Langscape Magazine Vol. 6-2

Resilience and Resistance: Why the World Needs Biocultural Diversity

Volume 6, Issue 2 | 2023

This issue explores why we need biocultural diversity as a source of resilience and resistance. With mounting social and ecological crises worldwide, it’s crucial to shift from profit-driven “progress” narratives to new ones that honor traditional knowledge, language, and connection to the land. These voices weave a path toward healing and sustainability. Read the Editorial and Table of Contents.

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Editorial | Circle of Stories, Circle of Life

Langscape Magazine Volume 6, Issue 2 | 2017 It was the end of a long day twenty-six years ago in the highlands of Chiapas,…

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

Text by Olga Mironenko | Photos by David Rapport Life’s traces #1. 2017 Our planet is populated by an incredibly wide variety of creatures.…

Listening to Our Ancestors: Biocultural Diversity through the Indigenous Lens

Text by Jon Waterhouse | Photos by Mary Marshall Traditional community on the Giraffe River (Bahr-el-Zaraf) in South Sudan. 2011 . We are now living…

Rooted in Place: Exercises in Belonging, Ecological Awareness, and Love

by Radhika Borde Seeking roots in a new city. Photo: Radhika Borde, 2017 What does it mean to have roots? In most cases the…

Never for Sale: Listening (or Not) to the Language of the Land

by Page Lambert Pristine heart of the ranchland: mountain prairie on the Lambert Ranch, Sundance, Wyoming, before the rerouting of Highway 14. Photo: John…

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

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

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

Text, photos, and artwork by Mariia Ermilova “Nature is painting for us, day after day, pictures of infinite beauty if only we have the eyes…

Photo Gallery: Tsurushibina

Photos and artwork by Mariia Ermilova . A variety of elements in a hanging doll ornament. Izu-Inatori Museum. 2017 . A contemporary ornament dedicated to…

Monocultures of the Fields, Monocultures of the Mind: The Acculturation of Indigenous Farming Communities of Odisha, India

by Kanna K. Siripurapu, Sabnam Afrein, and Prasant Mohanty . A Kandha woman with the distinct facial tattoos of her sub-group (Kutia Kandha). Photo: Sue…