Tyson Yunkaporta discusses Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World
Respect, Connect, Reflect, Direct—in that order. Everything in creation is sentient and carries knowledge, therefore everything is deserving of our respect.
Tyson Yunkaporta • Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World
I have observed maths classes conducted by my colleague Dr Chris Matthews (an Aboriginal mathematician) in which corroboree dances have been expressed as mathematical equations, and then new equations have been formed and new dances created to express them. What made these rituals effective was not simply the cultural content of the dances—it was
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