LINGUIST List 18.1185
Thu Apr 19 2007
Media: TED Video: Cultures at the Far Edge of the World
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TED Video: Cultures at the Far Edge of the World
Message 1: TED Video: Cultures at the Far Edge of the World
Date: 17-Apr-2007
From: Karen Chung <karchungntu.edu.tw>
Subject: TED Video: Cultures at the Far Edge of the World
There is an excellent video on the 'TED: Ideas worth spreading' site of a talk entitled 'Cultures at the far edge of the world', delivered by Wade Davis. You may want to check out some of the other amazing videos as well while you are there. Registration is optional. The URL:
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/69
About the Talk:
With stunning photos and stories, National Geographic Explorer Wade Davis celebrates the diversity of the world's indigenous cultures, now disappearing from the planet at an alarming rate. He argues passionately that we should be concerned not only for preserving the biosphere, but also the 'ethnosphere' -- 'the sum total of all thoughts and dreams, myths, ideas, inspirations, intuitions brought into being by the human imagination.'
About TED (from their site):
TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design. It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from those three worlds. ... The annual conference now brings together the world's most fascinating thinkers and doers, who are challenged to give the talk of their lives (in 18 minutes). This site makes the best talks and performances from TED available to the public, for free. More than 60 talks from our archive are now available, with more added each week. These videos are released under a Creative Commons license, so they can be freely shared and reposted
Karen Chung National Taiwan University
Linguistic Field(s): Anthropological Linguistics
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