Wir sind noch da! Widerspenstiges Sprechen an Kanadas Westküste

In the organizer's words:

In Haida Gwaii, an archipelago off the northwest coast of Canada, and in Prince of Wales Island (Alaska), numerous people are working tirelessly to revive the Haida language and forge alternative paths into the future.

In the 19th century, the colonial government's attempts to eradicate First Nations cultures were multi-faceted: family ties were broken, cultural and political systems were banned and languages were prohibited.

But X̱aad kil / X̱aayda Kil (the Haida language) will not die out, because there are still fluent and semi-fluent speakers and even silent speakers - people who understand the language but hardly speak it themselves. All available means are being used to support them, to adapt the language to today's needs and to pass it on to future generations.

Participants

Sabrina N'Diaye studied ethnology and political science. She learned the craft of journalism at ZDF, after which she worked for SWR and ARTE. She has been with RBB since 2016, where she presents the rbb24 Spätnachrichten news program and writes longer documentaries.

Monika Zessnik is a curator for American Ethnology at the Ethnological Museum in Berlin.

- from 16 years

- Room 3, ground floor

- Part of: WithScience