Langscape Magazine Vol. 10

Terralingua at 25! A Celebration of Biocultural Diversity

Volume 10 | 2021

To celebrate our 25th anniversary, this special issue of Langscape Magazine revisits memorable stories from past years, chosen by our team and readers. This colorful “collage” offers a deeper understanding of biocultural diversity and its manifestations around the globe. Read the Editorial and Table of Contents.

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Editorial | Acts of Rebellion: On Making the Impossible Possible

Langscape Magazine Volume 10 | 2021 It’s been twenty-five years since Terralingua was founded with a unique mission: to sustain biocultural diversity — the diversity…

Biocultural Diversity: Reason, Ethics, and Emotion

David Harmon Kayapó women gathering in the Amazon rainforest. Photo: Cristina Mittermeier A few years ago, Luisa Maffi shared an email with me. It…

Flourishing at Twenty-Five: On Context and Foundations in the Rise of the Concept of Biocultural Diversity

WORDS AND IMAGES K. B. Wilson In his essay “Biocultural Diversity: Reason, Ethics, and Emotion” (this issue of Langscape), David Harmon traces the emergence…

Cornerstone of Resilience: Reflections on the Diversity of Species and Cultures

WORDS Olga Mironenko IMAGES David Rapport Life’s traces #1. 2017 Our planet is populated by an incredibly wide variety of creatures. Coming in different…

Mirroring the Land: Biocultural Diversity Embodied

WORDS AND IMAGES Sonja Swift Golden light on dusty hills, Los Osos, California. When it rains in California I rejoice. I see the land…

Listening to Our Ancestors: Biocultural Diversity through the Indigenous Lens

WORDS Jon Waterhouse IMAGES Mary Marshall Traditional community on the Giraffe River (Bahr-el-Zaraf) in South Sudan. We are now living in the digital era,…

Tunun Kayutukun: Words Have Power

WORDS Ilarion (Larry) Merculieff and Libby Roderick IMAGES Paul Melovidov and Barbara Lestenkof Waves at St. Paul Island in the Bering Sea, Alaska. Waves…

The Obvious Mirror: How Biocultural Diversity Is Reflected in the Natural World

WORDS AND IMAGES Nejma Belarbi “All things in creation are sacred and have a diversity much beyond our understanding.” ―My grandmother, Fakhita Jazouli Reflection…

Decolonial Mapmaking: Reclaiming Indigenous Places and Knowledge

WORDS AND MAPS Jordan Engel “More indigenous territory has been claimed by maps than by guns. This assertion has its corollary: more indigenous territory…

Subversive Maps: How Digital Language Mapping Can Support Biocultural Diversity—and Help Track a Pandemic

Maya Daurio, Sienna R. Craig, Daniel Kaufman, Ross Perlin, and Mark Turin Maps have long been used for a variety of purposes, including to…

Quarantine as Ceremony: COVID-19 as an Opportunity to Quietly Rebel against the Dominant Langscape

WORDS AND IMAGES Severn Cullis-Suzuki The Haida people know the cost of disease. They have lived on Haida Gwaii, an archipelago off the west…

Learning to Write Our Native Language: The Nepalbhasa Ranjana Script of Nepal

WORDS Manju Maharjan and Yuvash Vaidya IMAGES Sheetal Vaidya and Shashank Shrestha Pavitra Kasaa, a member of the Institute of Nepal Epigraphy, and the…

A Chicken for Every Occasion: Exploring the Significance of India’s Native Poultry Breeds

WORDS Kanna K. Siripurapu and Sabyasachi Das IMAGES Chandrasekhar Nemani and Kanna K. Siripurapu In Andhra Pradesh, black chicken hens such as this one…

You Need to Carry the Torch of Light

D’ulus Mukhin (Even, Russian Federation), interviewed by Galya Morrell IMAGES Galya Morrell Drum-dancing is the heart of life in Siberia. D’ulus Mukhin, the youngest…

Pintando La Raya: Indigenous Resistance and Biocultural Conservation through Participatory Video

WORDS AND IMAGES Thor Morales At the onset of this decade, members of three ethnic groups gathered in the state of Sonora, northwestern Mexico.…

The Sweeping Dance: Cultural Revival, Environmental Conservation, and the Art of Broom Making in St. Lucia

WORDS Laurent Jean Pierre IMAGES Nadge Augustin and Laurent Jean Pierre “What is it that one has in one’s dwelling place, that until you…

Mangroves, Education, and Recovery of the Territory: Biocultural Diversity in Bahía Solano, Colombia

WORDS Felipe Rodríguez Moreno and Norma Constanza Castaño Cuéllar IMAGES Felipe Rodríguez Moreno Rain defines a great deal of the social relations that take…

Yamani: Voices of an Ancient Land

Faith Baisden, Thomas Dick, Carolyn Barker, and Kristina Kelman Leonora Adidi, Faith Baisden, and Joy Bonner on Yugambeh Country in 2014, after the song…

In the Abode of the Clouds: Biocultural Diversity of Meghalaya, India

WORDS Raynold Lyngdoh IMAGES Raynold and Anne Lyngdoh Nestled in the more secluded northeastern region of India are several unique tribal groups, each diverse…

Tsurushibina: A Traditional Japanese Craft Helps Maintain and Restore Biocultural Knowledge and People’s Connection with Nature

WORDS AND IMAGES Mariia Ermilova “Nature is painting for us, day after day, pictures of infinite beauty if only we have the eyes to…

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