Programme

9:00

Registration

9.30

Institutional Opening: Azpeitia Town Council, Gipuzkoa Provincial Council, Basque Autonomous Community Government, Coppieters Foundation, UEU, Soziolinguistika Klusterra, UEMA

9:50

[VIDEO] Arnasguneak: concept and framework – Mikel Zalbide (Euskaltzaindia – Basque Academy)

10:10

Protecting vernacular communities in minority language revitalization: A social dynamic analysis - Conchúr Ó Giollagáin (University of the Highlands and Islands)

11:10

Coffee Break

11:40

Importance of demographic density in linguistic contact dynamics - Étienne Lemyre (Statistique Canada)

12:30

Breathing Spaces in Southern Basque Country: state and trends – Garikoitz Goikoetxea (Tolosaldea)

13:00

Continuity and Co-dependency?': the dynamics of high, mid, and low-density Welsh-speaking communities - Elin Haf Gruffydd Jones (University of Wales - ELEN)

13:30

The Role of Main Towns in the Revitalisation of Basque-Speaking Areas – Jon Aizpurua (Basque Autonomous Community Government)

14:00

Lunch

15:30

Interactions Between Areas with Different Speaker Density Levels in the Processes of Decline and Revitalisation of Basque – Asier Basurto (Soziolinguistika Klusterra)

16:00

Community-Based Cultural Production in Breathing Spaces – Iratxe Retolaza

16:30-17.00

Some keys for higher density areas speakers empowerment

9:30

The Basque language has no periphery, because it has no centre – Alaitz Aizpuru, Mikel Artola, Haritz Garmendia

10:10

Socioeconomic Interventions in High-Density Areas: recruitment criteria and other actions – Cynog Prys (Bangor University)

10:50

The Italian legal framework for the protection of minorities: a perspective from Ladin, German and Italian speaking communities in South Tyrol - Mattia Zeba (EURAC)

11:30

Coffee Break

12:00

21st-Century Language Policy for Breathing Spaces

13:00

Reflections on a Territorial Strategy for Basque Revitalization – Iñaki Iurrebaso (UEMA)

14:00-14.15

Conclusions & closing