Justyna Olko
@justynaolko.bsky.social
Indigenous history, multilingualism, decolonial research, language reclamation, ERC grantee #MULTILING-HIST & Ambassador for the ERC; Professor, University of Warsaw, director, Center for Research and Practice in Cultural Continuity www.jolko.al.uw.edu.pl
Sharing my research on family communication gap associated with language shift as the source of trauma - “Interdisciplinary Workshop Language and Trauma: Grassroots multilingualism, trauma and healing” taking place in Wilamowice right now!
culturalcontinuity.al.uw.edu.pl/wp-content/upl
culturalcontinuity.al.uw.edu.pl/wp-content/upl
September 23, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Sharing my research on family communication gap associated with language shift as the source of trauma - “Interdisciplinary Workshop Language and Trauma: Grassroots multilingualism, trauma and healing” taking place in Wilamowice right now!
culturalcontinuity.al.uw.edu.pl/wp-content/upl
culturalcontinuity.al.uw.edu.pl/wp-content/upl
Even more linguistic-cultural diversity! I am truly grateful for this beautiful experience of fieldwork & learning along with Anja Becker. This is all possible thanks to the hospitality and trust of the community of Dixon Reef, Vanuatu #MULTILING-HIST @erc.europa.eu @heidicolleran.bsky.social
August 23, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Even more linguistic-cultural diversity! I am truly grateful for this beautiful experience of fieldwork & learning along with Anja Becker. This is all possible thanks to the hospitality and trust of the community of Dixon Reef, Vanuatu #MULTILING-HIST @erc.europa.eu @heidicolleran.bsky.social
It has been a truly great experience to work with multilingual students in the language portraits workshop in the Central School in Port Vila, Efate! We have learned a lot how children who participated navigate the linguistic diversity of their families & communities #MULTILING-HIST @erc.europa.eu
August 19, 2025 at 3:25 AM
It has been a truly great experience to work with multilingual students in the language portraits workshop in the Central School in Port Vila, Efate! We have learned a lot how children who participated navigate the linguistic diversity of their families & communities #MULTILING-HIST @erc.europa.eu
Mi hapi tumas mo tenkyu long janis blong wok wetem National Museum mo direktor Kaitip Kami mo wetem Kalja Senta long Vanuatu! Hemia daerekt patnasip wetem tim blong @heidicolleran.bsky.social long MPI-EVA we i gat longfala ekspiriens blong mekem risej long Malekula mo ol narafala ples long Vanuatu.
August 14, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Mi hapi tumas mo tenkyu long janis blong wok wetem National Museum mo direktor Kaitip Kami mo wetem Kalja Senta long Vanuatu! Hemia daerekt patnasip wetem tim blong @heidicolleran.bsky.social long MPI-EVA we i gat longfala ekspiriens blong mekem risej long Malekula mo ol narafala ples long Vanuatu.
The full autonomy and growth of @erc.europa.eu are fundamental for effective brain circulation and preventing & solving key challenges rather than merely mitigating their effects. Happy for an opportunity to speak as #Amb4ERC in the NAWA conference Transnational Science Cooperation, Brussels
June 24, 2025 at 12:03 PM
The full autonomy and growth of @erc.europa.eu are fundamental for effective brain circulation and preventing & solving key challenges rather than merely mitigating their effects. Happy for an opportunity to speak as #Amb4ERC in the NAWA conference Transnational Science Cooperation, Brussels
Serdecznie zapraszamy na dzisiejszy spektakl Teatru Czrevo w języku podlaskim!
June 5, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Serdecznie zapraszamy na dzisiejszy spektakl Teatru Czrevo w języku podlaskim!
Together with @michaltomza.bsky.social we are looking forward to our close collaboration with the National Contact Point as part of our mission as Ambassadors for the
@erc.europa.eu We plan to engage in joint initiatives aimed at supporting ERC applicants and grantees in Poland #Amb4ERC
@erc.europa.eu We plan to engage in joint initiatives aimed at supporting ERC applicants and grantees in Poland #Amb4ERC
May 29, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Together with @michaltomza.bsky.social we are looking forward to our close collaboration with the National Contact Point as part of our mission as Ambassadors for the
@erc.europa.eu We plan to engage in joint initiatives aimed at supporting ERC applicants and grantees in Poland #Amb4ERC
@erc.europa.eu We plan to engage in joint initiatives aimed at supporting ERC applicants and grantees in Poland #Amb4ERC
Dzięki @ncn.gov.pl razem z partnerami i aktywist(k)ami rdzennymi ze społeczności Nahua, Totonaków i Otomi w Sierra Norte de Puebla oraz w Tlaxcali będziemy realizować projekt "Na styku języka i sprawiedliwości środowiskowej. Rdzenna obrona zasobów naturalnych w Meksyku na przestrzeni czasu" #Opus
May 27, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Dzięki @ncn.gov.pl razem z partnerami i aktywist(k)ami rdzennymi ze społeczności Nahua, Totonaków i Otomi w Sierra Norte de Puebla oraz w Tlaxcali będziemy realizować projekt "Na styku języka i sprawiedliwości środowiskowej. Rdzenna obrona zasobów naturalnych w Meksyku na przestrzeni czasu" #Opus
Deeply inspiring and thought-provoking plenary by @JoannaKopaczyk during #hison2025 Historical Sociolinguistics Network Conference at @BristolUni 👏 She has provided essential historical arguments for the recognition of contested minoritized languages in Europe, including Silesian and Scots
May 22, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Deeply inspiring and thought-provoking plenary by @JoannaKopaczyk during #hison2025 Historical Sociolinguistics Network Conference at @BristolUni 👏 She has provided essential historical arguments for the recognition of contested minoritized languages in Europe, including Silesian and Scots
Honored to take on the role of the Ambassador for the ERC along with @michaltomza.bsky.social & work collectively for even more visibility, impact and resilience of @erc.europa.eu in its responses to fostering European frontier research autonomy, prosperity & responses to global challenges #Amb4ERC
April 29, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Honored to take on the role of the Ambassador for the ERC along with @michaltomza.bsky.social & work collectively for even more visibility, impact and resilience of @erc.europa.eu in its responses to fostering European frontier research autonomy, prosperity & responses to global challenges #Amb4ERC
Another inspiring and entertaining annual conference of the Association of Nahua Scholars, this time at @KansasUniv Happy to have shared our research on the neocolonial origin of the concept of “Classical Nahuatl”, school violence toward Indigenous children and female agency in Nahuatl petitions
April 27, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Another inspiring and entertaining annual conference of the Association of Nahua Scholars, this time at @KansasUniv Happy to have shared our research on the neocolonial origin of the concept of “Classical Nahuatl”, school violence toward Indigenous children and female agency in Nahuatl petitions
There is no contradiction between research and activism and Indigenous languages should be used in science and science education. A great plenary by Santiago Gualapura on Kichwa at SAIL2025 conference @uarizona.bsky.social l
April 4, 2025 at 4:57 PM
There is no contradiction between research and activism and Indigenous languages should be used in science and science education. A great plenary by Santiago Gualapura on Kichwa at SAIL2025 conference @uarizona.bsky.social l
Along with local schools and Totonac-speaking parents in Tepango de Rodriguez we launched the campaign "Grow in your language" discussing cognitive, social and psychological benefits of children's multilingualism, including the heritage language #MULTILING-HIST @erc.europa.eu
April 1, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Along with local schools and Totonac-speaking parents in Tepango de Rodriguez we launched the campaign "Grow in your language" discussing cognitive, social and psychological benefits of children's multilingualism, including the heritage language #MULTILING-HIST @erc.europa.eu
Along with Totonac & Nahua communities in Ahuacatlan & Tepango we began a social campaign Kastakgvi nakg xatachivin / Ximozcalte ica motlahtol / Grow in your language, aimed at the self-empowerment of parents responsible for the transfer of their Indigenous languages #MULTILING-HIST @erc.europa.eu
March 28, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Along with Totonac & Nahua communities in Ahuacatlan & Tepango we began a social campaign Kastakgvi nakg xatachivin / Ximozcalte ica motlahtol / Grow in your language, aimed at the self-empowerment of parents responsible for the transfer of their Indigenous languages #MULTILING-HIST @erc.europa.eu
Cuacualtzen tiquitl itich nahuatlahcueloliztli ihuan nahuatlapohualiztli axxan oticchiuhqueh zancihca! Today at UIEPA we worked very well & collaboratively with Nahuatl-speaking students on writing & reading different variants of Nahuatl spoken in Ahuacatlan, Sierra Norte de Puebla
@erc.europa.eu
@erc.europa.eu
March 24, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Cuacualtzen tiquitl itich nahuatlahcueloliztli ihuan nahuatlapohualiztli axxan oticchiuhqueh zancihca! Today at UIEPA we worked very well & collaboratively with Nahuatl-speaking students on writing & reading different variants of Nahuatl spoken in Ahuacatlan, Sierra Norte de Puebla
@erc.europa.eu
@erc.europa.eu
Cuacualtin otimonohnotzqueh axxan iminhuan cihuatzitzin Tepetzintla. Nicnextilia toixcopinca ica iminpermiso. (Shared with permission)
March 23, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Cuacualtin otimonohnotzqueh axxan iminhuan cihuatzitzin Tepetzintla. Nicnextilia toixcopinca ica iminpermiso. (Shared with permission)
March 21, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Starting an Otomi language revitalization project in Ixtenco, Tlaxcala, coordinated by Cornelio Hernández & supported by our Center for Research and Practice in Cultural Continuity & the Foundation Institute “Artes Liberales”. With less than 20 speakers left, this is the challenge of huge urgency.
March 18, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Starting an Otomi language revitalization project in Ixtenco, Tlaxcala, coordinated by Cornelio Hernández & supported by our Center for Research and Practice in Cultural Continuity & the Foundation Institute “Artes Liberales”. With less than 20 speakers left, this is the challenge of huge urgency.
As part of the #faberllull Olot residence organized by #Linguapax in collaboration with our Center the participants shared poetry and songs in Amazigh, Aranes, Catalan, Dzukish, Kashubian, Lemko, Silesian and Wymysiöeryś Gràcies a la comunitat d'Olot per rebre'ns! youtu.be/cWGrHAld8nw
March 9, 2025 at 10:57 AM
As part of the #faberllull Olot residence organized by #Linguapax in collaboration with our Center the participants shared poetry and songs in Amazigh, Aranes, Catalan, Dzukish, Kashubian, Lemko, Silesian and Wymysiöeryś Gràcies a la comunitat d'Olot per rebre'ns! youtu.be/cWGrHAld8nw
For the first time the Mother Tongue Day in Wilamowice was celebrated in the Muzeum fu Wymysiöejer Kultür. The highlight of the program was the new theatrical play in Wymysiöeryś focusing on the humorously depicting the redemption of Wilamowice from serfdom in 1808.
February 23, 2025 at 8:25 PM
For the first time the Mother Tongue Day in Wilamowice was celebrated in the Muzeum fu Wymysiöejer Kultür. The highlight of the program was the new theatrical play in Wymysiöeryś focusing on the humorously depicting the redemption of Wilamowice from serfdom in 1808.
Join us for the celebrations of the Mother Tongue Day in the Muzeum fu Wymysiöejer Kultür in Wilamowice! Minority history workshop, exhibition tour in Wymysiöeryś, a recital in several minoritized languages, a new play by the revitheatralization group "Ufa fisa" and much more!
February 21, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Join us for the celebrations of the Mother Tongue Day in the Muzeum fu Wymysiöejer Kultür in Wilamowice! Minority history workshop, exhibition tour in Wymysiöeryś, a recital in several minoritized languages, a new play by the revitheatralization group "Ufa fisa" and much more!
Questioning colonial & nation-state narratives is essential for uncovering silenced histories and perspectives of Indigenous & minoritized groups and how their histories matter to the present. Join us today for a decolonial grassroots microhistory workshop! #MULTILING-HIST @erc.europa.eu project
February 20, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Questioning colonial & nation-state narratives is essential for uncovering silenced histories and perspectives of Indigenous & minoritized groups and how their histories matter to the present. Join us today for a decolonial grassroots microhistory workshop! #MULTILING-HIST @erc.europa.eu project
An emic & decolonial approach to the history of the Kashubs is behind a new book “Dzieje Kaszubów/Dzeje Kaszëbów” by Kashubian historians Michał Hinc & Adam Lubocki. We need more historical studies that question the dominant nation-state narrative. Join us for the book presentation today at 18:30!
February 20, 2025 at 6:59 AM
An emic & decolonial approach to the history of the Kashubs is behind a new book “Dzieje Kaszubów/Dzeje Kaszëbów” by Kashubian historians Michał Hinc & Adam Lubocki. We need more historical studies that question the dominant nation-state narrative. Join us for the book presentation today at 18:30!
Dziś pożegnaliśmy Panią Helenę Biba, Płaćnik-Helćü, najstarszą Wilamowiankę, która odeszła od nas w wieku 102 lat. Nigdy nie zapomnimy, czego się od Pani nauczyliśmy.
Wjyr wan ni ny fergasa, wo Jyr yns hot gyłjyt.
Śłöf ym rü!
Wjyr wan ni ny fergasa, wo Jyr yns hot gyłjyt.
Śłöf ym rü!
January 15, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Dziś pożegnaliśmy Panią Helenę Biba, Płaćnik-Helćü, najstarszą Wilamowiankę, która odeszła od nas w wieku 102 lat. Nigdy nie zapomnimy, czego się od Pani nauczyliśmy.
Wjyr wan ni ny fergasa, wo Jyr yns hot gyłjyt.
Śłöf ym rü!
Wjyr wan ni ny fergasa, wo Jyr yns hot gyłjyt.
Śłöf ym rü!
Community-driven museums have the potential to become vibrant spaces of decolonisation, cultural reclamation, self-empowerment and participatory history - this is the case of the Muzeum fu Wymysiöejer Kultür in Wilamowice. Join us today for the talk by Justyna Majerska-Sznajder!
January 8, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Community-driven museums have the potential to become vibrant spaces of decolonisation, cultural reclamation, self-empowerment and participatory history - this is the case of the Muzeum fu Wymysiöejer Kultür in Wilamowice. Join us today for the talk by Justyna Majerska-Sznajder!