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<div class="moz-text-html" lang="x-western"> <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
moz-do-not-send="true"
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 moz-do-not-send="true"
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>
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<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 moz-do-not-send="true"
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 moz-do-not-send="true"
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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