CoMin Meeting of the german group

We had our second CoMin meeting on Friday , 14th of November.
Once again we talked about the two expressions “minorities” and “Culture”. We tried to find a common definition to work with and had a long discussion about it.
After this the students presented their materials which they have found in the last two weeks. Concerning the minority of the sorbs a lot of literature, articles and videos exist.
One student reported on her telephone call with the cultural office of Bautzen (town in Lusatia). They sent her a lot of material about the sorbs.
Finally we divided the material into four groups :
1. Geography, living space, history of the sorbs
2. Tradition: folklorism, art, famous Sorbian persons
3. Today’s situation: economic situation, political situation
4. What is Sorbian identity? What do the sorbians themselves would like to tell the majority society?
Each student chose a theme which he/she wants to work about.
Concerning the form of the exhibition we decided to write short texts and to use much figures, schedules and maps.
Because we want to meet Sorbian people and ask them personally what they think about their present situation especially concerning the expansion of the quarries of lignite in their living space we are planning an excursion.