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Linguistic cultures and communities in Europe past and present: building the EUROTALES Museum

  3 November, 15.00 - 18.00 Introduction and Scope of Eurotales Project and Museum - Language, Community and Place a.     EUROTALES Museum Laboratory Concept and Collections [PPT lecture] b.    Course Syllabus and Moodle Platform c.     Resonances Present - Questionnaires   TASK: For 10 November, please complete two questionnaires on Moodle   10 November, 15.00 - 18.00 Field and Research Methods in sociolinguistics and history a.     Resonances of the Past - What are they? - Template (PPT lecture) b.    Traces - What are they? - Template - Making itineraries (PPT lecture) c.     Discussion of First Questionnaires - Q & A   TASK: For 17 November, please identify topics for Resonances Past, Traces and Itineraries   17 November, 15.00 - 18.00 Division into Working Groups on Resonances Past and Present: discuss results (Resonances Present), topics and bibliography (Resonances Past)   The Basics: Inscriptions, Primary Sources and Bibliographies for Resonances Past and Traces Q & A   TASKS: TASK: For 24 November, identify Traces and Itinerary themes, collect bibliography and images and write the short label text Please complete your Questionnaires and upload to Moodle.   24 November, 15.00 - 18.00   Division into Working Groups on Traces: discuss topics, bibliography and itineraries   TASK: For 1 December, Complete Drafts of Resonances Past Due   1 December, 15.00 - 18.00 Exchange between students of Drafts of Resonances Past Class time spent reading and commenting Conclude with reports on issues and problems in the drafts TASK: For 8 December, Complete Drafts of Traces Due   8 December, 15.00 - 18.00 Exchange between students of Drafts of Traces Class time spent reading and commenting Conclude with reports on issues and problems in the drafts              TASK: For 15 December, Revised Drafts of Traces and Resonances Past Due (based on classmates’ feedback)     15 December, 15.00 - 17.00 Discussion of issues and problems to fix in written work Rome preparations and proposals Q & A     22 December, 15.00 - 17.00 (optional) Commented Resonances Past and Traces Returned  Rome preparations Final  Q & A The project aims at establishing new approaches to researching, representing and studying, as well as sharing the intangible cultural heritage constituted by the many languages used in Europe in the past and today: students' work will contribute to the collections of EUROTALES - A Museum of the Voices of Europe.
Application Deadline
Virtual Part starting date 2023-11-03
Virtual Part closing date 2023-12-15
Total student workload 170
Specific field of studies Modern Languages, Linguistics, Geography and Anthropology, Literature, European Studies, Art and Architectural History, History, Sociology
Pre-requisite for selection CV Motivation Letter
Academic pre-requisites for applicants A keen interest in languages from any perspective (linguistic studies, history, anthropology, museology) A very good command of English (oral and written)
Physical Part starting date 2024-01-08
Physical Part Description 8 - 12 January 2023: Rome seminars and itineraries Discussion and presentation of the work students did at their home university (Resonances, Traces) Visit to the Eurotales museum Visit to the Keats-Shelley House in Rome Visit to the Non-Catholic Cemetery Itineraries to explore the Traces in Rome held by Students and Faculty Seminars on migration and transits and their bearing on the linguistic culture in Europe Interviews with multilingual communities in Rome Conversations with writers and media personalities about language culture in Europe
Physical Part closing date 2024-01-12
Language level required C1
Field of studies related to the course Social Science and Humanities
Course location ROME, Italy
Course language English