"A language without borders."
An International Romani Language Conference
Organised by the Roma Cultural Centre in Stockholm in partnership with:
Sodertorn University College
Centre for Multiethnic Research/Uppsala University
Romano Paso
The International Romanes Institute in Hamburg
7--9 January 2007
Le buth si jekh.
Shov-var-desh- thaj duj
Chumidav me tumaro shukar muj,
de vi san shukar, khana san shingerde,
de vi san shukar bi-pharude, kuvde te aves ame andek than,
te shaj thena bisteras kathar avilam,
te avas saste thaj zurale, si kethanes jek thaj vi baxthale,
Dives thaj djes, thaj devel thaj del, ande jek than amaro glaso te shundjel
Gregor Dufunia Kwiek
Purpose of Conference
The purpose of this three-day conference is to discuss ways of finding a means of standardizing Romani. This conference will be inclusive with participants who use Romani in their work on a daily basis, from mother tongue instructors to writers and translators. The problems faced by practioners are rarely offered an academic platform to present the problems they experience.
Therefore this conference is important, as it will bring together insights and perspectives from academics and practioners who together will seek solutions. We
are well aware that it is beyond the scope of a three-day conference to standardise the Romani language. Rather, we want to invite professionals to discuss the
possibilities of standardization. It may well be possible that a number of standardizations will be needed. However, in order for us to reach these kinds of
conclusions, a forum dedicated to this discussion needs to be created in which these questions can be critically examined, applied and assessed.
Description of the Conference programme
It is against this background that the first day of the conference will be a closed meeting between Romani academics and Romani practioners where problems,
options and strategies will be discussed. During the second and third days of the conference the interested public is welcome to attend and participate in the
conference. The conference language will be English apart from the first closed session.
CONFERENCE PROGRAMME
DAY 1
Sunday January 7
Venue: RKC, Lingvagen 100 - Gubbangen
09.00-09.30 Registration
09.30-09.40 Welcome
ELIN STRAND, Director, Roma Cultural Centre in Stockholm
GREGOR DUFUNIA KWIEK, Conference organiser & Board member of the RKC
09.40-10.00 The problems of mother tongue instruction in Romani
GREGOR DUFUNIA KWIEK, Linguistics and ethnological studies, Gothenburg and Umea University
10.00-10.30 On the pedagogics and structure of Romani language
JANOS DAROCZI, Ministry of Education, Material Development in Romani, Budapest, Hungary
10.30-11.00 Coffee break
11.00-11.30 The Romani language in the American Continent - Standardization
JORGE M. FERNANDEZ BERNAL, President Identidad Cultural Romani, Argentina
11.30-12.00 Adult language instruction in Spain
CARLOS MUNOS NIETO, International Instruction in Romani, Spain
12.00-12.30 Limits in theory and possibilities in praxis for an International communication in Romanes
MARKO KNUDSEN, International Romanes Institute, Hamburg, Germany
12.30-13.00 Lunch
13.00-16.00 Reflections and responses
13.00-14.30 Panel: Is standardisation or convergence (a) possible, (b) desirable or (c) something will happen naturally anyway? (Si A) shajipe, 2)
mangljipe, karing jekhuthni shib, vaj phangli, 3) pherdahl butji kodle gindosa vaj korkori anda peste?
Moderator: THOMAS ACTON, Professor of Romani Studies, University of Greenwich, London
The panel:
IAN HANCOCK, of Romani Studies & Director of the Romani Archives and Documentation Center, The University of Texas, Austin
HENRY HEDMAN, Advisory Board on Romany Affairs, Finland
MARCEL COURTIADE, Institut des Langues et des Civilisations Orientales, Paris, France
HRISTO KYUCHUKOV, Professor of Romani Language at Veliko Tarnavo, Bulgaria
14.30-15.00 Coffee break
15.00-16.00 Open discussion and questions
16.00-16.30 Internet as a platform for the continuing discussions
JONO STANKOV, Roma Cultural Center & MARKO KNUDSEN, International Romanes Institute, Hamburg, Germany
16.30-16.45 Closing and practical information
GREGORY DUFUNIA KWEIK
DAY 2
Monday January 8
Venue: Sodertorn University College (Moas Bage MA 648, 2nd floor)
09.00-09.30 Registration
09.30-10.00 Welcome
DAVID GAUNT, Professor of History at Sodertorn University College
10.00-10.30 Trends in Romani language planning: A summary of Sunday's proceedings
THOMAS ACTON, Professor of Romani Studies, University of Greenwich, London
10.30-11.00 On the pedagogic of Romani instruction and materials
HENRY HEDMAN, Advisory Board on Romany Affairs, Finland
11.00-11.30 Coffee break
11.30-12.00 Standardization and codification of Romani language
TRAJKO PETROVSKI, Higher researcher of Roma language, ethnology and history, Institute of Folklore, Skopje, Macedonia
12.00-12.30 The dramatic situation of the Romani language in Spain. A controversial challenge for its recovery
JUAN DE DIOS RAMIREZ, Union Romani, Barcelona, Spain
12.30-13.30 Lunch
13.30-14.00 Relating to Romanes in an Eastern and Middle-Eastern context
ANA OPRISAN, Programme Manager at International Blue Crescent, Istanbul (Romania)
14.00-14.30 Issues in the standardization of the Romani language: An overview and some recommendations
IAN HANCOCK, Professor of Romani Studies & Director of the Romani Archives and Documentation Center, The University of Texas, Austin
14.30-15.00 Coffee break
15.00-16.00 Panel: Wider perspectives on the language of Romani (Maj vazdino divano pa e shib le Romengi)
Moderator: HRISTO KYUCHUKOV, Professor of Romani Language at Veliko Tarnavo, Bulgaria
The panel:
THOMAS ACTON, Professor of Romani Studies, University of Greenwich, London
HENRY HEDMAN, Advisory Board on Romany Affairs, Finland
TRAJKO PETROVSKI, Higher researcher of Roma language, ethnology and history, Institute of Folklore, Skopje, Macedonia
JUAN DE DIOS RAMIREZ, Union Romani, Barcelona, Spain
ANA OPRISAN, Programme Manager at International Blue Crescent, Istanbul (Romania)
IAN HANCOCK, Professor of Romani Studies & Director of the Romani Archives and Documentation Center, The University of Texas, Austin
16.00-16.30 Closing
DAVID GAUNT, Professor of History at Sodertorn University College
DAY 3
Tuesday January 9
Venue: Uppsala University, Main University Building, lecture hall IX
10.00-10.30 Registration
10.30-10.45 Welcome
ANNA SAGVALL HEIN, Dean of the Faculty of Languages
10.45-11.00 National minority language convention in the Swedish context
SATU GRONDAHL, Acting Director of the Center for Multiethnic Research, Uppsala University
11.00-11.30 Why English Romanes did not become a literary language in the 1970s
THOMAS ACTON, Professor of Romani Studies, University of Greenwich, London
11.30-12.00 Coffee break
12.00-12-30 Endangered languages: identifying the danger(s) for Rromani
MARCEL COURTIADE, Institut des Langues et des Civilisations Orientales, Paris, France
12.30-13.00 Strategies for the preservation of Romanie: The case of Romani in Austria
MOZES HEINSCHINK, Romano Centro, Vienna, Austria (to be confirmed)
13.00-14.00 Lunch
14.00-14.30 Standardization of Romani in Bulgaria
HRISTO KYUCHUKOV, Professor of Romani Language at Veliko Tarnavo, Bulgaria
14.30-15.00 The Romani language as European mother tongue - A Curriculum Framework for Romani (CoE)
and Educational priorities of the European Roma and Travellers Forum (ERTF)
MIRANDA VUOLASRANTA, Teacher of Romani, author of Romani teaching materials, Vice-President of ERTF responsible of International Relations
15.00-15.30 Coffee break
15.30-16.30 Panel: Where do we go from here? (Karing te zhas de kathar?)
Moderator: THOMAS ACTON, Professor of Romani Studies, University of Greenwich, London
The panel:
MARCEL COURTIADE, Institut des Langues et des Civilisations Orientales, Paris, France
MOZES HEINSCHINK, Romano Centro, Vienna, Austria
HRISTO KYUCHUKOV, Professor of Romani Language at Veliko Tarnavo, Bulgaria
MIRANDA VUOLASRANTA, Teacher of Romani, author of Romani teaching materials, Vice-President of ERTF responsible of International Relations
16.30-16.45 Closing
GREGORY DUFUNIA KWIEK, Linguistics and ethnological studies, Gothenburg and Umea University
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