47 min

What Can Indigenous Languages Teach Us? | with Dr Lindsay Morcom | PODCAST #20 Earth Ideas

    • Education

Dr Lindsay Morcom (Ardoch Algonquin First Nation) is a linguist and researcher of aboriginal languages and teaching. She works actively in language revitalisation techniques and advocates for decolonising education. Indigenous languages hold knowledge, histories & ways of thinking about their lands and culture that do not easily translate into western vocabularies and, as hundreds of languages die out every year, people like Lindsay work to make sure they are received by their heirs.   



0:00 Introduction to Lindsay 

5:07 Urban language revitalisation 

12:46 How do you think First Nation Canadians feel about their language? 

19:06 Can we have true direct synonyms or translations? 

25:42 Isolate languages 

28:19 Reconstructing languages 

33:24 Lindsay's approach to revitalising & teaching languages 

42:00 How are indigenous languages changing & updating?  

44:10 Lindsay's latest research  



This is a series of in-depth conversations with fascinating people, with loads to say about the current state of the world, everything that came before us, and everything that could be still to come.      



We hope you enjoy.    

Leave us a comment :)    

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And come back next week for more.      



If you found this episode valuable, please support me with caffeine to keep them coming https://www.buymeacoffee.com/lauramahler :)    



Refs & Links:  

https://www.ted.com/talks/lindsay_morcom_a_history_of_indigenous_languages_and_how_to_revitalize_them

Lindsay's Links:   

https://educ.queensu.ca/lindsay-morcom https://educ.queensu.ca/atep 

Our Socials:    https://twitter.com/ideas_earth 

https://twitter.com/llcmahler 

https://www.instagram.com/earthideaspodcast 

https://www.instagram.com/laura.mahler

Dr Lindsay Morcom (Ardoch Algonquin First Nation) is a linguist and researcher of aboriginal languages and teaching. She works actively in language revitalisation techniques and advocates for decolonising education. Indigenous languages hold knowledge, histories & ways of thinking about their lands and culture that do not easily translate into western vocabularies and, as hundreds of languages die out every year, people like Lindsay work to make sure they are received by their heirs.   



0:00 Introduction to Lindsay 

5:07 Urban language revitalisation 

12:46 How do you think First Nation Canadians feel about their language? 

19:06 Can we have true direct synonyms or translations? 

25:42 Isolate languages 

28:19 Reconstructing languages 

33:24 Lindsay's approach to revitalising & teaching languages 

42:00 How are indigenous languages changing & updating?  

44:10 Lindsay's latest research  



This is a series of in-depth conversations with fascinating people, with loads to say about the current state of the world, everything that came before us, and everything that could be still to come.      



We hope you enjoy.    

Leave us a comment :)    

SHARE SUBSCRIBE!    

And come back next week for more.      



If you found this episode valuable, please support me with caffeine to keep them coming https://www.buymeacoffee.com/lauramahler :)    



Refs & Links:  

https://www.ted.com/talks/lindsay_morcom_a_history_of_indigenous_languages_and_how_to_revitalize_them

Lindsay's Links:   

https://educ.queensu.ca/lindsay-morcom https://educ.queensu.ca/atep 

Our Socials:    https://twitter.com/ideas_earth 

https://twitter.com/llcmahler 

https://www.instagram.com/earthideaspodcast 

https://www.instagram.com/laura.mahler

47 min

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