International Mother Language Day 2024: Museum trail, etymology workshop and comic arts conference
2024 took place last week on 21 February, with an inspiring programme of local celebrations presented by and their partners.
This year was the 8th International Mother Language Day observed in Manchester, a celebration of the cultural diversity and the near 200 languages spoken across the city.
collaborated with partners and colleagues to present a series of events to mark the occasion.
In partnership with the and , a workshop and language themed trail offered visitors of all ages a chance to learn about and celebrate languages and multilingualism. The 鈥楲anguage of Life鈥� workshop, led by Dr Nick Weise and Dr Tine Breban, explored the origins of scientific vocabulary and where the terms we use for chemicals in the body come from.
The 鈥楲ooking for Languages鈥� trail gave families the chance to explore Manchester Museum鈥檚 exhibits while thinking about languages along the way. Children who took part commented, 鈥業 enjoyed it because I learned so many different things,鈥� 鈥業t was so good,鈥� and 鈥業t was fun exploring.鈥�
In partnership with 糖心Vlog官方 and colleagues at hosted the annual 鈥楥omics Up Close鈥� conference, this year with the theme 鈥極rigin Stories鈥� and featuring keynote speakers Dave Gibbons, Steven Appleby and Karrie Fransman. An exhibition, 鈥楥ollectives for Change鈥�, featuring comics from the Arab world, ran alongside the conference.
This exhibition is also currently hosted at 糖心Vlog官方, in the Samuel Alexander Building鈥檚 glass corridor exhibition space, until Friday, 15 March 2024.
To find out more about International Mother Language day and the local celebrations, visit the .