RISE UP Results

As of January 2026, RISE UP has officially come to an end. Over the past three years, RISE UP produced a range of outcomes for various target groups, which we are excited to share

Sprache sucht Bauer? Language wants a farmer?

In my last news article I asked the question “Bauer sucht Frau, immer noch?” / Farmer wants a wife, still?” The question was triggered by Youth of European Nationalities (YEN

Matter do ut?

A symbolic shift occurred in the status of the Cornish language, Kernowek, on 27th November 2025. This symbolic shift saw Kernowek move technically from Part II to Part III of the

What does ECRML Part III recognition mean for Cornish language revitalisation?

The recent announcement that Cornish (Kernewek) will be covered under Part III of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages marks an important moment for those who ha

#5 RISE UP Event Summary: Get Inspired! Celebrating Minoritised Language Arts

The fifth and final RISE UP Networking Event, “Get Inspired! Celebrating Minoritised Language Arts”, took place online on the 20th of January, 2026. With this event, RISE UP ai

Speak on Screen: Translating Audiovisual Content in Minority Languages

In collaboration with the ERASMUS+ Project HOW TIMELY, RISE UP hosted an online, hands-on workshop series on how to dub and/or subtitle audiovisual content into minority/minoritise

RISE UP Newsletter – December 2025

The sixth issue of our RISE UP Newsletter – December 2025 – has just been sent out to all our subscribers. RISE UP Newsletters are sent out regularly to inform anyone intereste

#5 RISE UP Consortium Meeting: Vienna, Austria / November 2025

From the 4th until the 6th of November, 2025, the RISE UP Consortium met up for its last in-person consortium meeting. The meeting took place in Vienna, Austria, and was hosted by

Celtic inclusion in YEN, and carving out new spaces for youth

On RISE UP’s travels in Kernow/Cornwall in March this year, we bumped into Cornish activist Jowan, at the St. Piran’s walk. This year, YEN was also proud to have not one but tw

“WHAT?!” – Rise Up’s itinerant exhibition

The artistic team of the project has created “WHAT?!”, an itinerant exhibition that is currently traveling across Europe. It premiered in Cornwall, has visited North Macedonia,

RISE UP at the “Language in Society” Seminar in Dubrovnik

In May, RISE UP members Stefanie Cajka and Katharina Strasser, who are both based at the University of Vienna, travelled to Dubrovnik, Croatia, to participate in the ‘Languag

Policy Roundtable: Bridging the Gap Between Language Policy Planning and Language Policy Making

On the 18th of June, 2025, RISE UP & the Network to Promote Linguistic Diversity (NPLD) collaborated to host a high-level policy roundtable on Bridging the Gap Between Language

RISE UP Newsletter – June 2025

The fifth issue of our RISE UP Newsletter – June 2025 – has just been sent out to all our subscribers. RISE UP Newsletters are sent out regularly to inform anyone interested in

#4 RISE UP Event Summary: What AI Can and Cannot Do For Minoritised Languages

The fourth RISE UP Networking Event, a panel discussion and Q&A on the potential and limitations of Artificial Intelligence in the context of minoritised languages, took place

Remembering Professor Kristin Kuutma

The RISE UP project is deeply saddened by the passing of Professor Kristin Kuutma of the University of Tartu – an esteemed anthropologist, ethnologist, and folklorist, whose life

#4 RISE UP Consortium Meeting: Redruth, Cornwall / March 2025

From March 1 to March 3, 2025, the RISE UP Consortium met up in Redruth, Cornwall for its fourth Consortium Meeting, which was combined with the first stop of the project’s Trave

Linking with language initiatives

Keenly aware of RISE UP moving into its third and final year, consortium members are committed to ensuring sustainability of our outputs by building synergies with related projects

The Return of the Cornish Chough Reflects the Revival of the Cornish Language

The return of the Cornish chough has become a powerful symbol of the cultural and linguistic revival of Cornwall. This remarkable bird, once extinct in the region, stands as a livi

RISE UP at the Lowender Festival in Cornwall

Between 24th and 27th October 2024, the RISE UP project team attended the Lowender Festival, an annual festival celebrating Cornish culture and its connections with other Celtic na

RISE UP Newsletter – December 2024

The fourth issue of our RISE UP Newsletter – December 2024 – has just been sent out to all our subscribers. RISE UP Newsletters are sent out regularly to inform anyone interest

#3 RISE UP Consortium Meeting: Tartu & Värska / October 2024

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 a

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 rel

#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 co

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

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

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 communiti

#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

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 S

#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 t

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 t

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 interest

#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

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

#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

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

Gamification and its Impact on German Language Diversity

Introduction Germany is known for its linguistic diversity, featuring a rich tapestry of dialects and minority languages. As the digital age evolves, new methods like gamification

Linguistic diversity in Spain

Spain is home to several languages other than Spanish – the official language – , such as Catalan, Aranese, Galician and Basque (Euskera). These languages have been pre

Project clustering through the Horizon Results Booster

As part of the dissemination & communication activities of RISE UP, the project received support from the European Commission’s Horizon Results Booster. Within this initiativ

Excursion to Großwarasdorf/Veliki Borištof in Burgenland, Austria

In May, Eva Vetter and Stefanie Cajka from the University of Vienna in Austria, together with university students, visited one of the official bilingual areas of Burgenland, Austri

RISE UP Newsletter – June 2023

The first RISE UP Newsletter – June 2023 – has just been sent out to all subscribers! RISE UP Newsletters will be sent out regularly to inform interested stakeholders about the

Indigenous Languages in Estonia

The Council of Estonia’s Indigenous Languages is a cooperation and advocacy group including representatives from Seto, Võro, Mulgi, Kihnu, Kodavere, Kuusalu, and Sõrve lang

RISE UP Project kicked off in Vienna

On the 16th and 17th of February, 2023, the RISE UP consortium partners met in Vienna, Austria to officially kick off the project. The kick-off meeting consisted of two parts: the