RISE UP

 

PROJECT SUMMARY

RISE UP aims to empower endangered language communities by building connections between relevant actors, identifying good practices and developing methods through a multi-disciplinary approach. Furthermore, RISE UP will foster the self-confidence of these communities, including learners, new speakers, people who have not yet had the chance to learn their heritage language, supporters, and more. Through the collection and analysis of context information and policies for endangered languages in Europe, the creation of a tool set for communities, the connection of relevant actors and the involvement of young people, specifically, RISE UP aims to provide support and empowerment to endangered language communities in Europe.

 

Duration

02/2023 to 01/2026

Programme

HORIZON EUROPE

HORIZON-CL2-2022-HERITAGE-01-01

Coordination & Support Action

Grant ID

101095048

 

PROJECT BACKGROUND

Languages have always played an important role when groups of people were living side by side. Speakers might be suppressed or take up a new language. But as much as a language says a lot about individual identity, it also carries a large reference to the culture and history of the group in which it is spoken and the cultural background. It is tightly interwoven with emotions and traditions, which are worth keeping up, as they stand for personal roots.

RISE UP interconnects all relevant knowledge actors including citizens, civil society and end users. It collects and analyses background information, it identifies good practices and develops new methods with the help and support of people being concerned and interested in the topic. Thus, RISE UP aims at the empowerment of these endangered language communities, fostering their self-confidence and overcoming past trauma. In the understanding of the RISE UP consortium, these endangered language communities include learners, new speakers, people who have not had the chance to learn their heritage languages, supporters, and other interested parties as well as actual speakers.

RISE UP explores and deals with
(a) Context, reasons and policies for endangered languages within Europe
(b) Collecting and creating a set of tools to support local communities
(c) Interconnecting relevant groups of stakeholders and
(d) Involving and attracting especially young people and other stakeholders, e.g. by using digital tools.

 

Website: https://www.riseupproject.eu/