video story via BBC in June 2019 about the people, places, and language of Miriwoong.
Saturday, June 22, 2019
Thursday, May 30, 2019
close-up look at Orangutans of Sumatra
Just 6,000 left on Planet Earth and 97% shared DNA to human DNA, as told in this 11 minute story that makes use of the tiny action cameras for a close-up view, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oir_PSJpbAA
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Wednesday, May 22, 2019
intersection Mikmaq x English
Canada story on the radio 22 May 2019:
https://youtu.be/99-LoEkAA3w [blackbird sung to showcase indigenous language]
https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2019/05/22/blackbird-mikmaq-indigenous-language
Saturday, May 11, 2019
reporting on pre-college anthropology 5/2019 from AAA
Of interest to future anthropologists and their teachers, as seen in the online bulletin board system, called 'Communities', for dues-paying members of the American Anthropological Association. The report online, is freely viewable, though.
"...Today, we published the third report in the series, Anthropology in the U.S. at Pre-College Level, featuring highlights from our longer report on the same subject."
Saturday, April 27, 2019
roots of literacy, writing systems, society's changes that follow
Here is a modest introduction to the subject matter of writing systems and written languages, http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20190426-the-british-librarys-exhibition-of-writing
Saturday, March 30, 2019
since 2012, the "Great Pompeii Project"
The website gives a glimpse of the locations and views open to the public. These days 30 buildings may be seen up close, compared to the 60 back in 1956 and compared to 10 in 2010. The Great Pompeii Project has succeeded in stabilizing the excavated spaces so that visitors may see some of the city buried by volcanic eruption almost 2000 years previously. Perhaps a drone recording will be added to the website to give a virtual visit to distant and nearby people who are curious about the society long ago.
Friday, January 18, 2019
your language shapes what you pay attention to (or you are blind to)
This November 2017 T.E.D. talk about languages and relativity of one's perspective in the world includes many vivid illustrations to show the way that your language shines a light (or casts a shadow) on social interactions and relationship to the environment, too.
After watch the presentation a Russian speaking colleague observes (posted with permission): Of course, each language, in turn, is a product of the history, geography, culture and mentality of that particular ethnic group and thus, reflection thereof. For instance, one of the differences between English and Russian is that in Russian it's very common to use impersonal idioms akin to "it rains," even in situations where there clearly is a traceable responsible source of action or at least, there should be. So, from the language one often gets an impression that something of a personal, political, etc. nature just happened so -- sort of like a natural occurrence. By contrast, in English the indication of who is the action subject is typically much more evident. That definitely reflects the centuries-old collective/communal/totalitarian culture where individual responsibility is neither common, nor encouraged, whereas in the lands of English language the mentality builds around individual rights and responsibilities.
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