Description
Linguistic Minorities and Autonomy: The Right to Language and Future Prospects
Depero Hall – Building of the Autonomous Province of Trento
Programme
9.00 – 9.15
Official welcome
Simone Marchiori
Councillor for Housing Policy, Heritage, State Property and the Promotion of Knowledge of the Autonomous Province of Trento
9.15 – 9.45
Introducing the linguistic minorities
Cimbri, Ladins and Mòcheni: historic linguistic communities of Trentino
Sorbs: a Slavic community from Saxony and Brandenburg
9.45 – 10.45
Session I
Protection of minorities: from theory to practice
Moderated by Giovanni Poggeschi, University of Trento
Professor of Comparative Public Law, Faculty of Law
Autonomy and the protection of minorities: tools and future prospects
Paul Videsott, Free University of Bolzano
Dean of the Faculty of Education
How to promote linguistic diversity
Mattia Zeba, EURAC Research, Bolzano
Senior Researcher, Institute for Minority Rights
The linguistic situation in Lower Lusatia
Anastasija Kostiučenko-Kessler, Serbski institut / Sorbisches Institut
Associate Researcher, Department for Regional Development and the Protection of Minorities
10.45 – 11.15
Coffee break
Tasting and presentation of traditional Ladin, Mòchen and Cimbrian sweets by students from the ENAIP Vocational Training Centre in Tesero
11:15 – 12:30
Session II
Minorities in comparison: regional policies for the protection of minority languages
Moderator: Paul Videsott, Free University of Bolzano
Dean of the Faculty of Education
The Sorbian linguistic minority: development policies
The Lower Sorbian perspective: approaches to language revitalisation
Lutz Laschewski, Serbski institut / Sorbisches Institut
Director of the Department for Regional Development and the Protection of Minorities
Měto Nowak, Serbski institut / Sorbisches Institut
Research Associate, Department for Regional Development and the Protection of Minorities
Policies on resettlement and development: experiences from the Autonomous Province of Trento
Video message from Matteo Nicolussi Castellan
President of the Magnifica Comunità degli Altipiani Cimbri / Dar Toalkamou von Zimbarn Hoachebene
More than just living: sharing and collaborating
Andrea Nicolussi Golo, Administrative Officer for the Cimbrian Highlands Family District of the Magnifica Comunità degli Altipiani Cimbri / Dar Toalkamou von Zimbarn Hoachebene
Linguistic minorities and tourism: challenges and opportunities
Edoardo Felicetti, Procurador of the Comun general de Fascia
Experimental repopulation projects in linguistic minority areas: the experience in Val dei Mòcheni
Franco Moar, Mayor of the Municipality of Palù del Fersina / Gamoa’ va Palai en Bersntol
12.30 – 1.15
Session III
Round table: a comparison of institutions
Moderator: Jens Woelk, University of Trento
Rector’s Representative for initiatives relating to linguistic minorities
How can we move from policies devised for minorities to policies devised with minorities?
Katia Vasselai, Chair of the Authority for Linguistic Minorities
Roland Verra, President of the Union Generela di Ladins dla Dolomites
Lutz Laschewski, Director of the Department for Regional Development and the Protection of Minorities at the Serbski institut/Sorbisches Institut
13:15 – 13:30
Conclusions
