By Aquila Bergstrom Source: Unesco Every two weeks, the world loses its last fluent speaker of a language. With that final voice vanishes not only a method of communication, but a sophisticated knowledge system of understanding; an entire epistemology shaped by land, survival, spirit, and the passage of time. The loss is quiet. There is no obituary. No ceremony. And yet, what disappears is irreplaceable. According to UNESCO, nearly half of the world’s approximately 7,000 la

By Sybilla George Source: DFAT, Australia In 2013, the Minister for Foreign Affairs in the Abbott government, Julie Bishop, announced the...

Malika Knapp Source: World Economic Forum As one of the world’s most culturally and linguistically diverse nations with a predominantly...