Periodic Reporting for period 3 - YEELP (Youth Engagement in European Language Preservation, 1900-2020)
Periodo di rendicontazione: 2022-11-01 al 2024-04-30
Main results achieved
Irish language monograph written by PI, An Óige & An Athbheochan [Youth & The Revival] (Published by Cló Léann na Gaeilge, forthcoming 2022)
International conference entitled ‘Youth Engagement in Minority and Regional Languages’ organised by the research team at University College Dublin (11–12 March 2022).
Over 20 papers delivered (conference papers / seminars / guest lectures, etc.) by the research team on topics relating to the project.
2 awards received by the PI and PhD Student for their research outputs
The research team is at the forefront of research in the field of youth and minority or regional European languages, and is therefore establishing itself as the core of a broader network of researchers. This is visible through the international conference organised by the research team in March 2022. Youth as Object is the foundation on which this entire project is built. In studying Youth as Agent in extracurricular language initiatives, the research team is moving in new directions that have never before been studied before in any of the three languages (e.g. summer colleges for youth, drama, festivals, performing arts, etc.). The comparative approach adds another layer of novelty and facilitates more interesting debate about why and when youths in each region / country diverge and converge in the types of extracurricular language initiatives in which they become involved. Building on Youth as Agent, the second half of the project: Youth as Subject in the context of literature and reading; and Youth as Advocate in language preservation will undoubtedly shed further light on youth engagement in minority or regional European languages.
Expected Results
Conference Organisation
At the outset, the PI intended to organise one conference during the lifecycle of the project. However, members of the research team have decided to organise two more conferences on subthemes within the project: (1) ‘Page, Stage, and Languages In-Between: Youth Theatre and Performance in Regional, Minority, and Minoritised Languages’, hosted by University College Dublin in 2023; (2) ‘The Irish Language Summer College, 1904-2024’, hosted by University College Dublin in 2024. These conferences will build on the research undertaken by team members themselves and will facilitate new dialogues, further expand their research networks, and will extend the research team’s ability to disseminate its findings.
Monographs
While it was initially anticipated that the project would generate one monograph, it is now anticipated that this project will generate three monographs: (1) An Óige & An Athbheochan (2022) written by the PI (based on WP 1 & 2, and relating to the years 1900-1921 in the Irish context, this monograph came about during the Covid-19 pandemic, when the PI turned to online archives rather than physical archives); (2) a history of youth engagement with the Irish Language Summer College written by the PhD Student (which will be published in the year or two after the lifespan of the project); and (3) a broader project monograph that will present the methodologies used by the research team during the course of the project and will to discuss in detail the relationship between youth as object, agent, subject and advocate of minority and regional European language preservation in the twentieth- and twenty-first centuries.
Journal Articles
Three peer-reviewed articles will be submitted to international peer-reviewed journals during the course of this project. These articles will stem directly from Workpackages 2, 3 and 4, and will be written by team members in collaboration with the PI.