Festival

International Mother Language Day: Mother Languages in Motion

Date: Friday 21 February 2025
Time: 14:30 - 17:30
Location: Lipsius
Cleveringaplaats 1
2311 BD Leiden
Room: 2.27

HERLING invites you to celebrate the UNESCO's Silver Jubilee of International Mother Language Day.

During the event three impressive paintings of New Zealand forest trees by local artist Corien de Kler (de Leidsche Mondialen) will be shown, signifying growth and slow motion. During the walk-in, breaks and drinks, you may add stunning leaves to the tree on the actual painting! On the leaves you may write your ideas about how languages 'branch out' and transform. This will create a stunning visual communal art work, showcasing how languages can grow, enrich and transform.

Programme

14:30	Doors open. Welcome coffee/tea. Introducing the interactive exposition by Farah Nikijuluw and Corien de Kler
15:00	Introductory presentation "Welcoming You to HERLING: Our Story and Vision"
15:15	Video presentation "A Collection of Sayings from Around the World"
15:30	Emma Bierings "Crossing Language Borders: Mother tongues in motion in Belize" Hannah De Mulder: project together with Elise Swart on improving reading skills and fostering a love for reading among young people by introducing them to classic stories through engaging material Ariëlle Reitsema "Afrikaans-Dutch Early Bilinguals’ Speech" Hadis Tamleh "A Language Unspoken, A Story Untold: Stories from Iranian Ethnic Speakers"
16:45	Farah Nikijuluw will present her own work, introducing a short activity for all participants and presenting the design of the school of dreams according to participants of the European Day of Languages in 2024
17:00	Interactive exposition continues during drinks
17:30	Doors close

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