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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>
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<b>LANGUAGE FAIR</b><br>
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<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>
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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
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>
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<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>
</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>
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<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>
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<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></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
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 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>
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<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>
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<span lang="en-US">Event Dates:</span><span lang="en-US"><br>
</span></p>
<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
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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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