The biennial conference of the International Association for Minority Language Media Research (IAMLMR) was hosted from 8 to 11 July 2024 by the Indigenous Language Media in Africa (ILMA) research entity at the North-West University, Mafikeng, South Africa.
IAMLMR members presented papers and panels at the XIX International Conference on Minority Language in Wales in June 2023. A face-to-face meeting of the working group was also held during the conference.
The Conference organised by IAMLMR held at Europa Universität in Flensburg was held from March 31st to April 1st 2022.
Our first IAMLMR PhD forum was held on 27th January 2022 at 12pm CET (11am GMT) on Zoom. Three presenters were:
- Libe Mimenza Castillo (University of the Basque Country) Basque media outlets and their digital audience measurement,
- Nureni Aremu Bakenne (North-West University, Mafikeng Campus) Examining the impact of BBC News Yoruba on the Revitalisation of the Yoruba Language of South-West Nigeria.
- Catrin Llwyd (University of Wales Trinity Saint David) Digital media as a factor in the linguistic practices of Welsh-speaking 16-25 year olds.
Wednesday 3rd November at 15h CET ECMI Online Talk / Minority languages and media landscapes in Africa, Europe and Latin America: Between global and regional dynamics, hosted by Sergiusz Bober and panellists Abiodun Salawu, Claudia Soria and Enrique Uribe-Jongbloed.
Wednesday 22nd September 2021 at 16h CEST – an IAMLMR meeting was held to welcome new members and discuss the programme of activities for the academic year 2021-2022.
Friday 27th August 2021 – IAMLMR and ECMI co-organized a module on the digitalization and minority / indigenous language media during the 11th Annual ECMI Summer School on National Minorities in Border Regions – National Minorities and the New Digital Paradigm.
The module consisted of an online lecture “Media Landscapes and Minority Languages: How Media Can Make or Break Linguistic Vitality” by Elin Haf Gruffydd Jones, a lecture/workshop “The Debate around the ‘Indigenous’ for Indigenous Language Media and the Limits of a Cybertarian Utopia” by Enrique Uribe-Jongbloed and a showcase by Hauke Heyen on his work on social media use in North Frisian.
Wednesday 24th May 2021 – 10am EST Book launch and discussion on the aims and challenges of curating landmark publications in the field of MLM to mark the publication of ‘Documentary in Wales’ (edited by Dafydd Sills-Jones and Elin Haf Gruffydd Jones) as part of Peter Lang’s series Documentary Film Cultures.
Wednesday 24th – Friday 26th March 2021 – we will be presenting at the XVIII International Conference on Minority Languages which will be held online.
Wednesday 24th February 2021 (16:00-18:00 CET) – Workshop on indigenous MLM and indigeneity. Via Zoom.
Thursday 28th January 2021 (16:00-18:00 CET) – Workshop on the Findings of the Covid-19 Minority Language Media blog series via Zoom.