In the latest update from our ongoing initiative with the Matsés to support bilingual education and intergeneration transfer of ecological knowledge, Dr. David Fleck reports on the development of three new interactive cellular phone apps as well as the latest publication addition to Acate’s bilingual ecological readers collection. Continue reading »
Acaté and Matsés develop first dictionary phone app for an Amazonian indigenous language in initiative to support native language literacy! Continue reading »
Matsés indigenous authors complete eight illustrated readers designed to support native language literacy and pass down traditional rainforest knowledge! Continue reading »
Acaté Field Coordinator Dr. David Fleck reports on the publication by Acaté of a reader designed to support native language literacy for the Matsés people Continue reading »
Preserving Matsés Agricultural Heritage The Matsés people of the Amazon are master farmers. Worldwide, inestimable indigenous agricultural knowledge has been lost in the process of acculturation. Forgotten often before it is realized what has been lost, the insidious erosion of traditional farming is a well paved path leading to weakened resiliency, increased dependence on outside […] Continue reading »