17.2953, Confs: Socioling/Spain

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Date: 06-Oct-2006
From: Oriol Ampuero < cdoc at ciemen.cat >
Subject: 5th Mercator International Symposium: Linguistic Rights as a Social Inclusion Factor 

	
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Date: Mon, 09 Oct 2006 11:05:02
From: Oriol Ampuero < cdoc at ciemen.cat >
Subject: 5th Mercator International Symposium: Linguistic Rights as a Social Inclusion Factor 
 



5th Mercator International Symposium: Linguistic Rights as a Social Inclusion Factor 

Date: 19-Oct-2006 - 21-Oct-2006 
Location: Barcelona (Catalonia), Spain 
Contact: Oriol Ampuero 
Contact Email: cdoc at ciemen.cat 
Meeting URL: http://www.ciemen.org/mercator/Menu_nou/index.cfm?lg=gb 

Linguistic Field(s): Sociolinguistics 

Meeting Description: 

V Mercator Internacional Symposium on Minority Languages

"Linguistic Rights as a Social Inclusion Factor "
19 - 21 October 2006
Institut d'Estudis Catalans (IEC), Barcelona
Organizer: Mercator-Legislation, CIEMEN (Barcelona, Catalonia)

Presentation

Overview
Europe has always been a multilingual land. This fact has been accentuated in recent decades by the steady arrival and settlement on the continent by non-Europeans who have brought their languages with them. The current linguistic reality in Europe is, therefore, richer and more complex than ever. The European Union -a political, economic and cultural work in progress which has as one of its goals to put into practice the democratic principle of uniting Europeans in respect for diversity- lives fully immersed in this reality. In the process of its construction, the European Union has to address issues as important as those related to immigration and the social inclusion of immigrants from other continents, who represent in many areas a significant percentage of the total population. 

The languages spoken in the European Union today -those traditionally considered European and those brought with immigration- are one of the keys to making possible such 'union in diversity' of all citizens, groups, communities, and peoples that live together in Europe. To encourage such harmony, we must ask ourselves which kind of multilingualism should the European Union put into practice now and in the future. At the same time, it raises the question of how the linguistic rights of immigrants and of receiving communities can be regulated and guaranteed and, more specifically, how the exercise of these rights could stimulate the social inclusion of newcomers who settle among minoritized linguistic communities that share their space with majority or dominant languages. 

Symposium
The V Mercator International Symposium will critically analyse the issues under consideration, taking as an indispensable departure point the respect for the rights of everyone, and will emphasize the role of language as a factor of inclusion in European Union societies with minoritized languages. 
The Symposium will also present a series of practice cases for balancing individual rights and the collective rights of speakers of both the languages of immigration and the minoritized languages within the European Union. Moreover, it intends to gather proposals that encourage the social cohesion of the receiving communities while consolidating, at the same time, non-discriminatory linguistic diversity. In such proposals, emphasis will be placed on the legislative aspects that may contribute to the advancement of linguistic rights. 

Thursday, 19 (AFTERNOON) 
 
2:30 pm
Registration & accreditation

Opening 

3:30 pm 
Welcome
Aureli Argemí, President of CIEMEN & Director of Mercator Linguistic Rights and Legislation

Representative of the Government of Catalonia

Jacques Delmoly, Head of Unit, Multilingualism Policy, Directorate General for Education and Culture, European Commission

4:15 pm 
Coffee Break

Opening Session 

4:30 pm 
Lecture
Immigrants, National Minorities, and Language Rights: Towards an Acceptable Normative Theory
Alan Patten, Princeton University, New Jersey, USA
Chaired by: Isidor Marí, Open University of Catalonia (UOC)

5:15 pm 
Question time

5:30 pm 
Lecture
A European Approach. Language, Nation, Immigration and Citizenship: Processes of Change, Political Innovation and Social Inclusion 
Ricard Zapata, Pompeu Fabra University, Catalonia
Chaired by: Xavier Aragall, European Institute of the Mediterranean (IEMed)

6:00 pm 
Question time 

6:15 pm
LECTURE
Linguistic Policy in the EU: Discourses of Inclusion/Exclusion
Máiréad Nic Craith University of Ulster, Northen Ireland 
Chaired by: Agustí Colomines, LINGUAPAX

6:45-7:00 pm 
Question time

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20 (MORNING) 
THEME I: LEGISLATION 

Chaired by: Bernat Joan i Marí, Member of the European Parliament for Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya, Greens/ EFA Group

9:00 am 
LECTURE
Can Laws Change Realities? Some Thoughts on the Basis of the Experience Under the Framework Convention on National Minorities
Sia Spiliopoulou Åkermark, Uppsala University

9:30 am
Question time

9:45 am
Case Study I: 
The European Charter for Regional and Minority Languages as a Instrument for Social Cohesion: The Case of Immigration in Catalonia
Santi J. Castellà, Rovira Virgili University, Catalonia 

10:00 am
Case Study II:
Immigration and Language Diversity: New Challenges for Human Rights
Eduardo J. Ruiz Vieytez, Pedro Arrupe Institut of Human Rights, Deusto University de Deusto, Basque Country

10:15 am
Question time

10:30 am
COFFEE BREAK

THEME II: EDUCATION 

Chaired by: Durk Gorter, Mercator Education, Friesland

11:00 am
LECTURE
Social Cohesion and Linguistic Rights: National Minority Languages, Immigration Languages and State Languages
Kutlay Yagmur and Guus Extra, Tilburg University, Netherlands

12:00 am
Question time

12:15 am
Case study I:
The Multilingual Cities Project - Göteborg, Sweden, one of six EU cities
Lilian Nygren, University of Gothenburg, Sweden

12:30 am
Case study II:
The Normalisation of Basque in a Diverse Context. Educational Guide of the Sakana Region. The immersion in Basque, the Best Option
Mikel Galartza, member of the Basque Language Board in the County Council of Sakana, Navarre

12:45 pm
Question time

13:00-15:00 pm 
LUNCH 

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20 (AFTERNOON) 
THEME III: ECONOMY, EMPLOYMENT & TRADE 

Chaired by: Carles Bertran, Center Association for the Orientation, Training and Insertion for Foreign Workers (CITE - CONC), Catalonia

3.00 pm
LECTURE
The value of non-dominant languages
François Grin, University of Geneva, Switzerland

3:30 pm
Question time

3:45 pm
Case Study I:
Linguistic Rights of the Romany in Slovakia as a Constitutional and Policy Challenge
Michal Va?e?ka, Masaryk University, Czech Republic

4:00 pm
Case study II:
Minority Language and Integration Issues in Latvia and The Baltic States
Andrejs Veisbergs, University of Latvia, Latvia

4:15 pm
Question time

4:30 pm
COFFEE BREAK

THEME IV: LEISURE, SPORTS, CULTURE & MEDIA 

Chaired by: Elin Haf, Mercator Media, Wales

5:00 pm
LECTURE
Models of Social and Linguistic Cohesion Through Cultural and Leisure Activities
Steve Morris, University of Wales, Swansea, Wales

5:30 pm
Question time

5:45 pm
Case study I:
Language Learning and Integration Activities. An Example of Linguistic Welcoming
Jordi Font Anton, Consortium for the Language Normalisation (CpNL), Catalonia

6:00 pm
Case study II:
''Quedem?'' Leisure, Language and Social Cohesion in Catalonia
Eunice Romero, Òmnium Cultural, Catalonia

6:15 pm
Case study III: 
Radio Svobodni, Free Radio Agora as a Bridge Between Cultures
Angelika Hödl, Radio Agora, Carinthia

6:30-6:45 pm
Question time

SATURDAY, 21 (MORNING) 
HEALTH CARE 

Chaired by: Carme Oller, General Directorate of Planning and Evaluation, Department of Health of the Generalitat of Catalonia

9:00 am
Language Barriers and Acces Difficulties in the Health Services
Tona Lizana, Action Plan on Immigration, General Directorate of Planning and Evaluation, Department of Health of the Generalitat of Catalonia

9:30 am
Question time

9:45 am
Case Study I:
Health, Newcomers and Language Barriers
Sid Ahmed Baba, Association Health and Family, Barcelona, Catalonia
Tai Mooi Ho Wong, Nephrology Service, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Catalonia

10:05 am
Case Study II:
Health Care in the Own Language
Jacob Als Thomsen, Copenhagen University, Denmark 

10:20 am
Question time

10:35 am
COFFEE BREAK

CLOSING SESSION 

11:00 am
Summary & Conclusions
Chaired by: Maite Puigdevall, Co-ordinator of Mercator Linguistic Rights and Legislation
Rapporteur: Colin H. Williams. Cardiff University, Wales 

12:30 pm 
Farewell Speeches
Aureli Argemí, President of CIEMEN & Director of Mercator Linguistic Rights and Legislation, Catalonia
Antoni Mir, Director of Linguamón - House of Languages, Catalonia

13:00 pm 
End of Symposium
  
Registration

Attendance at the Symposium is free of charge. If you wish to register, fill up the registration form (Catalan, English, Spanish). 

Information on Hotels in Barcelona: In this document (Word format) you will information on hotels in Barcelona and other useful web links. 

Organisation

Escarré International Centre For Ethnic Minorities and Nations (CIEMEN) - Mercator Programme
With the sponsoring of: The European Commission and Linguamón - The House of Languages

Symposium's Venue
Prat de la Riba's Room
Institut d'Estudis Catalans
C/ del Carme, 47
08001 - Barcelona





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