Events

Ngana nagi is a colourful and engaging children's book published in Kaurna language, which describes native animals and Indigenous life. 

In this event, I will present a poster about the process of alphabetic literacy that is happening at the moment in the indigenous communities of Coriviri and Machacoyo in the region of Ayllu Pacajes in Bolivia. The goal is to observe the impact of introducing alphabetic literacy in these communities.The work is a preliminary cut of a master's research under the guidance of Prof. William Mineo Tagata. This is an investigation of the alphabetic literacy process that is taking place in Bolivia, more specifically in the indigenous communities of Coriviri and Machacoya, in the Ayllu Pacaje region. With the promulgation of the new constitution in 2007 based on the premise that when acquiring writing, indigenous languages ​​of oral tradition become as important as the dominant language, the current Bolivian government incorporated them into the formal educational curriculum, along with Spanish, official language of the country. Therefore, this research is investigating whether the educational processes that are being implemented in the Ayllu Pacajes region represent an indigenous perspective or a hegemonic perspective, if they are in favor of the preservation of indigenous cultural capital in Ayllu Pacajes and how it is received by teachers and by the community. For this, I will do a qualitative ethnographic research where I will be inserted in the community as participant observer. In the period of coexistence with the community will be conducted interviews with the respondents as well as notes, diaries, corpus of texts about the field that will count with my impressions as a researcher. On this event I will present a poster talking about this research and I will receive sugestions and contributions of other researchers.

Remix is a word used in many contexts. You might think of it in relation to music – the digital remix of one song to make another, or as the kind of fusion of foods and flavours in contemporary cooking that Mars Melto describes.

The purpose of the International conference entitled “Role of linguistic diversity in building a global community with shared future: protection, access and promotion to global language resources” is to discuss the broad areas of language-related issues, with special attention to the language protection, access to language resources and promotion of emerging initiatives in Asia-Pacific region as well as to contribute to the organization of the 2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages and further development of UNESCO’s World Atlas of Languages.

The workshop aims at finding connections between international standards and processes and grassroots efforts to realize indigenous peoples’ rights at the level of indigenous peoples’ settlements and communities. The experts and participants will share their experience and best practices as well as elaborate proposals for effective implementation of the ideas of the International Year of Indigenous Languages at the local level.