An endangered culture, on top of the world
Starting on 18 August, Dr. Stephen Pax Leonard will spend a year living with the Inughuit people of north-west Greenland, recording their dialect, "Inuktun", and documenting their culture. The Inughuit...
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The 21st century is the make-or-break century for cultural and linguistic diversity, and for the future of human civilisation per se. An unprecedented and unchecked growth in the world’s population,...
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These cultural conventions are indicative of how a language impacts the worldview of the people who speak it. In Martu, an Aboriginal language from Western Australian, black and all dark colours are...
View ArticleLiving with the Inugguit
A rare glimpse of daily life among the remnants of the last hunter-gatherer communities of the Polar North, where traditional culture is rapidly being eroded by consumerism and climate change, can be...
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