Sand Talk
A person ‘of high degree’ in traditional knowledge may find a song in a dream if they are profoundly connected to land, lore, spirit and community. But that song must then be taken up by the people and modified gradually through many iterations before it becomes part of the culture. Besides, that song can only be found through a ritual process
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Our knowledge endures because everybody carries a part of it, no matter how fragmentary. If you want to see the pattern of creation you talk to everybody and listen carefully. Authentic knowledge processes are easy to verify if you are familiar with that pattern—each part reflects the design of the whole system. If the pattern is present, the
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So the ideas of this written introduction are in the shields. I simply hold those objects and translate into print parts of the knowledge I see there.
Tyson Yunkaporta • Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World
Knowledge transmission must connect both abstract knowledge and concrete application through meaningful metaphors in order to be effective.
Tyson Yunkaporta • Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World
For those seeking sustainability practices from Indigenous cultures, it is important to focus on both ancient and contemporary knowledge of a demotic origin, rather than individual inventions or amendments.