Communications Department
Exhibitions, linguistic workshops, meetings and gastronomic exchanges will be some of the activities to celebrate the International Mother Language Day and the National Day of Native Languages, organized by the School of Languages and the research seedbed Public Discourse Studies (GLOTTA) of the UIS.
The conference will be held on February 21st and 22nd, at the Minor Auditorium and the Faculty of Sciences and Humanities, at the central campus of the Universidad Industrial de Santander (UIS).
Speakers of native, minority and foreign languages will make their interventions, within the program that seeks to provide recognition to the linguistic and cultural diversity of Colombia and the countries with which they exchange knowledge in their professional training.
The invitation is open to the entire university community and citizenship. Program:
| Activity | Time | Date |
| Inauguration of the exhibition “Native Languages of Colombia, what do we know?” | 9:00 a.m. – 10:00 p.m. | February 21st, 2022 |
| Meeting of speakers of native (indigenous) languages in Bucaramanga with the Cabildo Indígena UIS | 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 p.m. | February 21st, 2022 |
| Screening of the film “The Golden Cage”. | 2:00 p. m. – 4:00 p. m. | February 21st, 2022 |
| Colombian Sign Language Workshop | 1:00 p. m. – 2:30 p. m. | February 22nd, 2022 |
| Inga Language and Culture Workshop | 2:30 p. m. – 3:30 p. m. | February 22nd, 2022 |
| Gastronomic exchange | 3:30 p. m. – 4:30 p. m. | February 22nd, 2022 |
| Screening of the film “The Bélier Family”. | 4:30 p. m. – 6:00 p. m. | February 22nd, 2022 |