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Mar 07 2017

Māori Oral Tradition: Ancestral Sayings and Indigenous Knowledge

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by Hēmi Whaanga and Priscilla Wehi . An adult tūī vocalizing with feathers fluffed out, Te Puke, North Island of Aotearoa/New Zealand. Photo: Raewyn Adams, 2012 (from “New Zealand Birds…

Feb 28 2017

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Linking Language and the Land: How Words, Stories, and Ceremonies Can Inform Discussion around Decision Making for the Kwakwa̱ka̱’wakw Peoples and Ceremonies

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by Andrea Lyall Tsa̱g̱a̱ł (thimbleberry). Photo: Andrea Lyall, 2016. Kwak̓wala is the Indigenous language of the Kwakwa̱ka̱’wakw on the mid-coast of present-day British Columbia. It expresses a connection to the…

Feb 21 2017

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Protecting Biodiversity in Dakshinkali, A Sacred Grove in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal

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Photos and text by Sheetal Vaidya and Asha Paudel Dakshinkali is a sacred grove located at 1550 m of altitude about 22 km south of Nepal’s capital, Kathmandu. It is…

Feb 14 2017

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Voices from the Field: African Rural Women, Custodians of Seed and Traditional Knowledge

By Akshara Sangiorgio

by Kagole Margret Byarufu My name, Kagole, was given to me upon my birth. It initially belonged to my father’s aunt who had died a few months before I was…

Feb 07 2017

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To the Golden Mountains of Altai, Southern Siberia | A Journey of Language and Soul

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by Joanna Dobson Knowledge Keeper Danil Ivanovich Mamyev, Director of Uch Enmek EthnoCultural Nature Park, on pilgrimage in the Karakol Valley. Photo: Irina Jhernosenko, 2014 . I traveled to Altai…

Feb 01 2017

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Jaqin Uraqpachat Amuyupa | The Aymara Cosmological Vision

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by Amy Eisenberg “K’utarapxiw quqanakasxa, ukatxa phichantapxarakiw, quqa tunu lawanaks jik’irapxi, ukatsi janipu-niw jik’supkit qhuya tunu saphanakasxa.” “One should take pride in one’s land and culture. There is a popular…

Jan 25 2017

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Language, Landscape and Custom: A Synthesis for Memory

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by Marilee K. Gloe Entering the Siq, Petra. The floor of the tall, narrow passage unreachable by the desert sun leaves it a corridor of coolness. Photo: Marilee K. Gloe, 2004…

Jan 18 2017

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“No one said a word”: Children Give Voice to the Fullness of Language, Landscape, and Life

By Akshara Sangiorgio

by Patrick Howard Longliner on mooring, Louisbourg, Cape Breton. Photo: Patrick Howard, 2016 . We don’t like to think of our lives as predictable, as being mapped out, but our…

Jan 11 2017

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Earthlings are Invading! Radical Language and Dialogue at the United Nations

By Akshara Sangiorgio

by Joseph Lambert “There is an urgent need for society to replace the current anthropocentric worldview with a holistic system of governance, in which humanity plays a different role in…

Jan 04 2017

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Maintaining the Linguasphere in the Anthropocene

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by Peter Bridgewater Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory. Traditional burning from roadside, using modern methods. Photo: Parks Australia, n.d. . One of the books that most influenced me as a…

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Māori Oral Tradition: Ancestral Sayings and Indigenous Knowledge

Linking Language and the Land: How Words, Stories, and Ceremonies Can Inform Discussion around Decision Making for the Kwakwa̱ka̱’wakw Peoples and Ceremonies

Protecting Biodiversity in Dakshinkali, A Sacred Grove in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal

Voices from the Field: African Rural Women, Custodians of Seed and Traditional Knowledge

To the Golden Mountains of Altai, Southern Siberia | A Journey of Language and Soul

Jaqin Uraqpachat Amuyupa | The Aymara Cosmological Vision

Language, Landscape and Custom: A Synthesis for Memory

“No one said a word”: Children Give Voice to the Fullness of Language, Landscape, and Life

Earthlings are Invading! Radical Language and Dialogue at the United Nations

Maintaining the Linguasphere in the Anthropocene

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