Digital Museum Recordings for International Mother Language Day

 For anyone interested in current work related to supporting Scottish Gaelic in Scotland ---

 On February 21, 2021  there was a Digital Museum (@_DigitalMuseum, Facilitator: @Jibunnessa) Event for International Mother Language Day.   There were speakers from around the world in 4 sessions.   The session recordings are available now and links are posted on the Island Voices – Guthan Nan Eilean website (guthan.wordpress.com) at this link:

 https://guthan.wordpress.com/2021/02/14/mother-languages/

 The third session includes Gordon Wells and Conchúr Ó Giollagáin from Soillse (www.soillse.ac.uk) speaking about Scottish Gaelic.   Conchúr gives a short presentation on the work behind the recent book, “The Gaelic Crisis in the Vernacular Community” (book available at gaelicbooks.org).   Gordon talks about the Island Voices/Guthan nan Eilean project and website.   Conchúr appears about 15 minutes into the session, after the introductions, and Gordon speaks after that.  

 To see the recording, click the third link on the page.  You may need to register for the on-demand recording, but after that the session opens right up.

 The Island Voices website also has many recordings with transcripts of native Scottish Gaelic speakers talking about their lives and experiences.  For example, one set of these recordings can be found at this link:

 https://guthan.wordpress.com/series-one/

 “The Gaelic Crisis in the Vernacular Community” is available at this link:

https://gaelicbooks.org/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=1688