Beyond Anthropomorphism: We Need a New Language to Describe the Reality that Animals Love, Grieve, and Fear.

Beyond Anthropomorphism: We need a new language to describe the reality that animals love, grieve, and fear.

We all anthropomorphize at times, projecting our emotions onto other animals. It may be a fundamental part of our emotional wiring. One study found that injury to the amygdala, an emotional center of the brain, can sever this tendency. Some…

Beyond Words: Defending Language as a Tool for Cultural Survival and Peoples’ Rights

The Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) has today published a new policy paper, “Beyond Words: Language as a Peoples’ Right”, highlighting how the erosion of linguistic diversity poses a direct threat to cultural survival, collective identity, and the ability of Peoples to exercise their right to self-determination. Based on the experiences of UNPO members, the report demonstrates how the suppression of language is often one of…