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Materials from the International Conference 'Development of Siberian Indigenous Languages and Cultures in a Changing Russia'. Organised by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation - Federal Agency for Education, Khakas State University and the Institute of Sayan-Altai Turkology on September 22-24, 2005, Abakan, Republic of Khakasia

 

Acts of the International Seminar 'Language Promotion and Planning in Europe and Russia'
The present publication represents a collection of papers presented at the International Seminar “Language Promotion and Planning in Europe and Russia” which was held in Elista, Republic of Kalmykia on 28-29 September 2004. The seminar was organized w ithin the project “Promoting Lesser Used Languages in the North Caucasus” which is implemented by Kalmyk State University with the support of “Confidence Building Measures” Programme of the Council of Europe.

 

 UNESCO Documents

Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity (2001)

Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage. Official texts (2003) Catalan translation

Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions (2005)

 

OSCE Recommendations

One of the tools used by the High Commissioner in his work are recommendations made to governments of OSCE participating States regarding the treatment of their national minorities.

Lund Recommendations 'Recommendations on effective participation of national minorities in public life' Catalan, Kalmyk, Kurdish, Crimean Tatar (Latin script, Cyrillic script)

Oslo Recommendations 'Recommendations regarding the linguistic rights of national minorities with explanatory note' Catalan, Kalmyk, Kurdish, Crimean Tatar (Latin script, Cyrillic script)

The Hague Recommendations 'Recommendations on the education rights of national minorities' Catalan, Kalmyk, Kurdish, Crimean Tatar (Latin script, Cyrillic script )

 

Articles

Desarrollando buenas prácticas en revitalización lingüística. José Antonio Flores Farfán. CIESAS-Linguapax Amèrica Latina

Biological and linguistic diversity: Transdisciplinary Explorations for a Socioecology of Languages. Albert Bastardas (University of Barcelona)
http://www.teluq.uquebec.ca/diverscite.entree.htm

Dans quelles langues vivront nos enfants et nos petits enfants? Les langues et leur rôle dans la société. Joseph Poth

Endangered Languages. Scientific American
http://www.language-archive.org/documents/sciam.pdf

 

International Journal on Multicultural Societies

International Journal on Multicultural Societies Vol.6, Nº1 (2004)
Multilingualism on the Internet

International Journal on Multicultural Societies Vol.4, Nº 2 (2002)
Protecting Endangered Minority Languages

International Journal on Multicultural Societies Vol. 3, Nº 2 (2001)
The Human Rights of Linguistic Minorities and Language Policies

International Journal on Multicultural Societies Vol.3, Nº 1 (2001)
Lesser Used Languages and the Law in Europe

 

Other documents

Education in a Multilingual World. UNESCO Position Paper

Language Diversity in Multicultural Europe
'Comparing perspectives on immigrant minority languages at home and at school' by Guus Extra and Kutlay Yagmur

Linguistic proposals for the future of Europe
By Europa Diversa

Manifeste de Tlemcen 2002
'Pour une politique linguistique mondiale, fondée sur le plurilinguisme'

To what extent are language classes a vehicle for peace education in Europe? Gabriela S. Meier, MA dissertation, University of Exeter


Book reviews

An International Perspective on Language Policies, Practices and Proficiencies

This volume of 420pp, published by FIPLV, has been edited by Denis Cunningham and Anikó Hatoss as a Festschrift to honour the career of Professor David E Ingram, while being intended as a landmark publication on language policies, practices and proficiency. It is arguably the most comprehensive overview on language policies currently. It brings together an intended mix of articles by luminaries, whose names are known to all, and younger scholars who will be leaders of the future. Read more...

Beyond Boundaries. Language and Identity in Contemporary Europe

Urban Multilingualism in Europe. Immigrant Minority Languages at Home and School

Language Policies in Education. Critical Issues

Fighting Words. Language Policy and Ethnic Relations in Asia