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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

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Prof. Olko: zasoby językowe obejmują nie tylko duże języki, ale też języki mniejszości i migrantów Zasoby językowe obejmują nie tylko te duże języki, ale też języki mniejszości i migrantów. Badacze projektu FOSTERLANG chcą pokazać wartość lokalnej wielojęzyczności, która zawsze charakteryzowała Eur...

W naszym projekcie FOSTERLANG wspólnie z aktywistami i członkami społeczności pracujemy nad tym, jak uwidocznić, lepiej wykorzystać i rozwinąć potencjał języków mniejszości i migrantów, a zarazem chronić prawa językowe i dobrostan użytkowników tych języków.
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29.09.2025 18:49 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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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

23.09.2025 11:25 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1
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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

23.08.2025 03:51 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Wyjść z nieistnienia. O kulturze Mazurów (dr Piotr Szatkowski) 8:10 - Podcast Gazety Wyborczej

Dlaczego Niemcy i Polacy po II wojnie światowej sprzeczali się o Mazurów. Dlaczego ich język drażnił i Polaków, i Niemców? Jak dziś promować kulturę mazurską? I jakie jest mazurskie słówko na dziś. #PulsEurope #wyborcza wyborcza.pl/podcast/0,17...

22.08.2025 15:44 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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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

19.08.2025 03:25 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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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.

14.08.2025 04:40 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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New ambassador to the ERC @justynaolko.bsky.social shared her valuable experience during a recent webinar giving information on ERC funding opportunities for researchers in 🇵🇱Poland.

Watch the recording here 👉 bit.ly/ERC2025PL

#Amb4ERC

22.07.2025 07:43 — 👍 25    🔁 6    💬 0    📌 0
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List otwarty w obronie wystawy „Nasi chłopcy. Mieszkańcy Pomorza Gdańskiego w armii III Rzeszy” i jej twórców Ze zdumieniem, a wręcz z przerażeniem przyjmujemy reakcję polskich środowisk prawicowych na otwartą w piątek 11 lipca br. w Muzeum Gdańska wystawę pt. Nasi ch&#...

Nie dla zawłaszczania i fałszowania narracji historycznej, nie dla redukowania i narzucania tożsamości www.petycjeonline.com/list_otwarty...

19.07.2025 21:32 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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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

24.06.2025 12:03 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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📣 Researchers in 🇵🇱Poland; ever considered applying for an ERC grant?

In a webinar on 15 July you can

✅ Learn how to apply successfully
✅ Discover NCP support
✅ Get exclusive tips from an evaluator
✅ Hear testimonials from grant recipients

Register 👉 bit.ly/ERC2025PL

16.06.2025 07:30 — 👍 14    🔁 7    💬 0    📌 0
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Could this be the future of cancer prevention?

Walid Khaled‬, a new ERC Advanced Grant recipient @cam.ac.uk‬, will work on a preventive vaccine for breast cancer.

Learn more 👉 buff.ly/s6cBCwL

#ERCAdG #CancerResearch #FrontierResearch @wtklab.bsky.social‬

17.06.2025 11:02 — 👍 38    🔁 6    💬 1    📌 4
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📣 Good news: 281 top researchers have just won ERC Advanced Grants!

The new funding, worth nearly €721 million, is part of the 🇪🇺 EU’s #HorizonEurope programme.

Find out more 👉 europa.eu/!JYKxkD

#ERCAdG #FrontierResearch @ec.europa.eu

17.06.2025 10:11 — 👍 102    🔁 25    💬 3    📌 22
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Awaiting the worst: Historical trauma and the inter-ethnic relationship between the Lemko minority and the Polish majority - Magdalena Skrodzka, Anna Maślana, Justyna Olko, Helena Duć-Fajfer, 2025 This study examines the enduring impact of historical trauma on the Lemko ethnic minority in Poland, focusing on the interrelation between collective memory, pe...

Just published! Our collaborative paper "Awaiting the worst...." examines the relationship between the memories of historical trauma related to the operation Vistula of 1947, presently experienced ethnic discrimination, and the level of social trust among the Lemkos in Poland bit.ly/AwaitingWorst

11.06.2025 18:21 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Serdecznie zapraszamy na dzisiejszy spektakl Teatru Czrevo w języku podlaskim!

05.06.2025 07:16 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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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

29.05.2025 19:27 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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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

27.05.2025 15:52 — 👍 9    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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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

22.05.2025 09:35 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

We are thrilled by the opportunities generated by #FOSTERLANG project uniting academic & social partners. We will be working to foster linguistic diversity & self-empowerment of language communities, enhancing their potential for Europe's wellbeing & socio-cultural prosperity @horizoneu.bsky.social

09.05.2025 06:37 — 👍 9    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

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

29.04.2025 11:12 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Dwoje badaczy z Polski: @justynaolko.bsky.social i @michaltomza.bsky.social (na zdj. z @marialep.bsky.social) zostało wybranych do grona 32 Ambasadorów @erc.europa.eu. To nowa inicjatywa promująca badania podstawowe i podkreślająca konieczność inwestowania w nie.

forumakademickie.pl/zycie-akadem...

29.04.2025 09:49 — 👍 6    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1
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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

27.04.2025 14:21 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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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

04.04.2025 16:57 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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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

01.04.2025 16:16 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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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

28.03.2025 00:32 — 👍 15    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 1
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‪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

24.03.2025 21:13 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Cuacualtin otimonohnotzqueh axxan iminhuan cihuatzitzin Tepetzintla. Nicnextilia toixcopinca ica iminpermiso. (Shared with permission)

23.03.2025 04:37 — 👍 7    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Na kapala nakg preescolar…
Back to the kindergarten….
Never too late. #totonac #Indigenouslanguages

21.03.2025 16:52 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Amid ‘DEI’ purge, Pentagon removes webpage on Iwo Jima flag-raiser Pages celebrating Navajo code talkers and other minority service members were also erased.

When you erase the history of the code talkers, you are erasing the history of the Second World War.
www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...

18.03.2025 16:11 — 👍 17103    🔁 6856    💬 950    📌 563
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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.

18.03.2025 03:08 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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A group of Nigerian linguists are training AI tools on Yoruba language dialects “We decided to do this project is because of the growing application of AI and machine ... We wanted to ensure that low-resourced dialects of low-resourced languages are also represented in technology."

“We decided to do this project is because of the growing application of AI and machine ... We wanted to ensure that low-resourced dialects of low-resourced languages are also represented in technology."

10.03.2025 10:40 — 👍 7    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

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