Nakagami-gun Nishihara Town

15th Ryukyu Succession Language Study Group

Theme: “Regenerating Ryukyu Languages - Learning from a Field Perspective”

  • Lecture / Seminar
  • Real-life event
  • Event streaming

Schedule

2024.03.23(土)

Start:10:00 End:18:30

Event period:2024/03/23(土) 〜 2024/03/24(日)

Venue

University of the Ryukyus 〒903-0213 1 Chihara Okinawa Prefecture Nishihara-cho, Nakagami-gun

Held at the 50th Anniversary Memorial Hall on 3/23 (Sat), Liberal Arts Lecture Hall 114 and 3/24 (Sun)

Charge

Participation fee 500 yen (Participation in the venue is required; donations are also welcome for ZOOM participation)

Contents

●3/23 (Sat) Program
10:10 Presentation 1 Sugimoto Atsushi “Language Law Policy as a Junction between Language Rights and 'Historical Responsibility'”
10:40 Presentation 2 Tomoyo Miyagi “The Succession of 'Shimakutuba' Seen from the Process of 'Culturalization' - From Life Story Research of New Speakers”
11:10 Presentation 3 Huis van der Rube “Creating Teaching Materials for Okinawan Language Nago - Further Minorities Within Minorities - Various Issues in Creating Regional Language Teaching Materials”
11:40 Presentation 4 Mirei Matsuda and Toshinari Sueyoshi “HIGA! Things that will come (me) from the 2023 summit -I (wa) tatamashi-”
12:10 — 13:30 Lunch break (bring your own lunch)
13:30 Presentation 5 Yuko Yasumoto “From the Field of Grassroots Activities in Okinawan Language Succession - What is Inherited from Speakers”
14:00 Presentation 6 Aragaki Tomoko “University Students' Feelings and Attitudes Toward Ryukyu Languages - Case of Okinawan Language -”
14:30 to 15:00 break
15:00-17:00 Panel Discussion “Regenerating Crisis Languages with Community Efforts: Vitality of Community Languages, Well-Being in Reading as a Community, and What is' Communization (Regeneration by Community Power) 'in Wales” *Interpreters are available for those who wish to attend
17:45 ~ 18:30 Mini Live “Listen to Myaku Futsu no Uta: YONASHIRO Miwa & SHIMOJI Isamu” *Not streamed

●3/24 (Sun) Program
Breakout Meeting (Hall A)
10:00-10:30 Presentation 1 Eun Ching Leong, Patrick “The Chinese Dialect in Singapore at Risk of Extinction: Concerns, Challenges, and Prospects”
10:30 ~ 11:00 Presentation 2: () “Language Use in the Public Domain in Crisis: A Case Study of Taiwan's Election Campaign”
11:00-11:30 Presentation 3 Zach Edwards “'Shawn Paul, do you understand other languages?! ' Newly emerging Okinawan variants seen in YouTube comedy videos”
11:30 ~ 12:00 Presentation 4: Hanrei Madoka/Matt Topping “Yai Masamuni Master Apprentice Program - 4 Years of Babarashi, It's Hidden”
12:00-13:00 Lunch break (bring your own lunch)
13:00-13:30 Presentation 5 Iyasu Silya “The Role of Language Attitudes in the Reconstruction of the Ainu Language”
13:30 — 14:00 Presentation 6 André Bekes “Ainumoshiri, Ryukyu Islands, and Japanese Folklore - A Translation Project in Slovenia”

Breakout Meeting (Hall B)
10:00-10:30 Presentation 1 Fujita Round Yukiyo and Jashiki Katsumi “The Practice of Tackling Language Regeneration with 'One Language a Day': Interim Report on the Miyako Language Program Conducted by Junior High School Japanese Language Teachers and Sociolinguistics Researchers Collaborate”
10:30 - 11:00 Presentation 2 Kayoko Shimoji “Tara Mafutsu Kamishibai Creation: Aiming to Build a Continuous Learning Environment for Regional Languages” (Interim Report)
11:00-11:30 Presentation 3 Nakamura Hitonobu “On the Development of the Okinawan Dictionary”
12:00-13:00 Lunch break (bring your own lunch)
13:00-13:30 Presentation 4 Yamada Masahiro “Okinoerabu Island Succession and Preservation Project Report”
13:30 ~ 14:00 Presentation 5: Yokoyama Akiko/Suraratdecha Sumittra/ Yutaka Tomioka “Heritage Camp: Practice Report on Okinoerabu Island”
14:00 — 14:30 Break
14:30 ~ 16:30 Workshop*No streaming
14:30 — 15:10 Welsh and Welsh Language Introduction
15:20 ~ 16:30 Learn Welsh in Welsh and sing Happy Birthday in Welsh

Advance applications are required (Those who wish to participate in the venue for a Japanese interpretation of the panel discussion and those who wish to participate online must apply by 3/20 (Wednesday))

Official URL

Ryukyu Succession Language Study Group

https://ryukyuanlanguages.wordpress.com/

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