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Sand talk : how indigenous thinking can save the world / Tyson Yunkaporta.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY : HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2020Copyright date: ©2020Edition: First editionDescription: 251 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0062975641
  • 9780062975645
  • 0062975625
  • 9780062975621
Other title:
  • How indigenous thinking can save the world
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Sand talk.; No titleDDC classification:
  • 909.82 23
LOC classification:
  • CB430 .Y86 2020
Summary: "A paradigm-shifting book from Aboriginal scholar Tyson Yunkaporta, who brings a crucial Indigenous perspective to history, education, money, power, and sustainability--and offers a new template for living"-- Provided by publisher.Summary: With the world in constant crisis, Yunkaporta shows us what can be gained by viewing global system through the lens of indigenous knowledge. By emphasizing community and connection over individualism and fragmentation-- and by cultivating respect for the land-- we can address the urgent challenges we face. Yunkaporta's paradigm will help us reimagine our relationship to sustainability, money, power, and education. He uses sand talk, honoring an Aboriginal custom of drawing images on the ground to convey knowledge and ultimately, help us better understand the world. -- adapted from jacket
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Book City Campus City Campus Main Collection 909.82 YUN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available A537447B
Book City Campus City Campus Main Collection 909.82 YUN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available A537420B
Book North Campus North Campus Main Collection 909.82 YUN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Issued 18/11/2024 A537416B
Book South Campus South Campus Main Collection 909.82 YUN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available A537450B

Originally published as 'Sand Talk' in Australia in 2019 by The Text Publishing Company.

"A paradigm-shifting book from Aboriginal scholar Tyson Yunkaporta, who brings a crucial Indigenous perspective to history, education, money, power, and sustainability--and offers a new template for living"-- Provided by publisher.

With the world in constant crisis, Yunkaporta shows us what can be gained by viewing global system through the lens of indigenous knowledge. By emphasizing community and connection over individualism and fragmentation-- and by cultivating respect for the land-- we can address the urgent challenges we face. Yunkaporta's paradigm will help us reimagine our relationship to sustainability, money, power, and education. He uses sand talk, honoring an Aboriginal custom of drawing images on the ground to convey knowledge and ultimately, help us better understand the world. -- adapted from jacket

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