#3 RISE UP Consortium Meeting: Tartu & Värska / October 2024
In October 2024, the RISE UP Consortium met up in Estonia for its third consortium meeting. Three exciting and productive days were filled with internal meetings about the project’s progress, as well as activities and meetings with local community members to learn more about the Seto language and culture. Day 1 (08.10.) The consortium meeting […]
RISE UP at the Mercator International Conference in Leeuwarden
From 07.-08.11.2024, the Mercator European Research Centre on Multilingualism and Language Learning hosted an international conference on “Shaping Policy for Minority Languages and Multilingualism” in Leeuwarden, Netherlands. RISE UP participated in the conference and presented its mid-term results in a dedicated poster presentation and a symposium. The conference aimed to provide a platform for discussions […]
Policy Brief: Supporting minoritised and endangered languages
Supported by the Horizon Results Booster, an initiative funded by the European Commission, RISE UP partnered up with the CREWS project to create a set of policy recommendations related to supporting minoritised and endangered languages. The finished policy brief can be read here: Click here! Links CREWS: https://crewsproject.wordpress.com/ Horizon Results Booster: https://www.horizonresultsbooster.eu/
#3 RISE UP Workshop Summary: Media Inside/Out – Perspectives on Minoritised Language Media
For its third Networking Event on minoritised language media, RISE UP continued its series of efforts in bringing together actors from various fields within minoritised language communities. The event called “Media Inside/Out – Perspectives on Minoritised Language Media” was held on September 9, 2024, and featured actors representing various forms of media, such as print […]
RISE UP at the LITHME Training School
Earlier this year, RISE UP members Kingsley Ugwuanyi (SOAS) and Stefanie Cajka (University of Vienna) took part in the LITHME Training School 2024, representing the RISE UP project. LITHME stands for “Language in the Human-Machine Era” and is a COST Action Network that focuses on the emergence of new language technologies, marking the shift to […]
RISE UP Newsletter – June 2024
The third issue of our RISE UP Newsletter – June 2024 – 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 […]
Voices of Community – Artistic Residency in Barcelona
The RISE UP Project hosted a very special meeting in Barcelona this May. From the 22nd to the 29th, we celebrated the Voices of Community Residency withartists from the 5 communities our project focuses on. Marina Cuito (Aranese), Brett Hiiob (Seto), Fiona O’Cleirigh (Cornish), Mario Csenar (Burgenland Croat) and Daniela Stoica (Aromanian) met in Barcelona […]
#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 […]