How language shapes thought – All In The Mind – ABC Radio National (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

 

How language shapes thought – All In The Mind – ABC Radio National (Australian Broadcasting Corporation): “It’s been controversial for centuries but new empirical research suggests that language has a powerful influence over the way we think and perceive the world. Lera Boroditsky from Stanford University suggests that Japanese and Spanish speakers have a different sense of blame, and some Indigenous Australians have a different sense of space—all because of the language they speak.”

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Matiri River valley and the Thousand Acre Plateau

Here is the report where DOC lays down the conditions for the dams.

I note they say social and cultural impact are not in their brief. Amazing. Who is it then who assesses the social and cultural impact?

http://www.doc.govt.nz/documents/getting-involved/consultations/consultations-results/matiri-hydro-final-report.pdf

My trip was amazing and it would be one of the Great Walks if it were linked to the Mokihinui. The contrasts in terrain and scenery just as far as Poor Pete’s hut were dramatic.

Photos follow. Note the beautiful wetlands in the Matiri Valley, all under threat.

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Poor Pete’s hut.