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Mar 19 2018

Shle’muxun: Reconnecting with the Salish Sea Bioregion

By Akshara Sangiorgio

by Daniel Kirkpatrick The Salish Sea Bioregion offers an ideal location for sustainability initiatives that honor First Nations rights. Photo: Daniel Kirkpatrick, 2017 Florence James smiled and said the word…

Feb 20 2018

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Photo Gallery: Story Map

By Akshara Sangiorgio

by Jennifer McRuer and Nuevas Voces A protected area surrounding Isla Grande aims to conserve marine habitats, natural resources, and cultural values. A disharmony between nature and culture, however, persists…

Feb 19 2018

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Story Map: Youth Reconnect to Place and Biocultural Heritage in Colombia

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by Jennifer McRuer Using cameras, we stroll, bike, swim, and dive to capture connections with ancestral places of land and sea. Photo: Heides Molina, 2015 . We are all stories ……

Oct 13 2017

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Of Cassowaries and Men: Mapping Indigenous Knowledge Networks to Empower Biocultural Conservation in New Guinea

By Akshara Sangiorgio

Text by William H. Thomas Social Network Analysis and graphs by Chris Leberknight Tama cutting a path to show me the trees to be found in secondary forest. Photo: William…

Sep 22 2017

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We Feed the World: Photographing Traditional Knowledge in the Kalix Communities of Northern Sweden

By Akshara Sangiorgio

Text by Francesca Price Photographs by Clare Benson Peder Nilsson with two of his dogs and a lamb on his farm on the island of Brudholmen. We Feed the…

Mar 28 2017

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Cherokee Voices for the Land: Photovoice Film by the Cherokee Nation Medicine Keepers

By Robert Wiltzen

by Clint Carroll . Crosslin Smith: “We need to honor the earth. The ancestors said the Creator put a spirit in the earth.” Photo: Crosslin Smith, 2015 . Amid the…

Sep 01 2016

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De Prima: Stories of the Old Days in Umbria, the Green Heart of Italy

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by Anna Maffi Warm winter light over the San Giacomo valley. Photo: Anna Maffi, 2014 . Olives, grapes, barley, alfalfa, and a few fruit trees are the main crops grown…

Jul 14 2016

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When Grasshopper Means Lightning: How Ecological Knowledge is Encoded in Endangered Languages

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by David Stringer Above: Kayapó women in the Amazon rainforest. Photo: Cristina Mittermeier, 2007 . Endangered Languages and Biocultural Diversity Conservation Just over twenty years ago, many linguists were shocked into…

Feb 18 2016

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Isafarn Nudrar: Flowerpots Help Preserve Biocultural Diversity in the High Atlas, Morocco

By Robert Wiltzen

by Irene Teixidor Toneu Village of Semgourd and its terraced slopes where subsistence agriculture is practiced. Photo: Irene Teixidor Toneu, 2015 Isafarn nudrar means "medicinal plants from the mountains" in…

Sep 01 2015

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Unity in Diversity: A Case Study of Intercultural Education in Tanzania

By Akshara Sangiorgio

by Jennie Harvey Traditional knowledge (TK) is the knowledge accumulated by local and Indigenous Peoples over hundreds of years through the experience of living in a particular place. It includes…

Shle’muxun: Reconnecting with the Salish Sea Bioregion

Photo Gallery: Story Map

Story Map: Youth Reconnect to Place and Biocultural Heritage in Colombia

Of Cassowaries and Men: Mapping Indigenous Knowledge Networks to Empower Biocultural Conservation in New Guinea

We Feed the World: Photographing Traditional Knowledge in the Kalix Communities of Northern Sweden

Cherokee Voices for the Land: Photovoice Film by the Cherokee Nation Medicine Keepers

De Prima: Stories of the Old Days in Umbria, the Green Heart of Italy

When Grasshopper Means Lightning: How Ecological Knowledge is Encoded in Endangered Languages

Isafarn Nudrar: Flowerpots Help Preserve Biocultural Diversity in the High Atlas, Morocco

Unity in Diversity: A Case Study of Intercultural Education in Tanzania

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