Tyson Yunkaporta is an Australian academic, poet, carver of traditional tools and weapons, and member of the Apalech Clan in far north Queensland He is a senior lecturer in Indigenous Knowledges at Deakin University in Melbourne, and the author of the book ‘Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World’.  

In this evocative conversation we explore how we can embrace diverse narratives as part of a collective worldview, how story and dialogue can offer pathways to healing and deeper understanding of our human culture..

- The existential threat of the domestication of humans as akin to “feedlot pigs.”

- Significance of yarning in human culture.

- Building relationships and trust as a way to help us imagine the world we want to live in.

- How we’ve diverged from this law of the land and how memory, story and connection to place can bring us back.

- How fostering space for “organic emergence” is one of the most important things we can do in facing the problems of our world today.

- The illusory nature of ‘hope,’ and what attitudes can actually help us at this time.

To learn more about Tyson’s work read his book: Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World.

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