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Dec 27 2016

Flourishing at Twenty: On Context and Foundations in the Rise of the Concept of Biocultural…

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by Ken Wilson In the last issue of Langscape, Dave Harmon traced the emergence of the field of biocultural diversity as a call for engagement with the beautifully rich complexity of…

Sep 08 2016

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Cristina Calderón: Memories of My Yagan Grandmother

By Akshara Sangiorgio

by Cristina Zárraga Landscape of Bahía Mejillones, Onaašáka (Beagle Channel). Photo: Oliver Vogel, 2014 “I was born in Róbalo, on the 24th of May. And they say, so tells me…

Aug 11 2016

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Mother Tongues: Two Writers Explore the Words and Cultures That Shape Their Connection to Place

By Akshara Sangiorgio

by Dawn Wink and Susan J. Tweit "Of all the arts and sciences made by man, none equals a language, for only a language in its living entirety can describe…

Jul 28 2016

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Naming the Dragonfly: Why Indigenous Languages Matter in the 21st Century

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by James D. Nations Chan K’in José Valenzuela uses a machete to carve a bird bolt arrow. Photo: James D. Nations, 1975. . Chiapas, Mexico, 2015 I spent the morning learning…

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…

Jan 01 2016

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At Home Between Sciences and Humanities: Biocultural Diversity as Source and Object of Interdisciplinary Dialogue

By Robert Wiltzen

by Cristina Muru The Nilgiris or Blue Mountains, one of India’s biodiversity hotspots, with diverse endemic fauna, flora, and languages. Nadugani, Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu. Photo: Cristina Muru, 2012 As…

Dec 24 2015

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Country Minds and the Age of Restoration

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by Bob Weeden I often think about this marvelous planet, both the place we call home and the world beyond our personal experience. I think in words and pictures. The words…

Sep 08 2015

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Place Names and Storytelling: Balancing the Opportunities and Challenges of Sharing Biocultural Knowledge Through the Geoweb

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by Jon Corbett, Christine Schreyer, and Nicole Gordon “Every language is an old-growth forest of the mind, a watershed of thought, an ecosystem of spiritual possibilities.” — Wade Davis, 2005 View…

Aug 18 2015

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Marine Biodiversity & Cultural Diversity in the Coastal Communities of Trivandrum, Kerala, India

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by Lisba Yesudas & Johnson Jament Coastal community’s rendezvous with their destiny. Fishermen at Valiathura beach are getting ready for their daily fish catch, while other community members enjoy the evening…

Jul 21 2015

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Wild Waters: Landscapes of Language

By Akshara Sangiorgio

by Dawn Wink . . . in the bottom of a dark canyon, I stood in a shroud of voices. They spun up the canyon walls, radiating through the dusky…

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Flourishing at Twenty: On Context and Foundations in the Rise of the Concept of Biocultural…

Cristina Calderón: Memories of My Yagan Grandmother

Mother Tongues: Two Writers Explore the Words and Cultures That Shape Their Connection to Place

Naming the Dragonfly: Why Indigenous Languages Matter in the 21st Century

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

At Home Between Sciences and Humanities: Biocultural Diversity as Source and Object of Interdisciplinary Dialogue

Country Minds and the Age of Restoration

Place Names and Storytelling: Balancing the Opportunities and Challenges of Sharing Biocultural Knowledge Through the Geoweb

Marine Biodiversity & Cultural Diversity in the Coastal Communities of Trivandrum, Kerala, India

Wild Waters: Landscapes of Language

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