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<td>theatre proposal linked to new speakers of minority
languages - call for COST network involvement - 15-16th
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<td>O'Rourke, Bernadette M A <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:B.M.A.O'Rourke@HW.AC.UK"><B.M.A.O'Rourke@HW.AC.UK></a></td>
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<td>O'Rourke, Bernadette M A <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:B.M.A.O'Rourke@HW.AC.UK"><B.M.A.O'Rourke@HW.AC.UK></a></td>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><b><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif";color:red">Theatre proposal
linked to New Speakers of Minority Languages<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><b><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif";color:red"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><b><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif";color:red">CALL for
participation in interactive workshop<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><b><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif";color:#1F497D">Please note
that you
<u>do not </u>need any expertise in theatre or draft to
be part of this.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif";color:#1F497D">What is being
sought is your expertise as researcher of minority language
issues and/or contacts you have with actual minority
language speakers.<br>
<br>
</span></b>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif";color:black">The COST network
has been contacted by an
<b>actor/theatre maker to develop a theatre proposal</b>
around what it means to be a 'speaker' (be that native, new
speaker) of a minority language. He is based in Scotland so
Gaelic will be the focus but he wants to frame it in the
context of minority language speakers more broadly. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif";color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif";color:black">His idea would be
to get together for
<b>a 1-2 day interactive workshop with academics</b> who are
expert in the area and if possible also actual 'speakers' of
some of the languages we are studying.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif";color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif";color:black">The date for the
event is
<b>15th and 16th April</b> for the first scoping workshop
which will take place <b>
in Edinburgh</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif";color:black">We would like
representation from a range of contexts included in the
network.
<b>Travel and accommodation expenses will be covered by COST</b>
as per reimbursement rules. Please let me know as soon as
possible if you would be interested in attending or could
identify someone who could if you can't:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif";color:black">b.m.a.o'<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:rourke@hw.ac.uk">rourke@hw.ac.uk</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif";color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif";color:black">This activity
would be linked to our stakeholder/public engagement WG5
activities. The idea for the play would be to raise
awareness amongst people who don't speak minority languages
and to dispel some of the myths and misconceptions that are
often in circulation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif";color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif";color:black">The key questions
Brian is interested in are the following:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="body1"
style="margin-left:39.0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:200%"><span
style="font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif"">· Why minority
language speakers choose to hold onto their language and
attempt to pass it on.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="body1"
style="margin-left:39.0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:200%"><span
style="font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif"">· Why some don’t. <o:p>
</o:p></span></p>
<p class="body1"
style="margin-left:39.0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:200%"><span
style="font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif"">· The attitudes of
speakers of majority languages and minority languages to
each other.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="body1"
style="margin-left:39.0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:200%"><span
style="font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif"">· How knowledge is
stored in language.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="body1"
style="margin-left:39.0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:200%"><span
style="font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif"">· Links between rate
of loss of bio-diversity and linguistic-diversity
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="body1" style="text-align:justify;line-height:200%"><span
style="font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif""> Best for now,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="body1" style="text-align:justify;line-height:200%"><span
style="font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif"">Bernie<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Prof
Bernadette O'Rourke<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Deputy
Director, Intercultural Research Centre (IRC) <a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://irc.hw.ac.uk/"><span
style="color:blue"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://irc.hw.ac.uk/">http://irc.hw.ac.uk/</a></span></a>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">School
of Management and Languages, Heriot-Watt University,
Edinburgh<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Chair
of COST Action IS1306<i> New Speakers in a Multilingual
Europe: Opportunities and Challenges</i>:
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.cost.eu/domains_actions/isch/Actions/IS1306"><span
style="color:blue">http://www.cost.eu/domains_actions/isch/Actions/IS1306</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Editor
of
<i>Small Languages and Small Language Communities </i>(SLSLC),
(subseries of the International Journal of the Sociology of
Language)
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/ijsl"><span
style="color:blue">http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/ijsl</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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