Authors in Conversation: Minority Languages and Documentary Media
Documentary media can play an important role in making minority and minoritised languages visible. At the same time, documentaries do much more than simply record languages and communities; they shape how linguistic identities, histories, and cultures are represented and understood. In this webinar, which is part of the Online Talks series, we took a closer look at the recent special issue Minority Languages and Documentary Media: Representation, Translation and Power, edited by Dafydd Sills-Jones and Elin Haf Gruffydd Jones.
We asked how documentary can give visibility to languages and communities, how translation and mediation influence their representation, and how film can contribute to preserving and reimagining linguistic and cultural memory. Drawing on cases from Galician, Zhuji, Kurdish, Upper Silesian, and Scottish Gaelic contexts, we explored how documentary can become a space where questions of identity, legitimacy, cultural continuity, and political power are negotiated, while also shaping the way minority languages are understood, represented, and valued.
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You can also watch this video recording on YouTube 
