Langscape Magazine 4-1

The People’s Issue — Part 1: Flows and Bridges

Volume 4, Issue 1 | 2015

This issue highlights the growing movement that is embracing biocultural diversity, a vital aspect of life on Earth. Biocultural diversity is a people’s issue: it is up to us to take action to protect and sustain it for present and future generations. Read the Editorial and Table of Contents.

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Editorial | Twists and Turns, Flows and Bridges

Langscape Magazine Volume 4, Issue 1 | 2015 Life is full of unexpected twists and turns. Only a few months ago, I didn’t foresee…

The Course of Heaven and Earth: The Biocultural Diversity of Space and Time

by Kierin Mackenzie . Heaven and Earth. The sun, moon, and stars and the winds and waters all set the rhythms that we live…

Free-Flow: Why Cultural Diversity Matters for Healthy Rivers

by David Groenfeldt Lake Michigan at dawn, near Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. Photo: David Groenfeldt, 2011 It has been proposed that we are living in…

Wild Waters: Landscapes of Language

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

In the Land of the River-Mirrors: Dialogues about “Bee-cultural” Diversity

by Juan Manuel Rosso Londoño and Walter Gabriel Estrada Ramírez Origins Sensing the other bank of the river. Photo: J. M. Rosso, 2010…

Culturally-Mediated Disturbance: Building a Bridge Between Knowledge Systems to Conserve Biocultural Diversity in New Guinea

by William H. Thomas With no roads and few services, Hewa traditions remain vibrant. Photo: William H. Thomas, 2007 Buried deep within the Western…

Traditional Treasure: Local Knowledge for Climate Change Adaptation in Bangkukuk Taik, Nicaragua

by Marie Besses and Martina Luger Rama woman carrying a calabash from which she will make a traditional bowl. Photo: Catalina Caraffo, 2014 It’s…

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

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…

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

by Raynold Lyngdoh Nestled in the more secluded northeastern region of India are several unique tribal groups, each diverse and distinct in their own…

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

by Jennie Harvey Traditional knowledge (TK) is the knowledge accumulated by local and Indigenous Peoples over hundreds of years through the experience of living…

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

by Jon Corbett, Christine Schreyer, and Nicole Gordon “Every language is an old-growth forest of the mind, a watershed of thought, an ecosystem…

Towards an Ecology of Diversity: Fostering Intercultural & Environmental Diversity in a Post-secondary Education Environment

by Derik Joseph and Shannon Kelly Fostering diversity in a post-secondary education environment is, we believe, the most essential impetus for creating truly “enlightened”…

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