The RISE UP project is coming to an end

For the past three years the UNESCO Chair has been intensively working with endangered languages. In early November, the final in-person meeting of the RISE UP consortium was held in Vienna.

Discussions centred around the RISE UP app, which can be used to learn minority languages. Furthermore – Kadri Koreinik, Kerttu Rozenvalde and Bridget Moran-Nae – language policy researchers from the University of Tartu, led a discussion about the research needs that have emerged from the project.

The focus of this three-year project has been on minoritised languages and cultural diversity. The Estonian team has been in charge of the work package on language policy. Therefore, the UNESCO Chair for Applied Studies of Intangible Cultural Heritage has been cooperating with researchers from the Institute of Estonian and General Linguistics.

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The project has been working on five case studies from different parts of Europe. Thus, while in Vienna, a meeting with local Burgenland Croatian activists allowed to learn about their experiences and dreams concerning community work and multilingual schools.

The Estonian team in Vienna also included Maarja Veisson from the UNESCO Chair and the project's principal investigator Art Leete, Professor of Ethnology.

See also the news article on the project's homepage.

See also the homepage and Facebook page of the UNESCO Chair on Applied Studies of Intangible Cultural Heritage.