS) cordially invites all the European minority language
communities to participate in the </span><span lang="en-US"><i>Language
Fair</i></span><span lang="en-US"> – a socio-cultural 2-day
event which aims at getting the general public acquainted with
linguistic diversity in Europe, mainly its endangered/minority
languages (including those spoken by immigrants). Therefore,
this event focuses on discussion and social, intercultural and
scientific exchange between different communities that speak
endangered/minority languages, on the promotion of their
cultural and linguistic heritage, as well as on the presentation
of modern bands that perform in their native languages.</span><span
lang="en-US"><br>
</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm" align="JUSTIFY"><span lang="en-US">There
are
three different ways for a community to participate in the </span><span
lang="en-US"><i>Language Fair</i></span><span lang="en-US">:
with an exhibition stand, with a cultural performance or both.
In this sense, each community will be able to have a stand to
exhibit its own language (for instance through literary and
scientific works, films, CDs, DVDs, posters, etc. but no food),
as well as to present the language in a 20-to-30-minute cultural
performance (theater sketch, traditional music, cinema, dance,
recitation, etc.). The bands will perform in the evening
(October 18</span><sup><span lang="en-US">th</span></sup><span
lang="en-US"> and 19</span><sup><span lang="en-US">th</span></sup><span
lang="en-US">) and their performance will be part of the </span><span
lang="en-US"><i>Endangered Languages Music Festival</i></span><span
lang="en-US"> that will be launched during this event. The </span><span
lang="en-US"><i>Language Fair</i></span><span lang="en-US"> aims
above all to give the voice to the speakers of minority
languages in Europe in diverse ways.<br>
</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm" align="JUSTIFY"><span lang="en-US">The
</span><span lang="en-US"><i>Language Fair</i></span><span
lang="en-US"> will take place at an old textile factory in Minde
– Fábrica Emídio da Silva Raposo. This factory is emblematic of
the socioeconomic history of Minde and is intrinsically related
to the genesis of Minderico, an endangered language (ISO 639-3
[drc]) spoken in Minde since the end of the 17</span><sup><span
lang="en-US">th</span></sup><span lang="en-US"> century.
Minderico emerged as a sociolect, the secret language of a
socio-professional group, in this case the blanket producers and
traders of Minde. But it rapidly developed into a full-fledged
language and became a medium of everyday communication in Minde,
used by the whole community. Minderico has approximately 150
active speakers (who use the language daily) and 1000 passive
speakers (those who understand the language but do not speak
it); its existence is currently seriously endangered.<br>
</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm" align="JUSTIFY"><span lang="en-US">The
</span><span lang="en-US"><i>Language Fair</i></span><span
lang="en-US"> will close the general event dedicated to the
endangered languages in Europe which takes place in Minde and
includes the </span><span lang="en-US"><i>International
Conference on Endangered Languages in Europe</i></span><span
lang="en-US"> (October 17</span><sup><span lang="en-US">th</span></sup><span
lang="en-US"> and 18</span><sup><span lang="en-US">th</span></sup><span
lang="en-US">, </span><font color="#0000ff"><span lang="de-DE"><u><a
href="http://www.cidles.eu/events/conference-ele-2013/"><span
lang="en-US">http://www.cidles.eu/events/conference-ele-2013/</span></a></u></span></font><span
lang="en-US">) and the </span><span lang="en-US"><i>Endangered
Languages Music Festival </i></span><span lang="en-US">(October
18</span><sup><span lang="en-US">th</span></sup><span
lang="en-US"> and 19</span><sup><span lang="en-US">th</span></sup><span
lang="en-US">).</span><br>
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm" align="JUSTIFY"><br>
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm" align="JUSTIFY"> </p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0.35cm; line-height: 115%; widows: 2;
orphans: 2" align="JUSTIFY"> <span lang="en-US">CALL FOR
COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm" align="JUSTIFY"><span lang="en-US">There
are
three types of participation in the </span><span lang="en-US"><i>Language
Fair</i></span><span lang="en-US">: with stand, with cultural
performance or with both. According to the kind of participation
chosen, the participation description should include the
following information:</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm" align="JUSTIFY"><span lang="en-US"><u>Participation
with
stand:</u><br>
</span></p>
<ul>
<li><span lang="en-US">Brief description of the language community
(language, number of speakers, location)</span></li>
<li><span lang="en-US">Number of people participating in the stand</span><span
lang="en-US"></span></li>
<li><span lang="en-US">Technical requisites for the stand</span></li>
</ul>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm" align="JUSTIFY"><br>
<span lang="en-US"><u>Participation with cultural performance:</u></span><span
lang="en-US"><br>
</span></p>
<ul>
<li><span lang="en-US">Brief description of the language community
(language, number of speakers, location)</span></li>
<li><span lang="en-US">Number of people participating in the
cultural performance</span></li>
<li><span lang="en-US">Summary of the cultural performance</span></li>
<li><span lang="en-US">Technical requisites for the performance</span>
</li>
</ul>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm" align="JUSTIFY"> </p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm" align="JUSTIFY"><span lang="en-US"><u>Participation
with
stand and cultural performance:</u></span></p>
<span lang="en-US"></span>
<ul>
<li><span lang="en-US">Brief description of the language community
(language, number of speakers, location)</span></li>
<li><span lang="en-US">Number of people participating in the stand
and in the cultural performance</span></li>
<li><span lang="en-US">Summary of the cultural performance</span></li>
<li><span lang="en-US">Technical requisites for the exhibition
stand and the performance</span></li>
</ul>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm" align="JUSTIFY"> </p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm" align="JUSTIFY"><span lang="en-US">The
descriptions should be no longer than two A4 pages. The event
accepts all the languages in Europe as working languages.
However, for intelligibility and dissemination reasons we
recommend the use of English. Please send your participation
description to </span><font color="#0000ff"><span lang="de-DE"><u><a
href="mailto:ele2013@cidles.eu"><span lang="en-US">ele2013@cidles.eu</span></a></u></span></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm"> </p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm"> </p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm"><span lang="en-US"><br>
IMPORTANT DATES <br>
Deadline for submission of community participation description:
<b>May 31</b></span><b><sup><span lang="en-US">st</span></sup></b><span
lang="en-US"><b>, 2013</b> <br>
Notification of acceptance: June 30</span><sup><span
lang="en-US">th</span></sup><span lang="en-US">, 2013 <br>
Registration deadline for participating communities: August 31</span><sup><span
lang="en-US">st</span></sup><span lang="en-US">, 2013 </span>
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm"><br>
</p>
<span lang="en-US">Event Dates:</span><span lang="en-US"><br>
</span>
<ul>
<li><span lang="en-US">Conference: October 17</span><sup><span
lang="en-US">th</span></sup><span lang="en-US">-18</span><sup><span
lang="en-US">th</span></sup><span lang="en-US">, 2013</span></li>
<li><span lang="en-US">Language Fair: October 18</span><sup><span
lang="en-US">th</span></sup><span lang="en-US">-19</span><sup><span
lang="en-US">th</span></sup><span lang="en-US">, 2013</span>
</li>
<li><span lang="en-US">Endangered Languages Music Festival:
October 18</span><sup><span lang="en-US">th</span></sup><span
lang="en-US">-19</span><sup><span lang="en-US">th</span></sup><span
lang="en-US">, 2013</span></li>
</ul>
<span lang="en-US"></span><br>
For more information please contact <span
style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times
New Roman","serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:SimSun;mso-bidi-font-family:Mangal;mso-ansi-language:
DE;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN;mso-bidi-language:HI"><a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:ele2013@cidles.eu"><span
style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US" lang="EN-US">ele2013@cidles.eu</span></a></span>.<br>
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Centro Interdisciplinar de Documentação Linguística e Social / Interdisciplinary Centre for Social and Language Documentation
Rua Dr. António da Silva Ferreira Totta, nº 29
2395-182 Minde
Portugal
Tel.: +351249849123
Email: <a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:info@cidles.eu">info@cidles.eu</a>
Web: <a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.cidles.eu">http://www.cidles.eu</a></pre>
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