[Dino] Language is the house we live in/Aarhus, Denmark

[Heidi Grönstrand]

Dear author, decision-maker or other actor in the Nordic field of literature and / or multilingualism,

Below and through the following link you'll find the updated programme of the seminar Language is the house we live in<http://www.kulttuuriakaikille.fi/en.php?k=16093>. The seminar treats questions of multilingualism in the Nordic collaboration and cultural field. We warmly welcome you to attend.  The seminar takes place in Aarhus, Denmark, the 21st of September 2017, as part of the Nordic language festival (18-21.9.).

You can registrate to the email address: sprogfest at fnfnorden.org<mailto:sprogfest at fnfnorden.org>. The ones who have already registered, will get a welcoming letter with more information before the end of August.

We recommend you to check also the rest of the programme at the Nordic Language Festival<http://www.sprogkoordinationen.org/media/1563/program-inndelt-temaer.pdf>
In the previous night before the seminar day (Sept 20th), the Language festival programme includes a multimedia literary evening organized by the project NolitchX at 7-9 pm, which is a great possibility to get together before the seminar day.

Language is the House we Live in
Nordic seminar on multilingualism
21.9.2017
8:30-16:00
Godsbanen
Skovgaardsgade 3
Århus, Denmark

In the seminar we will learn about the current situation of multilingualism in the Nordic countries – both as a demographic fact and as an issue to take into account at the literary field. Institutions in the Nordic countries that work with multilingualism or have included multilingualism in their practices will present their solutions. We will also discuss multilingualism within educational practices and multilingualism in cultural politics, such as the Nordic literary prize, readers’ access to books in their mother tongue and translation policies.
The seminar is part of Nordic language festival (Nordisk Sprogfest<http://sprogkoordinationen.org/om-os/om-nordisk-spraakkoordinasjon/nordisk-sprogfest/>), included in the programme of Århus as the European capital of culture 2017.

Organizers: Nordic language coordination and the project Multilingualism and Diversity as a Resource in the Cultural Field (Culture for All)
Registrations to: sprogfest at fnfnorden.org<mailto:sprogfest at fnfnorden.org>
More information, updates for get-together before and after the seminar from Outi Korhonen
outi.korhonen at cultureforall.fi<mailto:outi.korhonen at cultureforall.fi>, tel + 358 (0)40 594 6596


Programme
21.9.2017
8:30-16:00
Godsbanen
Skovgaardsgade 3
Århus, Denmark

THEME I: Language politics and multilingual literature in the Nordic countries

8:30–9:00 Registration and coffee

9:00–9:20 Opening words
Nordic Council of Ministers for Education and Research 2017: Åse Vøllo (NO),
Nordisk Sprogkoordination (NO), Birthe Lien

9:20–10:00 Multilingualism in the Nordic countries, linguist Mikael Parkvall (SE),
Researcher Mikael Parkvall from Stockholm University tells about the language situation in Sweden. Which languages are spoken as mother languages in Sweden today, by how many people and where? How do the statistics of different minority and immigrant languages differ? Why are there no statistics on the mother languages of the citizens in most Nordic countries?

10:00–10:30 Findings and updates of two reports made by Culture for All, Multilingualism and Diversity as a Resource in the Cultural Field. Presented by Outi Korhonen (FI), Culture for all
Wandering Words: Comparisons of the Position of Non-dominant Language Writers in Nordic Organizations (Outi Korhonen & Rita Paqvalén 2016)
A View of the Conditions of Arabic Literature in the Nordic Region (Ahmed Al-Nawas 2017)

10:30-11:00 Comment by Jasim Mohamed (SE); poet and translator, coordinator of Bagdad Café project, followed by comments from the audience

11:00–11:20 Break

11:20–12:30 Panel discussion: Nordic language policies related to Nordic literature prize, publishing and translation.
Confirmed participants:
• Elisabeth Friis (DK), expert of multilingual literature and member of the Nordic literature prize jury
• Jasim Mohamed (SE), writer, translator and the coordinator of Baghdad Café literary project
• Petronella Zetterlund (SE), NoLitChX (Nordic Literatures in Change and Exchange)
• Karen Anne Buljo (NO), Sámi author and ex-director of Sámi Girječálliid Searvi (Sámi Writers Union)
• Moderator: Rita Paqvalén (FI), director of Culture for All,

12:30–13:30 Lunch (at participants' own cost)

THEME II: Reading promotion of multilingual literature

13:30-14:45 Case examples

13:30–13:45 A region that reads and writes. Anisur Rahman (SE) presents some of the work formats of Litteraturcentrum Uppsala, a platform that promotes reading and writing in collaboration with ICORN-writers, other writers and readers of the region and local institutions where new texts can create other forms of culture.

13:45–14:00 Talking books in Arabic and Sámi. The libraries of the visually impaired people of different Nordic countries produced collaboratively talking books in Arabic and Sámi languages for the members of these old and new language minorities who have special needs regarding written text. Kristina Passad, IFLA (SE) and Kari Kummeneje, NLB, (NO)

14:00–14:15 Recovering Romani language, about education and research. Henry Hedman (FI), researcher, Helsinki University:

14:15-14:30 A case example of a multilingual library's work. Entresse library represents and considers an exceptional variety of mother languages among their staff, users, collections and programming. The library received the Finland award (Suomi-palkinto) in 2015 for their diversity work. Reti-Liis Saks (FI)

14:30-14:45 Multilingual literary platform Sivuvalo. Sivuvalo project has created possibilities and networks for writers who write in other than the national languages in Finland and other Nordic countries. Poet, designer and producer Daniel Malpica presents two of the work formats of this multilingual poetry platform; the multimedia poetry evenings and the Sivuvalo publication series.

14:45-15:10 BREAK (Coffee)

15:10-16:00 Concluding discussion. Moderator: Outi Korhonen (FI), Culture for All


Please note that on Sept 20th, the programme of the language festival includes a multimedia poetry evening “Mutant language” organized by Nolitch X and Sivuvalo on Wednesday night at 7-9pm. Check also the whole programme of the Language festival<http://sprogkoordinationen.org/media/1578/program-oppdatert.pdf>.



Hoping to see you in Aarhus!
Feel free to contact me as well if you have any questions,
Kind regards,

Outi Korhonen
Projektikoordinaattori / Projektkoordinator / Project Coordinator
Kulttuuria kaikille -palvelu / Kultur för alla / Culture For All
Kaapelitehdas, Tallberginkatu 1 / 48, 00180 Helsinki
outi.korhonen at cultureforall.fi
tel. + 358 (0)40 594 6596

Multilingualism and diversity as a resource in the cultural field<http://www.kulttuuriakaikille.fi/en.php?k=15369>