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The International Linguapax Award is a yearly Prize rewarding work in the field of linguistic diversity and multilingual education. The 2018 winner is BASAbali, a collaboration of…
In this section you will find a selection of documents and materials published by Linguapax since its creation in different languages, including Linguapax Review, Teaching Units, conference proceedings and a selection of normative text regarding linguistic diversity.
Recent activities and recommendations
Every 21 February UNESCO celebrates the International Mother Language Day, with a special attention to indigenous and minoritized languages, to promote awareness of linguistic and cultural diversity and multilingualism”.
Linguapax shares this goal and participates in the celebration, but from a critical point of view around the concept of mother tongue. Instead we propose linguistic diversity as an alternative approach to languages. This is why we take the opportunity offered by the International Mother Language day to present our on-line course “Linguistic Diversity, What for”?
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Linguapax has just launched the course «Linguistic Diversity, What For?».* Linguistic and cultural diversity become more and more evident everywhere, but their importance, their scope and their implications are often neglected. For this reason we invite...
José Antonio Flores Farfán, Lorena Córdova Hernández and Josep Cru have just published, with the support of Linguapax and the Benito Juárez University of Oaxaca, the expanded and corrected version of the Guide to...
Behind the landscapes and natural riches of the city of Inari, in northeastern Finland, a language is at risk of severe disappearance; the Sami of Inari. However, there is one person who has successfully...
Linguapax joins the acts of celebration of the International Day of the Mother Tongue 2020, which takes place, as every year, on February 21, with an act in which the Linguapax Review 2019 will...
In December 2019, at the “Pūnana Leo” school (in English, “the nest of the language”), in Hawaii Island, the Linguapax International Prize was given. From this year that we left behind, the winning candidacy...
On November 27, 2019, Linguapax presented the report on linguistic diversity in the city of Barcelona, based on its own materials and the contributions of other institutions and external collaborators. The presentation took place...
The report on Linguapax’s linguistic and cultural diversity on 27 November has had a great impact on audiovisual media. Here is a press release: Betevé: https://beteve.cat/societat/llengues-barcelona-linguapax-diversitat/ Europapress: https://www.europapress.es/catalunya/noticia-poblacion-barcelona-habla-mas-300-lenguas-linguapax-20191127151946.html El Periódico: https://www.elperiodico.com/es/sociedad/20191127/cuantas-lenguas-se-hablan-en-barcelona-7753525?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=cm Ràdio 4: http://www.rtve.es/alacarta/audios/en-directe-a-radio-4/directe-radio-4-27-novembre-2019-2a-hora/5454337/...