#2 RISE UP Workshop Review: Weaving an Enduring Net! Nourishing Minoritised Language Community Networks
The RISE UP Project continued its series of Networking Events with the second event in June 2024. Consortium members, presenters and participants came together for the online event called “Weaving an Enduring Net! Nourishing Minoritised Language Community Networks” on June 3, 2024. The event was a great opportunity for language activists, researchers and anyone else […]
Youth Involvement in 2024 European Capitals of Culture
Tartu, Estonia and Bodø, Norway are 2024 European Capitals of Culture. Within this framework, they invite youth identifying as Seto, Võro, and/or Mulgi – from Estonia – and Saami – from Norway – to come together and take part as cultural ambassadors. The goal is to strengthen Finno-Ugric cultural cooperation. Seto, Võro, and Mulgi are […]
#2 RISE UP Consortium Meeting: Cologne / March 2024
In March 2024, the RISE UP Consortium met up for the third time in person, this time in Cologne, Germany. From March 21-22, 2024, RISE UP Partners met up in Cologne, Germany, for the second Consortium Meeting, this time organised by Nurogames. Two days were well spent and filled with discussions about our project, the […]
#VoicesOfCommunity: OPEN CALL for Singers and Spoken Word Poets (Closed)
Are you interested in joining the RISE UP “Voices of Community” Project & Exhibitions? Who we are looking for: A singer and/or spoken word poet who is… a member of RISE UP’s selected language communities (Aranese, Aromanian/Vlach, Burgenland Croatian, Cornish, Seto) actively working with the community language as a singer and/or spoken word poet […]
Bauer sucht Frau, immer noch? – Farmer wants a wife, still?
45 years after Susan Gal’s seminal study on how women’s strategic life choices lead to language shift from German-Hungarian bilingualism to the exclusive use of German in the Austrian town of Oberwart, Youth of European Nationalities (YEN) organised a workshop on tradition in Oberwart (Burgenland county). In her 1978 paper ‘Peasant Men Can’t Get Wives: […]
RISE UP Newsletter – December 2023
The second issue of our RISE UP Newsletter – December 2023 – has just been sent out to all our subscribers. RISE UP Newsletters are sent out regularly to inform anyone interested in the project about its progress, upcoming events, and opportunities for participation. If you want to make sure you don’t miss the next […]
#1 RISE UP Consortium Meeting: Barcelona & Val d’Aran / October 2023
The first RISE UP Consortium Meeting took place in Catalonia, Spain from October 24-27, 2023. The Consortium first met in Barcelona to attend the European Culture & Creativity Days and hold an internal project meeting, and then travelled to Vielha e Mijaran: a small mountain town situated in the Val d’Aran, a beautiful valley in the Pyrenees Mountains. […]
Young people using digital tools to promote their minoritised languages and culture
Following on from RISE UP’s first online networking event: How to Use Digital Tools to Support Minoritised Languages, I wanted to continue the theme and shine a spotlight on some of the young people using the digital sphere to educate others and promote their minoritised language groups. During the event, Juan Vergara, creator of the […]
#1 RISE UP Workshop Review: How to Use Digital Tools to Support Minoritised Languages
Thank you for the warm welcome – M&S’ RISE UP workshop series debuts with digital tools. What was the workshop about? Hosted by Gisela Hagmair (MINDS & SPARKS), “How to Use Digital Tools to Support Minoritised Languages” featured a select group of presenters who explored the intersection of language and technology in the […]
Driving a green, digital & innovative European cultural heritage
We are proud to announce that RISE UP was recently included booklet on European Projects. The Directorate-General for Research and Innovation has published a booklet on “Driving a green, digital & innovative European cultural heritage”, a collection of descriptions of the numerous projects that have been funded through Horizon Europe under the Destination “Innovative Research […]