Wade Davis on CBC radio and on tour

[Richard Zane Smith]

tizhaméh Leslie,this sounds really excellent.
We've all been hearing the death nell bell about languages disappearing
daily
but hopefully these kind of lecturers and writers can put in clear words for
the rest of the world why this preoccupation with our languages isn't some
sort of infatuation or romance with the past but at its core is really about
the future and survival.

Richard
Wyandotte Oklahoma




On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 12:43 PM, Leslie Saxon <saxon at uvic.ca> wrote:

>  Wade Davis will be speaking on 'why ancient knowledge matters in the
> modern world' and publishing a book called 'The Wayfinders'. His tour and
> the book are part of the CBC Massey Lectures series. The lectures will be
> broadcast on the Ideas program (CBC) on 2-6 November 2009.
>
> Here is a quote from the CBC publicity:
> "In *The Wayfinders*, *Wade Davis* offers a gripping and enlightening
> account of this urgent crisis. He leads us on a fascinating tour through a
> handful of indigenous cultures, describing the worldviews they represent and
> reminding us of the encroaching danger to humankind’s survival should they
> disappear."
>
> http://www.cbc.ca/ideas/massey.html
>
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