sankofa
“Sankofa” (verb). sæŋkowf To look into the traditional ways & retrieve insights from the past to improve the future..
Stories of Song opens the conversation to answer what could possibly be the most important question of our generation, how do we return to being the custodial species of the planet, to repair this relationship with the earth and bring ourselves back under the lore, and the law, of the land?
The answer is through story.
The operating protocols of Us, as a species is, and always has been carried by story.
Story that is in a special relationship with place.
Project Summary
AN EXPLORAITON THROUGH A WORD
Stories of Song
The goal of this project is to learn from the Guna Yala culture and the Guna language to identify and broadly introduce words and concepts that speak to Your vital connection with nature to foster deeper global relationship with our natural environment.
6 episode series
the series
Stories of Song opens the conversation to answer what could possibly be the most important question of our generation, how do we return to being the custodial species of the planet, to repair this relationship with the earth and bring ourselves back under the lore, and the law, of the land? The answer is through story. The operating protocols of Us, as a species is, and always has been carried by story. Story that is in a special relationship with place.
the stories of science
scientific research of linguists
Stories of Song
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the stories of science
Stories of Song
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the science behind us
the study
STORIES OF SONG DERIVES ITS FIRS TIMAGERY LIKE THEWRITING FROM A SINGUALRITY TO PULL ENTIRE CONCEPTS LAYERED IN LLORE IN MEANING IN CONTEXUL APURPOSE AND STRUCTURAL FRAMEWORK OF COMMUNTIY AND SOCIETY. REPRESNT THE MOTHER AND CHILD THAT RELAITONHIP WITHIN THE FMAILIAR STRUCTURE OF KNISHIP SYSTEMS, AND THEN HOW THE ENTIRY OF THE COMUNTY IS BASED AROUDN TEH CONENCT, TO EATH AND TO TOITS PEOPLE NOT ONLY AS ITS CHILDREN INT EHFORM OF PEOPLE BUT ALL THAT LIFE SI BSUPPORTED BE HER THE ANIMLA MICRBIALBE AND ANTROPED, THE PLANTS ETC.
the stories of science
scientific research of linguists
Stories of Song
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the stories of science
Stories of Song
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ANDREW D FLANAGAN
a write up from denea and andrew about the series and the study and why we want to do it.
Project Summary
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Stories of Song
For the first time, through ecolingusitic science, immersive film, and multi-
media, our diverse team will gather and share indigenous wisdom by introducing this language to audiences where such connection has been lost. This project aims to explore the interconnectivity of the Guna Yala culture with nature, and to identify key words and concepts in the Guna language – often those beautifully untranslatable ones – central in their role and belief systems involving environmental stewardship.
Ultimately, through its film-associated experiential media, this project will make viewers wonder why this concept does not *yet* exist in English or another world language. The goal is for audiences and academics alike to consider how much the global culture of today could better reconnect with the natural world through consciously curating words rich in connectivity of the old ways into our own language to meet new needs, to retrieve forward, and to take a step towards becoming custodians of our world once more.
THE INSPIRATION
why?
IT IS THE STORIES WE HAVE HEARD, PEOPLE WE HAVE MET, AND YOUR DEEP CONNECTION TO THE NATURAL WORLD THAT MAKE US SO INTERESTED IN WORKING TOGETHER WITH THE GUNA YALA PEOPLE ON THIS PROJECT.
what we will make
the goals
THIS PROJECT HAS MULTIPLE GOALS; THE MATERIALS WE WILL CREATE AND ALSO THE IMPACT WE BELIEVE THEY CAN HAVE. IT IS WITH YOUR HELP THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO TURN THESE VISIONS INTO REALITY AND CHANGE THE WAY PEOPLE SEE AND INTERACT WITH THE WORLD.
why we are doing it
our mission
This is the pilot project in a forecasted multi-year study that will work with indigenous language communities across the world in order to discover and introduce new vocabulary for environmental conservation into world languages, empower indigenous and First Nations language communities, and create a series of films and scientific studies on the effects of language on behaviour and environmental stewardship.
the stories of science
scientific research of linguists
Stories of Song
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what we ask
our requests
We want to tell Your story, and we want to work together to do it. In order for us to achieve the goals of this project we wish to learn from you, to work with you, and to experience your ways of life. It is of the utmost importance to us that everything in our work will be done with respect, gratitude, and reverence, putting your community, and the wishes of all your people above all else.
ITS NOT ABOUT RECIPROCITY,
NOT A GIVE AND TAKE,
BUT GIVING, AND GIVING,
our returns
ISNPIRED BY YANKAPROT AND AUNTY X REPECT CONNECT REFLECT DIRECT IS THE PRICESS THATW E USE AS WE COME INTO CO MMUNTIY WE AHVE ALWAYS USED THIS, BUT THIS SI THE BEST WAY TO TLAK ABOTU IT AND HOW WE SHOULD ALL APOROACH INDINGENOUS KNWOELDGE SYSTEM, AND WAYS OF BEING. LINK ITS NOT ABOUT RECIPROCITY, NOT A GIVE AND TAKE, BUT GIVING, AND GIVING, NAPAGI NAPAGI GIVE GIVE THE LANAUGE FO THE CCENTRAL DESRT OF AUSTRLAIA THEY SAY NAPAGI NAPAGI, GIVE GIVE, NOT TO RECEIVE, NOT A GIVE NAD TAKE, BUT THIS IS OUR PHILOSPHY, OUR VISION AND INA WESTERN FRAMEWORK, LEARN HOW WE ALWAUS GIVE BACK WHAT WE TAKE, AND PROVIDE NOT OUR VIEWS OF THE IDEA, BUT A PLATOFMR AN AMPLCFICATION OF VOICE FOR THOSE WHO ARE SPEKAING.
together as one
ngarra
Ngarra is a nonprofit project that empowers the youth in some of the world’s most remote communities by using photography to share their story and create lasting, meaningful change in their lives. Together, as one, we can make a difference.
the stories of science
scientific research of linguists
Stories of Song
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