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WORDS AND IMAGES K. B. Wilson In his essay “Biocultural Diversity: Reason, Ethics, and Emotion” (this issue of Langscape), David Harmon traces the emergence of the field of biocultural diversity…
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David Harmon Kayapó women gathering in the Amazon rainforest. Photo: Cristina Mittermeier A few years ago, Luisa Maffi shared an email with me. It was from a writer, well-traveled and…
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A reflection by Carrie Ann Barton . Science tells us that the sense of smell most strongly sparks our memories and emotions I smell stories I smell reunions I smell…
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by Jessica Brown The village Chief and Elders of a community in the Togo Range of Ghana at a sacred spring. Care of this spring is vital to the health…
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by Nejma Belarbi “All things in creation are sacred and have a diversity much beyond our understanding.” ―My grandmother, Fakhita Jazouli Reflection of the natural world. A glass ball in…
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by Page Lambert Pristine heart of the ranchland: mountain prairie on the Lambert Ranch, Sundance, Wyoming, before the rerouting of Highway 14. Photo: John Gritts, 2012 . John and I…
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Text by Olga Mironenko | Photos by David Rapport Life’s traces #1. 2017 Our planet is populated by an incredibly wide variety of creatures. Coming in different sizes and with…
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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…
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by Mary Louise Pratt Red Bay with islands. Photo: Renato Rosaldo, 2015 I grew up in small-town Ontario, in the part of Canada made famous by writer Alice Munro. From the…
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