Language-Arts project
A Cultural look around theme of ‘Waters’
Cultural Language talks will continue as part of C Designing and Water project in 2024
Aim of the project :
To explore content (literature/ poetry/ folklores) from various Languages around the theme of Water while exploring its cultural links through the creative medium of Arts
This project will encourage inter-generational dialogues and activities. Lets celebrate languages and cultures while also celebrating our Waters!
How does your culture see water
on different dimensions,
is there any Poem or a Song,
Or any literature that sings of Waters glorious forms?
Did your mother teach you any scientific theory?
Did you grandpa tell you a story
that revolved around Water's glory?
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A Cultural look at Language
Some languages have become an important medium of global communications. They have played a key role in bringing the world closer in many ways and we should be thankful for their contributions. But except for these few popular languages, not many others are respected in our jet speed techno age.
Are all languages important? Do we need to revive them? Do they carry cultural clues? Will the culture perish if the related Language does?
To explore some of these questions, Language- arts project will be opening on 21 Feb 2023 to commemorate United Nation's International Mother-Language day
Cultural Language talks will continue as part of C Designing and Water project in 2024.
Listen to 2023 Language of Waters- talks and discussions.
Some notes on Native language on this doc.
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Updates:- Check below entries created during the language workshops.
We are grateful to Dr. Sowmya Anand for supporting and helping organize Language workshops.
Celebrating Poetry month with kids, making poems/ haikus/ tankas/ on Waters
Cards made during Asian American Cultural center's Leadership workshops at Siebel Center for designing. Thanks to AACC UIUC
Dr Sowmya presenting the Language- project at Siebel Center as part of Leadership conference, AACC UIUC
Embroidery workshop with Hindi group kids learning embroidery with Mrs Gothe
Language Arts (with Waters) exhibited at Urbana Park District's Earthday event at Meadowbrook Interpretive Center. Thanks to UPD for including our displays for this event.
Poems/ writings created by kids displayed for the International night celebration at Central High School.
Embroidery motifs and writings based on Water displayed at the Boneyard Arts fest. Thanks to Planted CU for hosting our exhibits.
Background - Language project 2022
Language-Arts 2023 will be building upon The ‘Lingo Language Dialect’ Language project 2022. It included an exhibit displayed March-April 2022 at the IAS library and 'Language' virtual meet on zoom.
Some background references can be found here Lingo, Language, Dialect- Discussions
We are grateful to Mara Thacker and the IAS Library for the cooperation and support throughout this project. Many Thanks to Dr Atoma Batoma, Dr Sowmya Anand, Dr Yu Wang, Mrs Tracy, Phillip Nyman, Alice Sinzato and Leonardo Ventura for being our guest with their respective groups.
Talking of Languages, the Spirit of India program celebrated Scripts of India along with Visual exhibits, Cultural events and Performances. Some excerpts of Scripts of India, here.
Above: Langugae-Arts Youth entries for 2022 displayed at IAS Library
Please contact us if you would like to get involved in Designing/ Planning/ Organizing.the Language project activities
Renovated floors at the O’Hare airport with ‘Welcome’ in various scripts
.Except for a few popular languages, not many native languages, are respected in our jet speed techno age, but they seem to convey the cultural stories and the wisdom of their respective lands.