About the project
Åshild Næss and Haley De Korne are collaborating with the municipality of Wilamowice and the Wilamowianie Association in a project aimed at strengthening and transmitting the endangered Wymysöerys language in southern Poland, funded by the EEA Program for Culture and Cultural Heritage Management Enhanced (2020-2024) under the title Establishment of the Museum of Wilamowice’s Culture - Construction of the Museum of Vilamovian Culture building (Utworzenie Muzeum Kultury Wilamowskiej w Wilamowicach - Budowa budynku Muzeum Kultury Wilamowskiej). Project activities include scholarly exchange with researchers in the Wilamowianie Association, and the involvement of MA students from the Department of Linguistics and Scandinavian Studies in projects related to the language. The start of the project was delayed, but is now underway.