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A small town in Sweden fights to preserve a dying forest language

By Bianca Hillier, The Weeek, 9 May, 2021 An organization called Ulum Dalska, based in a small Swedish town called Älvdalen, is on a mission. For decades, members have been working hard to help save a language called Elfdalian, a remnant of Old Norse. “We had our first meeting on the 1st of June in 1984,” …

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THE CASE FOR TEACHING TEENS TO QUESTION ‘THE CLASSICS’

ANGIE HUNT-IOWA STATE – JANUARY 30TH, 2019 High school students need the tools to understand the political implications of reading classic literature like Shakespeare and Hemingway in school, a new study argues. “As a field, we need to think about how our disciplines are advancing certain stories, silencing certain stories, and socializing our students to think …

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