Coincidences (or signs) seem to abound this week. Following Conn’s post and my reply on his upcoming decision on whether or not to begin posting in English as well as Irish, I recieved this link from a totally different source… “UNESCO has been emphasizing the concept of ‘knowledge societies’, which stresses plurality and diversity instead of a global uniformity in order to bridge the digital divide and to form an inclusive information society. An important theme of this concept is that of multilingualism for cultural diversity and participation for all the languages in cyberspace.” I should also note that Bernie…
To Gaeilge or not to Gaeilge, that is the question.
Conn at an tImeall posted about a topic that I’ve been agonizing over as well – weblog and podcast language choice. His blog is, of course, done in Irish. I was a bit surprised to see that the bulk of hist post today in English, though the accompanying podcast was still predominantly in Irish. His quandary – should he continue to blog and podcast in Irish exclusively (BTW, I like the term “GaelBlogs”), or to begin to also produce them in English as well. Is it better to have separate blogs for each language, or produce a dual language blog.…
Funding to help business in city go bilingual.
[ From the Daily Ireland ] “Businesses in Belfast are being encouraged to embrace the Irish language with the relaunch of a scheme to help them benefit from using it more. Foras na Gaeilge is offering small to medium-sized enterprises funding to erect bilingual outdoor signs on their premises or produce brochures or websites in both Irish and English.” I’ve sometimes thought of starting a program in Hawai’i that would encourage the promotion of Hawaiian in the business arena. More and more my family and I encounter Hawaiian speakers that we don’t know, and learn this by some chance encounter.…
13th Annual Stabilizing Indigenous Languages Symposium.
2006 SILS Conference Theme “And Together Our Minds Are One”. To be held at Buffalo State College, State University of New York, 18-21, 2006.
Ne’epapa I Ke Ō Mau: ‘Moving Forward Together’.
Ne’epapa I Ke ? Mau is a benefit dinner for ‘Aha P?nana Leo, honoring Congressman Neil Abercrombie. It will be held on Sunday, September 25, 2005 from 5:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at the Hilton Hawaiian Village Coral Ballroom. Silent Auction, Cocktail Hour, Dinner and Presentation Tables of ten at the following levels: $10,000 / $5,000 / $2,500 Individual seats: $250.000. For sponsorship information contact Lynne Waters at (808) 239-3936 / (808) 383-6439. For Event Information call the Ne’epapa Hotline: (808) 358-6257 Fax: (808) 621-3530 Email: info@neepapa.org For more information visit www.ahapunanaleo.org or www.neepapa.org
That’s What Friends Are For…
Honolulu Police stopped a man who was allegedly driving a stolen vehicle in Haleiwa at about 9 a.m this morning. As officers were arresting him, his friend, sitting in the passenger seat, climbed behind the steering wheel and drove off. Another car thief was caught sleeping behind the wheel of the stolen vehicle with its headlight on early this morning. Transplanted Floridiots perhaps, Scott?
On the other hand, there is some good news…
the Hawai’i County Council voted 7-1 last week to issue $500,000 in general obligation bonds that would help pay for the purchase of a large tract of land on the Ka’u coast and keep it out of developers’ hands.
Hawaiian language enjoying revival in its homeland.
The North County Times has a nice feature on the efforts to revitalize the Hawaiian language, particularly as a medium of education. Our college’s director, Dr. Kalena Silva, is extensively quoted.
Clamor increases to spin off UH-Hilo.
The Advertiser’s Beverly Creamer delves into the movement to spin off UH-Hilo as an independent “Hawai’i State University” and free it from the constraints of the UH system. She lays out the broad community and legislative support for the proposal, at least from our Hawai’i island legislators. A companion article outlines the inequities in funding among the various UH system campus. I had lunch with our chancellor and a number of other staff and faculty, and this issue only mentioned in passing.
Star-Bulletin article on podcasting mentions a few Hawai’i-produced podcasts, including MacHelpMaui.
When I saw the graphic and link on the S-B homepage I was expecting a syndicated piece, but it was done by one of their own writers. Adam Curry gets a lot of love and credit, but Dave is not mentioned anywhere, again. The article also mentioned that Wave Waikiki (a popular nightspot) has introduced “iPod Night” on Sundays. You can plug your iPod into the club’s system to play any four songs you want. Bring your iPod and your friends and get in free. Everyone else must pay $5 to get in.