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Florence on the Elbe. We have it nice here. A good city to live in. And so international. A cosmopolitan city?
Dresden has thirteen twin cities in Europe, Africa, America and Asia. And as a city of art and culture, we have an international reputation. Over two million tourists come to the Elbe every year. We have a diverse university and research landscape and the semiconductor industry is booming.
And you can hear this diversity. Every day. On the train, at the checkout, at work or in the park. Dresden sounds different than it did twenty years ago.
Half of the world’s population speaks at least two languages. Some countries or cities are so large that hundreds of languages are spoken there. In London, for example, more than three hundred languages are spoken. And Dresden, what does Dresden sound like? And who are these Dresdeners?
We set off and asked around on the streets of our city. It’s unbelievable how many people have lived and worked here for many years. We asked what it was like for them when German still sounded foreign. We wanted to know what language they dream in and what the most difficult German words are.
And those who can’t hear or speak, how do they experience our city?
The many languages in the world can be assigned to different language families. They are related to each other like members of a family. And almost every language also has its own script and alphabet.
Most European languages belong to the Germanic, Romance or Slavic language families.
The Germanic languages include, for example, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and Icelandic, german, dutch, Englisch and Yiddish.
Romance languages are italian, french, spanish, portuguese and romanian.
The Slavic languages include russian, ukrainian, belarusian, polish, czech, slovakian, slovenian, serbian, croatian,macedonian, bulgarian and other.
Most European languages use the Latin alphabet. Some Slavic languages use the Cyrillic alphabet. greek, armenian, georgian and hebrew each use their own alphabet.
Dresden spricht …
Workshops, Rundgänge, Schreib- und Druckwerkstätten unter dem Motto „Sprache und Schrift. Dresden spricht viele Sprachen“
Zeitraum
03-12.2024
Projektbeteiligte
Yvonn Spauschus (Projektleitung)
Yulia Vishnichenko · Moussa Mbarek · Nadine Wölk · Rosa Brockelt · Yuliya Firsova · Martin Mannig (Workshopleitung)
Rosa Brockelt · Rosa Hauch · Falk Goernert · Birthe Mühlhoff (Moderation und Dokumentation)
Adina Rieckmann · Lydia Hänsel (Tourguides)
Inge · Mahsa · Karin (Ehrenamtliche Hilfe)
Kooperationspartner:innen
JugendKunstschule Dresden – Standort Passage, Omse e.V., Nachbarschaftshilfeverein, Stadtteilverein Johannstadt e.V., Malteser Hilfsdienste e.V., Jugendhaus LILA as well as Chinesisch-Deutsches Zentrum e.V., Lebenshilfe Dresden e.V., GEH8 Kunstraum und Ateliers e.V., Umweltzentrum Dresden – ABC Tische and many more
Gefördert durch
Das Projekt wird gefördert durch das Staatsministerium für Soziales und Gesellschaftlichen Zusammenhalt. Diese Maßnahme wird mitfinanziert mit Steuermitteln auf Grundlage des vom Sächsischen Landtag beschlossenen Haushaltes im Rahmen des Landesprogrammes Integrative Maßnahmen.