Visible Bilingualism in Present-Day Transcarpathia: Experiences of the Past 100 Years – Travelling Exhibition
The aim of our exhibition is to present the multilingualism of the region known today as Transcarpathia from an important perspective: that of public language use. The postcards, photographs, and documents on display illustrate how the languages used in the region appeared and continue to appear in the symbolic space during different historical periods, from 1867 to the present day. They show how visible and perceptible the region’s traditional multilingualism was, and whether, alongside the respective state language, minority languages could also be used in public life, government offices, and administrative procedures. The exhibition demonstrates that, in this traditionally multilingual region, the use of minority languages in public spaces, official administration, and education has a long-standing tradition.
The exhibition consists of 30 portable exhibition banners, 15 in Hungarian and 15 in English.
As part of the exhibition, we have also published a brochure, which presents the region’s long-standing multilingual traditions from the period of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy to the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
The editorial work for the travelling exhibition of the Antal Hodinka Research Centre for Linguistics was supported in 2018 by HUN.IN.EU (European Office for the Representation of the Interests of Hungarian National Communities) and the Ferenc Rákóczi II Transcarpathian Hungarian College of Higher Education.