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CALL FOR COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION<br>
Deadline: <b>May 31st, 2013</b><br>
<br>
<b>LANGUAGE FAIR</b><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>
<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>
<br>
<span lang="en-US">ABOUT THE EVENT</span><br>
The Interdisciplinary Centre for Social and Language Documentation
(CIDLeS) cordially invites all the European minority language
communities to participate in the Language Fair – 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.<br>
<br>
There are three different ways for a community to participate in the
Language Fair: 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. excepting 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
18th and 19th) and their performance will be part of the Endangered
Languages Music Festival that will be launched during this event.
The Language Fair aims above all to give the voice to the speakers
of minority languages in Europe in diverse ways.<br>
<br>
Financial support (a maximum of €300, original receipts are
required) will be granted to communities participating with an
exhibition stand and/or a cultural performance.<br>
<br>
The Language Fair 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 17th 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>
<br>
The Language Fair will close the general event dedicated to the
endangered languages in Europe which takes place in Minde and
includes the International Conference on Endangered Languages in
Europe (October 17th and 18th,
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.cidles.eu/events/conference-ele-2013/">http://www.cidles.eu/events/conference-ele-2013/</a>) and the Endangered
Languages Music Festival (October 18th and 19th).<br>
<br>
<span lang="en-US">CALL FOR COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION</span>
<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
requirements for the stand</span></li>
</ul>
<span lang="en-US"><u>Participation with cultural performance:</u></span><span
lang="en-US"><br>
</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
cultural performance</span></li>
<li><span lang="en-US">Summary of the cultural performance</span></li>
<li><span lang="en-US">Technical
requirements 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
requirements 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>
<br>
IMPORTANT DATES<br>
Deadline for submission of community participation description: May
31st, 2013<br>
Notification of acceptance: June 30th, 2013<br>
Registration deadline for participating communities: August 31st,
2013<br>
<br>
Event Dates:<br>
Conference: October 17th-18th, 2013<br>
Language Fair: October 18th-19th, 2013<br>
Endangered Languages Music Festival: October 18th-19th, 2013<br>
<br>
Community registration: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://languagefair.eventbrite.com/">http://languagefair.eventbrite.com/</a><br>
<br>
For more information please contact <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:ele2013@cidles.eu">ele2013@cidles.eu</a>.<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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