Global Eyes: Current
Global Eyes is an In Motion Magazine section. Here are series of interviews, articles, and photographs from many areas on Earth. Photos: (Left) Dancing with the Wiphala Indigenous flag in a march for women’s education, La Paz, Bolivia. (Right) Farmers in north-east Mozambique, between the town of Lichinga and Lake Niassa.
Global Eyes: Current (below)
Global Eyes: Archive 1995-2021
A Story of Speaking
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Posted December 15, 2024
Early Days
This investigation of the early days of human speech enters relatively uncharted terrain. My presentation here is an outline, a first attempt to speculate on the processes and adventures of the early days of human speech. Inspiration for this effort comes especially from Derek Bickerton, who analyzed and speculated on the earliest days of human speech. In addition, Christoph Antweiler’s overview of evolutionary studies presents a framework that encourages study of language.
Interview with Patrick Manning
The Evolution of the Human System
Language, Migration, Social Institutions, and Outpourings of Public Sentiment
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Posted June 5, 2024
Patrick Manning is, “a professor of world history at the University of Pittsburgh, Emeritus. I retired eight years ago but I’m still holding on to the title and the connections to the World History Center, which I founded there in 2008.” He is also a past president of the American Historical Association. The interview was inspired by three of Dr. Manning’s books: “Migration in World History; “Songs of Democracy: The World, 1989-1991”; and, in particular, “A History of Humanity.” … (read the interview)
Patrick Manning.