FINDING THE WORDS

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 indigenous cultures with nature and to identify keywords and concepts in their 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.