{"product_id":"sand-talk-2nd-edition-tyson-yunkaporta","title":"Sand Talk - 2nd Edition - Tyson Yunkaporta","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eby Tyson Yunkaporta\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished by The Text Publishing Company - September 2023 - Paperback - 280pp - 20cm x 13cm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat happens when global systems are viewed from an Indigenous perspective? How does it affect the way we see history, money, power and learning? Could it change the world?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis remarkable book is about everything from echidnas to evolution, cosmology to cooking, sex and science and spirits to Schrodinger's cat.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTyson Yunkaporta looks at global systems from an Indigenous perspective. He asks how contemporary life diverges from the pattern of creation. How does this affect us? How can we do things differently?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003eSand Talk\u003c\/em\u003e provides a template for living. It's about how lines and symbols and shapes can help us make sense of the world. It's about how we learn and how we remember. It's about talking to everybody and listening carefully. It's about finding different ways to look at things.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMost of all it's about Indigenous thinking, and how it can save the world.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePraise\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'Like Dark Emu on acid. An extraordinary invitation into the world of the Dreaming.' — Melissa Lucashenko\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'Radical ideas, bursting with reason.' — Tara June Winch\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'Playful, profound and fiercely original.' — Billy Griffiths\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'This is a book of cultural and philosophic intrigue. Read it.' — Bruce Pascoe, author of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.abundancefarm.com.au\/collections\/books\/products\/dark-emu-bruce-pascoe\" title=\"Dark Emu\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eDark Emu\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.abundancefarm.com.au\/collections\/books\/products\/young-dark-emu-a-truer-history-bruce-pascoe\" title=\"Young Dark Emu\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eYoung Dark Emu\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003e'\u003c\/em\u003eAfter two hundred years, Indigenous thinkers are claiming the right to interpret Aboriginal Australia. It is a revolutionary change: here, in this compelling book, are its first fruits.' —Nicolas Rothwell\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the author\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eTyson Yunkaporta\u003c\/b\u003e is an academic, an arts critic, and a researcher who belongs to the Apalech Clan in far north Queensland. He carves traditional tools and weapons and also works as a senior lecturer in Indigenous Knowledges at Deakin University in Melbourne.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Text Publishing Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45855557255359,"sku":"TPC02BK","price":22.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1554\/1011\/files\/SandTalk_1.jpg?v=1784103925","url":"https:\/\/www.abundancefarm.com.au\/products\/sand-talk-2nd-edition-tyson-yunkaporta","provider":"Abundance Farm","version":"1.0","type":"link"}