Language is part of our identity and our culture. We remind ourselves the various forms of language and communication like song and dance, storytelling, art, and the importance to continue teaching and sharing knowledge.
Writing on the Wall raises awareness of the threat of extinction of our indigenous languages. The exhibition supports the United Nations 2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages and the important role language and culture play in our daily lives. Through the artistic practices of our emerging First Nations artists, we learn how they champion and celebrate the survival of our First Nations languages.
A public lecture on the lexical collocations related to male and female references in the Kapampangan version of the Bible. The study aims to discuss the characteristics of gender differentiation as presented in a textual corpus.
Wikang Yaman: Kuwento at Kuwenta (Treasure Languages: Stories and Relevance) is a treasure language storytelling event celebrating the diversity of languages and cultures in the Philippines through simulated storytelling. Storytellers are speakers of Philippine languages other than English and Tagálog. This event will be hosted by the UST English Language Studies Society (UST-ELSSoc) in coordination […]
This documentary gives a Native American perspective on the boarding school educational system that was designed to destroy native language, culture, and tribal unity.
This award-winning documentary tells the stories of three survivors of Canadian assimilation-focused boarding schools for First Nations people, open until 1996.